UA Conference to Address Workplace Effects of Family Violence

8:00-8:20 Welcome -- Dan Worrell, dean, Sam M. Walton College of Business

Carol Reeves, associate professor, department of management

8:20-9:00 Impact of Family Violence on the State of Arkansas

Mike Beebe, Arkansas Attorney General

9:00- 9:20 Impact of Family Violence on the Workplace

National Prevalence and Overall Impact on the Workplace

Kim Wells, executive director, Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence

9:45- 10:35 The Corporate Costs of Family Violence

Anne O’Leary-Kelly and Carol Reeves, Walton College management professors

The Effect of Perpetrators on the Workplace

Ellen Ridley, Family Crisis Services, Maine

10:35 — 11:20 When Family Violence Enters the Workplace

The McKee Foods Story — The Impact and Aftermath of an Employee Homicide

Melissa Smith, human resource manager, McKee Foods

Partnering with Family Violence Advocates to Develop a Workplace Response

Lori Joslin, director, Benton County Women’s Shelter

11:20 — 12:45 (lunch) The Benefits of a Corporate Commitment to End Partner Violence

Jane Randel, vice president of corporate communications, Liz Claiborne, and president, Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence

12:45 — 2:15 What are a Company’s Rights and Responsibilities: Legal Issues

Robin Runge, director, Commission on Domestic Violence, American Bar Association

Melissa Leflar, attorney, Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers PLC, Fayetteville

2:35 — 3:45 What Progressive Companies are Doing about Family Violence: Best

Moderator: Kim Wells

Diane Delucchi, director of Employee Relations, Macy’s West

Tim Parker, manager of Corporate Security, L.L. Bean

Carolyn Schamberger, public relations manager, Verizon Wireless, Illinois/Wisconsin

4:00 -5:00 Information Fair

Contributing sponsors include Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Arvest Bank Group, Cadbury Adams, McKee Foods Inc., and Tyson Foods Inc. Participating sponsors include J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Nabholz Construction, NOARK: Northwest Arkansas Human Resource Association, and the University of Arkansas.