Welcome

The Dean Institute for Corporate Governance and Integrity is a national forum that integrates best practices in governance with integrity and faith for public and private company executives, board members and other top-tier corporate leaders.

The Dean Institute is co-founded by Lipscomb University and Nashville law firm Bone McAllester Norton PLLC. The institute is funded by an endowment previously established by Hilton and Sallie Dean. Hilton Dean is a retired vice chairman of Ernst & Young, LLP, New York, and is currently chairman of the Lipscomb University Board of Trustees

Unlike other programs on corporate ethics and regulatory issues, Lipscomb’s Dean Institute will approach governance from a faith-based perspective and address the root issues at play, namely how character and integrity inform the decisions, actions and culture of corporations. The institute will examine the guiding principles and factors that inspire honesty and transparency, even when those qualities may have undesirable short-term consequences.