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Managerial courage
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On Feb 27, 2010, Dr. Reg Litz led Asper MBA students, and visiting Associates and Young Associates, in contemplating the outer limits of executive responsibility. In short: When — and at what personal risk — should, or must, executives intervene to address a profound wrong or an injustice? The class was the fourth and final session of the Asper MBA core module in “Executive Responsibility.” During that session attendees had the opportunity to explore these and other related questions through hearing the story of Oskar Schindler from special guest speaker, Mr. Leon Leyson, who was one of the people saved by the now famous ‘Schindler’s List.’ Oskar Schindler (1908-1974) was an ethnic German industrialist. A defining moment in Schindler’s life happened in 1943 when he witnessed a raid on the Krakow Ghetto as soldiers rounded up the inhabitants for shipment to the concentration camps. Schindler was appalled as he witnessed the murder of many of the Jews who had been working for him. However, Schindler was also a very persuasive individual, and after the raid, increasingly used all of his skills to protect his workers, (who came to be called “Schindlerjuden” or “Schindler Jews”). Schindler went out of his way to take care of the Jews who worked in his factories, often leveraging his legendary charm and ingratiating manner to help his workers get out of difficult situations. He is credited with saving almost 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust. He is the subject of the film based on it, Schindler’s List.
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