Join me for the 9th Annual International Conference for Globalization for the Common Good taking place at California Lutheran University, Center for Leadership and Values located in Thousand Oaks, California June 6-10, 2010. Registration is still available at the conference website http://www.callutheran.edu/CLV/gcg and the conference program is available for download.

I will be participating in a panel discussion Tuesday June 8, 2010 titled, "Mass Media, Financial Crisis and Social Responsibility: The quest for ethical and balanced reporting" where I will be providing a perspective based upon my web communciation and social media background.

The abstract for the panel discussion explains that social responsibility should be the cornerstone of every institution dealing with public affairs, interest, knowledge, living standards, people's rights, and financial matters. In view of the recent global financial crisis and unethical conducts of financial institutions in cover-ups and questionable schemes, along with the failure of mass media to scrutinize and uncover the economic institutions wrong doings, this interactive panel will discuss and explore the social responsibilities of media, economic, and political institutions. The panelists will also recommend a set of standards and approaches to prevent similar situations from ocurring in the future.