10 July 2010
Meric Ozgur
Meric Ozgur is a Human Resources Specialist in a global manufacturing company where she is a practitioner in numerous HR functions, including compensation, international/domestic relocation and immigration. She received her undergraduate degree in Statistics, at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey and her EMBA degree at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU), New Jersey. She recently finished a graduate certificate program in Managing Sustainability from FDU and INCAE Business School in Costa Rica.
Meric has involved in several sustainability projects, focusing on individual/ group behavior and its impact on business and society. She is a co-author of an article “Can Green Swim Upstream?” where authors examined the underlying values of sustainability, and inquired about the long-term business applications from a Management/ Human Resources perspective. The article was published in People & Strategy Journal’s special issue for transitioning to green economy in Spring 2010.
Meric was a volunteer at UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in June 2010, and will share her learnings about Global Compact with the participants. As a recent graduate of the Managing Sustainability certificate program from ISE/INCAE, she will also share the highlights of the program, its impacts and aftermath in her personal and professional life.
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