BOULDER – United Nations official Jonas Haertle will keynote the University of Colorado business school’s Partners in Business Ethics conference in May, the school announced Tuesday.

Haertle is head of the Principles for Responsible Management Education Secretariat at the United Nations Global Compact Office.

The Leeds School of Business Center for Education on Social Responsibility will host the May 19-20 event. The PBE conference brings together deans from leading business schools and corporate leaders to address the need for ethics education and provide a working doctrine to guide the education of future business leaders.

Haertle is expected to emphasize the need for companies and universities to work together to define and adapt curricula that best prepares graduates to lead companies they join.

More information on the PBE conference can be found on CU’s website.