On September 7, 2011, in Montreal , His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, will be joined by Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, world-famous author Deepak Chopra, Professor Tariq Ramadan, Professor Robert Thurman, Professor Gregory Baum recipient of the Order of Canada, and Swami Dayananda Saraswati who all will speak on the theme ‘Peace Through Religion’.More information
The focus of this article is on values, the sticky issue of ethics, and the responsibility business leaders have to “do the right thing.”
Philosopher Jonathan Wolff explores problems and controversies in public policy and argues for a more ethical approach to decision-making.He can be seen here
B Corporations are a new kind of company meeting rigorous and independent standards for social and environmental performance. B Corp certification does for the sustainable business movement what LEED certification has done for green building and Fair Trade certification has done for coffee. In 4 years there reportedly are now over 400 B Corps across
I have been practicing meditation for more than 35 years.Over the last few years there have been a number of articles linking “mindfulness” practice to benefits in such things as people’s capacity to heal from serious medical illness.This article raises a question for me.How would the application of mindfulness improve ethical reasoning and decision making
National Post · Jun. 18, 2011 | Last Updated: Jun. 18, 2011 4:07 AM ET Former auditor-general Sheila Fraser’s final report on the budget for the G8-G20 summits revealed a severe lack of oversight on government spending. First, Ottawa grossly overestimated the costs of the summits, obtaining spending approvals far in excess of what was
At TEDxSiliconValley, Damon Horowitz reviews the enormous new powers that technology gives us: to know more — and more about each other — than ever before. Drawing the audience into a philosophical discussion, Horowitz invites us to pay new attention to the basic philosophy — the ethical principles — behind the burst of invention remaking
Continuing with our exploration of religious approaches to business ethics ,this article examines the relevance and value of Confucian Ethics to contemporary Business Ethics by comparing their respective perspectives and approaches towards business activities within the modern capitalist framework, the principle of reciprocity and the concept of human virtues.
The title of this article by Roger Martin the Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto in Canada speaks for itself.Or…Does it? Any views?
This is an excerpt from a book by Max Bazerman ,the Jesse Isidor Straus professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and his new book Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do About It. Iwould be interested in hearing about other blind spots you may have discovered .