Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago
Talk Title: "The Criticality of Technical Honesty in Growing Energy Technology Companies: How Even the Best Intentions Can Lead to Ruin"
"In this talk I will discuss the ethical challenges encountered by leaders in small and growing energy technology firms that must show progress to survive and so face temptations misleading investors and/or customers when progress is slow (which is common). I will offer personal experiences and reflections from the energy storage world and suggest ethical best-practices to avoid conflict or worse."
Jay Whitacre's work focuses on developing and analyzing new materials and systems for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. He also studies the policy aspects of materials and technologies for the energy sector, such as the economics of scaled production, lifecycle analyses (including analyzing the energy footprint of manufacturing energy-related products), the implications of broad adoption of new energy technologies, large-scale energy storage devices, and concurrent engineering analyses of power systems.
Talk Title: "The Criticality of Technical Honesty in Growing Energy Technology Companies: How Even the Best Intentions Can Lead to Ruin"
"In this talk I will discuss the ethical challenges encountered by leaders in small and growing energy technology firms that must show progress to survive and so face temptations misleading investors and/or customers when progress is slow (which is common). I will offer personal experiences and reflections from the energy storage world and suggest ethical best-practices to avoid conflict or worse."
Jay Whitacre's work focuses on developing and analyzing new materials and systems for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. He also studies the policy aspects of materials and technologies for the energy sector, such as the economics of scaled production, lifecycle analyses (including analyzing the energy footprint of manufacturing energy-related products), the implications of broad adoption of new energy technologies, large-scale energy storage devices, and concurrent engineering analyses of power systems.
![[360 Degree Experience] Washington and Lee University School of Law Commencement 2026](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rTrmBiS2aUA/mqdefault.jpg "[360 Degree Experience] Washington and Lee University School of Law Commencement 2026
The 171st commencement ceremony for the Washington and Lee University School of Law was held on Friday, May 15, 2026, at 10 a.m. on the Front Lawn of the main campus.
Conferral of Degrees: https://youtu.be/rTrmBiS2aUA?si=I0e1i9eriWZ6Q2yP&t=1850")
