Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility

The ninth annual Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSR) will be held on October 21 & 22, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This year's theme is "Improving Business Competitiveness through CSR."

New Routes: A journal of peace research and action

Lates volume of New Routes: A journal of peace research and action

Université d’été en Chine sur l’éthique des médias

Depuis les années 1990, avec le développement rapide du secteur des médias, la commercialisation croissante et l’essor des nouveaux médias, le journalisme chinois est submergé par les fausses informations, la publicité mensongère, la corruption, etc. Pour résoudre ces problèmes, des mesures fondamentales s’imposent. La formation des journalistes en exercice et des futurs journalistes en fait partie et le séminaire organisé à Beijing a pour ambition de contribuer à cette action.

Globethics.net Newsletter n° 8

Managing Corporate Integrity

The product of over eight months of development and thirty years of research and study, Managing Corporate Integrity is our flagship course for business leaders seeking to improve and solidify ethical cultures in their organizations.

Séminaire atelier international sur les liens entre les droits et les devoirs de la personne

Le Cercle de Recherche sur les Droits et les Devoirs de la Personne Humaine(CRED), organisation internationale dotée du Statut Consultatif spécial des Nations Unies, annonce l'ouverture d' un cycle de dix sessions de séminaire atelier international de Formation sur les Liens entre les droits et les Devoirs de la Personne: Aspects théoriques, juridiques, législatifs et empiriques.

A Conference on Life & Choice in the Abortion Debate

Inspired by President Obama’s call during his Notre Dame address for those on different sides of the abortion issue not only to work together where we agree, but also to engage in "vigorous debate" with "open hearts, open minds, and fair minded words."

The Prophet of Non-Violence

A new book by Globethics.net participant and Muslim scholar Asghar Ali Engineer.

9e Rencontre Internationale "Ethique, Finance et Reponsabilité", 21 octobre 2010

In a context of a finance always more globalized, it seems easier to refuge oneself in reassuring paradigms, and to evacuate the question of the impact of one’s decision on the common good. In an institutional and individual level, the measures used in taking decisions are too often resumed in profitability concerns. The notion of responsibility is reduced to a legal dimension and the word ethics to some deontological rules.

Ethique et Politique en matière de transplantations d'organes, 1 septembre 2010

Arms Down campaign led by religious youth

Religions for Peace invites you to join leaders of the world’s religious traditions in our year-long global campaign for shared security. Our target number of petitions is 50,000,000 (fifty million). Signed petitions will be delivered to the United Nations Secretary General, the permanent members of the Security Council, as well as to Heads of State and Members of Parliament in your country.

Executive E-learning Course on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

In times of the financial crises, the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is widely discussed in the economic and political world. Organisations around the world are taking steps to demonstrate and enhance their CSR recognising, that sound ethics and core values also offer clear business benefits. The commitment in the area of social responsibility thus becomes a strategic decision.

Konferenz: Religion und Unternehmen. 33. Wissenschaftliches Symposium der GUG e.V.

Am Donnerstag, den 7. Oktober 2010, und Freitag, den 8. Oktober 2010 veranstaltet die Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte e.V. ihr 33. Wissenschaftliches Symposium zum Thema: Religion und Unternehmen.

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) Calling for application

The DAWN Training Institute, a three-week intensive training programme, was launched in 2002. The programme draws on both DAWN’s feminist analysis which interlinks issues under the themes of Political Economy of Globalisation including Gender and Trade, Political Ecology and Sustainability, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Political Restructuring and Social Transformation; and the network’s considerable experience in UN conference processes and other sites of struggle, including the global civil society movement against neoliberal economic globalisation, as well as regional, sub-regional and national processes.

MPhil/PhD Studentship in Global Ethics, UK

The Centre for Professional Ethics is pleased to announce the availability of a full-time MPhil/PhD Studentship in Global Ethics for the October 2010 intake. The Centre is an internationally known research institution formed in 1993 (www.uclan.ac.uk/cpe). We are looking for a highly motivated student with a strong interest in applied ethics, and in particular in global issues.

From Ethics to Science to Sustainability - Nobel Conference Speakers To Answer the Question: What

Some of the world's top experts in issues surrounding food – ethical, scientific, and environmental – will keynote the 46th Annual Nobel Conference, "Making Food Good," Oct. 5-6 on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus in St. Peter, Minn.

Democratizing Climate Governance

Climate change poses considerable challenges to democracy. Its global nature questions the traditional parameters of our political communities and moral responsibilities.

Treffen hunderter Globalisierungskritiker in Hamburg

“Finanzmärkte entwaffnen”, “Umverteilung organisieren” und “Klimagerechtigkeit erkämpfen” lauten folgerichtig die drei Themenstränge, die das globalisierungskritische Netzwerk Attac in den Mittelpunkt seiner diesjährigen Sommerakademie stellt. In rund 100 Vormittagsseminaren, Workshops und Podiumsdiskussionen können sich die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer mit der Komplexität der globalen Krise auseinandersetzen und Ansätze für aktuelle Globalisierungskritik konkretisieren.

Call for Papers - The New Information Environment - Who controls the information in the fu

World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 10-15 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden Call for Papers for IFLA/FAIFE & IT-section session. Organised by the IFLA Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Committee in partnership with IFLA Information Technology section.

Conference Business & Human Rights - Call for Papers

The Portuguese Chapter of the European Business Ethics Network, in cooperation with the Ph.D. Program in Global Management, Strategy and Entrepreneurship of ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute, is organizing a Conference on "Business and Human Rights".