| | Actual Globethics.net Newsletter Globethics.net Newsletter No1/2012January/February 2012 In this issue
Seeds for Successful Transformation 2012The banking crisis, the debt crisis, the climate crisis and the trust crisis show: fundamental transformation of behaviors and values are needed. The World Economic Forum WEF in Davos was discussing it two weeks ago on economic and political level. Our Global Ethics Forum GEF in Geneva will look at concrete "Seeds for Successful Transformatoin 2012", for "The Value of Values in Responsible Business." With this theme, the Global Ethics Forum 2012 will bring together between 200 and 400 representatives from companies, NGOs, governments, universities and religious organisations from all the continents of the world in Geneva/Switzerland from 28 to 30 June. Each tree starts with a small seed and each success with a little dream. I am again and again impressed about the seriosity, competence, innovative creativity and profound commitment of so many people in our global ethics network. We can plant seeds, we see signs of hope, accross borders of nations, languages, cultures, power structures, material wealth and religions persons in our network do not give up. We do not give up, you do not give up. Thanks! Christoph Stueckelberger, Executive Director and Founder, Globethics.net Registrations open for Global Ethics Forum 2012You can now register here to take part in the next Global Ethics Forum Conference being held in Geneva/Switzerland from 28 to 30 June 2012 on the theme, Seeds for Successful Transformation 2012: The Value of Values in Responsible Business. Over 70 speakers, experts from all sectors of society have been invited to share their insights and experience on specific issues related to business ethics in a global context. The programme can be consulted and downloaded as a pdf here. More information on the Forum, including practical information can be found at http://www.globethics.net/web/gef. Note that the registration deadline is 15 June 2012 and that those who register before 11 May 2012 benefit from preferential rates. You can also contact globalethicsforum@globethics.net with any questions that you may have. We are looking forward to seeing you at the Forum! Support for Forum participantsWe are building a list of people and organisations who have expressed a need for funding for participation at the Global Ethics Forum 2012 taking place from 28 to 30 June in Geneva/Switzerland. The requests will be evaluated carefully by the Globethics.net team and on the base of our very limited funds we will provide a few scholarships for small number of selected participants from developing countries in Africa, Asia and/or Latin America. In the meantime we strongly advise all our Globethics.net members to pursue the funding opportunities listed on the homepage and the registration page of Global Ethics Forum 2012.We very much look forward to seeing you at the Global Ethics Forum 2012 and to your invaluable input in the Forum’s discussions. News from the International SecretariatThank you! December 2011 donations campaign
Donations can be made all year round online and by bank transfer to maintain and develop the library and to keep our service free of charge for those that need it most at http://www.globethics.net/web/ge/donations/about-donations. Islamic ethics collectionOne of the current projects of Globethics.net is the establishment of a special collection on Islamic Ethics. The collection offers a new model for sharing Islamic knowledge and resources across national and cultural barriers in order to make the diversity within Islamic thought and practice more visible and documents accessible for a global community. The Islamic Ethics Collection aims to provide essential documents on Islam and Islamic ethics in particular. The collection is intended to offer people, whatever their faith or background, a resource on Islamic ethics. We herewith invite people to contribute in this project, either in submitting or suggesting relevant content on Islamic ethics. We are keen to integrate documents in all languages and to cover a variety of ethical topics. Please contact Thomas Schoenberger at assistant4@globethics.net or Stephen Brown at brown@globethics.net. Agreements signed with Senate of Serampore College/IndiaGlobethics.net is pleased to announce that two partnership agreements have been signed with the Senate of Serampore College (University) during a visit at the beginning of February 2012 by Christoph Stueckelberger, Founder and Executive Director of Globethics.net to deliver a keynote speech at the College on climate justice. The Senate which unites over 50 leading theological colleges from India, has decided to integrate many of their publications and to become a library partner with Globethics.net and to become a member of the consortium supporting the global digital library on theology and ecumenism, GlobeTheoLib, a project of Globethics.net. Globethics.net Network Ethics and Responsibility Directory launchedA unique online Ethics and Responsibility Directory listing more than 1'400 institutions has been launched by Globethics.net. The Directory is the result of a two-year global mapping of institutions working on ethics and ethics related themes supported by the Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le Progrès de l'Homme / FPH based in Paris/France. The new Directory is a fully searchable online database of organizations involved in ethics and responsibility from all continents. They include institutions and centres from the academic, private, public, NGO and religious sectors. The Directory is unique in several respects:• It is the result of a global mapping exercise with a special focus on developing and emerging countries. • It is multi thematic, listing organisations working in 9 different fields of ethics. • It is an interactive tool, allowing participants to contact directly the organizations listed and new organizations to be added and existing data to be updated. The database can be accessed at http://www.globethics.net/web/ge/network/search-the-directories/directory-of-ethics-and-responsibility. Organizations can be searched in the Directory by name, city, country, world region, type of organization and by subjects (including nine fields of ethics). You are invited to use and share the Directory with others. It is the product of a research project of Globethics.net carried out under the leadership of the Programme Executive Network, Nadia Gianoli. For questions, changes and additions to the Directory please contact Nadia Gianoli at gianoli@globethics.net. New Globethics.net team members in India and IndonesiaWe are pleased to welcome Watinaro Longkumer as the new part-time Programme Executive for Globethics.net India who joined the team based in Bangalore on 1 February 2012. Watinaro is a PhD student from Nagaland in North East India. She holds a master's degree in counselling psychology from Montfort College, Bangalore, and an M.Phil in psychology from Christ University Bangalore, where she is pursuing her doctoral studies. She works part time in the faculty teaching psychology and counselling skills in Christ University and Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram and in private practice as a counsellor psychologist. The team of directors in Globethics.net India is also being strengthened by the addition of Rev. Dr Paulraj Mohan Larbeer, Secretary of the Senate of Serampore College (University). He joins Saju Chackalackal, Vasanthi Srinivasan and Jacob Belly. In Indonesia Fatimah Husein, Professor of Islamic Gender Studies at the Interreligious doctoral programme, ICRS in Yogyakarta is joining the team of directors of Globethics.net Indonesia headed up by Professor Siti Syamsyatun.
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