Bubbles and Bailouts: Does Our Government Encourage Responsible Banking?

Bubbles & Bailouts

Mount Hosts Responsible Business Symposium

EMMITSBURG, MD – Mount St. Mary’s University School of Business announces the 2010 Inaugural BB&T Symposium for Responsible Business will be held on Wednesday, September 29th at 3:30pm in the Mount’s Knott Auditorium.  The speakers include: Brantley Standridge, BB&T’s Maryland State President, and Robert Tuggle, BB&T’s Senior Vice President of the Frederick Area. 

The symposium will examine the banking industry and the involvement of the federal government in the functioning of its markets. This year’s the BB&T’s executive team will discuss the major points of the government’s bailout in banks during the Fall 2008 credit crisis.

It will feature BB&T’s criticism centered around the federal bailout of some of America's largest financial institutions.

“This will be a great learning opportunity for all who attend,” says Mount Professor of Finance and Economics, Dr. Karl Einolf. “They will take away how both banking has changed since the government bailout in 2008 as well as the relationship between government and business.”

BB&T will also discuss their real world challenges and how to handle this pressures  when they occur inside the company.

Attendees, including students and local business people, will have the opportunity to discuss with the expert panel how banking institutions take step toward responsible business practices. e.

In the past, the Mount School of Business has teamed up with major companies including The Gap and Campbell’s Soup Company.

For more information, please contact the Mount St. Mary’s School of Business, 301-447-5396 or the Office of Communications 301-447-5366.