ASQ San Franciso: ASQ President David Spong on Social Responsibility September 28, 2010

The evening of Tuesday, September 28, we will have our next ASQ-SF member meeting at the Clarion Hotel SFO, convenient to members who work in San Mateo and points South, and a short walk from the multimodal Millbrae BART/Caltrain station for those of us who work in San Francisco and anyone joining us from the East Bay.
The speaker will be ASQ President David Spong on the topic of social responsibility. The new ISO 26000 standard for social responsibility will be out soon, and ASQ is planning a conference in San Francisco next year on this topic.
We are currently planning buffet-style heavy hors d'oeuvres to allow for easier mingling and networking before and after the presentation. Price for reservations made before September 21 is $20 for ASQ Section 0604 members, $25 for non-members, $15 for student/unemployed members. The price for each category will go up $5 the week before the event, and another $5 at the door, so reserve your seats today!
Reservations are available at: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=209669
Abstract:
Quality and Social Responsibility
As businesses, government and the general public become more sensitive to issues of social responsibility, ASQ and the quality community has an opportunity to play a greater role in aligning quality and social responsibility. With the release of the ISO 26000 standard on social responsibility, to be released in the fall of 2010, SR guidelines will now have a global reach. Organizations that are struggling to convey their efforts to act and do business with consideration of their social responsibility programs can utilize quality tools to enact these initiatives. In this presentation, attendees will learn the connection between quality and SR, hear how quality principles can be used to promote socially responsible efforts, and find out what initiatives ASQ headquarters is working on to promote social responsibility.
Bio:
E. David Spong retired in March 2004 after a 43-year career in the aerospace industry. During his career he grew from a single contributor in the engineering and technical disciplines to leading large businesses for Boeing Company. His career culminated as president of Boeing Aerospace Support leading this $4 billion+ revenue, double-digit margin, and double-digit growth business to a 2003 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for service. Prior to this assignment, as vice president and general manager, Spong led the Boeing Airlift and Tanker Programs to receive the 1998 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for manufacturing.
Spong is the only two-time winner of the Baldrige Award for two different organizations in two different sectors.
An engineer/scientist by training, Spong earned a doctorate of science degree in engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and master of science in engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla. He served an engineering student apprenticeship with the United Kingdom's prestigious Royal Aircraft Establishment culminating in an honors degree from the University of London, England.
In addition to being an ASQ member, Spong is the chair of the Visiting Committee for Advanced Technology for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and chairman of the Baldrige Foundation. Prior to working for the Boeing Company, Spong was employed by the McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, Curtiss Wright Corporation, and English Electric Aviation Ltd. in the United Kingdom.

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