My Journey: Life as an Ethics Officer
Event Details
Have you ever wondered, What comes after seminary? It might be something like ordination or chaplaincy — but there are other paths. In this discussion, Thomas J. Tropp, Global Chief Ethics Officer, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., will detail his journey from business to seminary and back again.
February 27, 2024
3:00pm
Room 118
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About the Speaker:
Tom Tropp
Tom Tropp is the Global Chief Ethics Officer for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., reporting directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr. In this role, he spends much of his time traveling to Gallagher offices around the world, speaking and listening to Gallagher employees regarding the values of the company and the role of ethics in business. Over the last sixteen years, he has addressed more than 40,000 of the company’s 50,000 employees in small group settings and conference events. He also gives presentations to industry and professional groups on the importance of an ethical culture and the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) responsibilities of corporations.
Mr. Tropp joined Gallagher in 2007 through the acquisition of Tropp & Company, Inc., a private, Chicagobased international insurance brokerage firm of which he was President and Founder. In 2003, while continuing to operate his brokerage firm, Mr. Tropp began to pursue a Master of Arts in Religious Ethics at the University of Chicago, completing that degree in 2007. He continues research into the grounding of corporate ethics in philosophical and theological traditions. He has also served as an Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy at Lake Forest College in Illinois.
Tom serves as the liaison between Gallagher and such organizations as the United Nations Global Compact, the Ethisphere Institute, the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and is a Board Member of the Better Business Bureau.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has been named by the Ethisphere Institute to the list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies each year for thirteen years.