World Forum for Ethics in Business
The World Forum for Ethics in Business is a registered public interest foundation based in Belgium.[1] The mandate of the Forum includes all manners of pursuing and establishing the indispensable ethical foundations of business in a globalized world.[2] The foundation is governed by its President Rajita Kulkarni,[3] Director Christoph Glaser[4] and its Board Members: Dr. Sanjay Pradhan, Vice President for Change, Knowledge and Learning, World Bank; Jo Leinen, Member of European Parliament, Nirj Deva, Member of European Parliament; Madhu Rao,[5] CEO Shangri-La Hotels;[6] Roland Glaser, Former CEO Minerva Schools[7] and Ram Lakhina, Chairman of The Netherlands India Chamber of Commerce and Trade.[8] The strategic partners of the World Forum for Ethics in Business are the World Bank Group and the International Association for Human Values.[9]
Objective
Among the organization’s main objectives are providing a platform for the promotion and defence of ethical approaches to business enterprise and corporate governance and facilitating global dialogue and fostering cooperation among the private sector, the academic world, government agencies, international organizations, the media, spiritual[10] as well as secular communities and all other stakeholders.
World Wide Conferences
Through worldwide conferences, the World Forum for Ethics in Business brings together leaders from all sectors of society[11] to dialogue on new leadership styles that support inclusive and sustainable development.[12]
Satellite Conferences
The foundation convenes in annual conferences at the European Parliament in Brussels and in international satellite conferences. The World Forum for Ethics in Business has organized satellite conferences in Singapore, Nepal, the Netherlands, India,[13] Poland, Russia, Slovenia[14] and the United Nations in Geneva,[15] and at the FIFA Headquarters in Zurich.[16][17][18]
Conferences at the European Parliament
The conference was first launched on the inspiration of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar [19] in 2003 in Bangalore, India, and the venue moved to the European Parliament in Brussels in 2006. In January 2010 stakeholders from previous conferences joined forces and established a new independent organization, the World Forum for Ethics in Business (WFEB).[20]
World Youth Forum for Ethics in Business
An initiative of the World Forum for Ethics in Business, the World Youth Forum[21] is part of the annual conferences as an open platform for youth to voice their message to the world’s decision makers in today’s global economic and political environment and to the world community at large.[22][23][24]
Ethics in Business Award
Every year, WFEB confers the Ethics in Business Award[25] to honour individuals and companies that have demonstrated the importance of human values and ethics in life and in the business arena.[26][27]
References
- ↑ Registered public interest foundation under the No. 822.216.342
- ↑ NewEurope, Neurope.eu
- ↑ President at the World Forum for Ethics in Business, Integrity20.org
- ↑ Christoph Glaser über Nachhaltigkeit und sein Fußballherz, Magath.net
- ↑ Mr. Rao, Shangri-la.com
- ↑ Shangri-la, Shangri-la.com
- ↑ Minerva, Minerva.kgi.edu
- ↑ Nicct, Nicct.nl
- ↑ 8th International Leadership Symposium on Ethics in Business, iahv.org
- ↑ Conference on 'Corporate Culture and Spirituality: Business and Ethics - Complementary or Contradictory?',csrwire.com
- ↑ World Forum for Ethics in Business Speaker Book 2013
- ↑ Volkswagen wins international sustainability award, volkswagenag.com
- ↑ India to host “The 11th Conference on Corporate Culture Spirituality”, Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com
- ↑ Ethics in Business and Leadership: "The Time is Right, Now!", ungc-slovenia.si
- ↑ GOOD GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY THROUGH SHARED VALUES – Leella Rani. Dondapati, corecommunique.com
- ↑ Sports governance: activity builds, leadership needed, itrustsport.com
- ↑ Barclay, Joanna (2014). Conscious Culture: How to Build a High Performing Workplace through. Morgan James Publishing. ISBN 978-1630471538.
- ↑ FIFA to host landmark conference on sporting ethics, Fifa.com
- ↑ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Neurope.eu
- ↑ President of the Republic attends conference Ethics in Business and Leadership – “The Time is Right, Now!”,up-rs.si
- ↑ TEDx, tedxtalks.ted.com
- ↑ P4 student attends World Youth Forum for Ethics in Business, news.drake.edu
- ↑ Agricultural economics students to attend forum in Brussels, aglifesciences.tamu.edu
- ↑ PC student participates in international business ethics conference, providence.edu
- ↑ Volkswagen wins an international sustainability award from the World Forum, Volkswagen.com
- ↑ World Forum for Ethics in Business, berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
- ↑ Novartis honored with Outstanding Corporation Award by World Forum for Ethics in Business, Novartis.com