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Press Release, 8th February 2012 - 2012 Global Ethics Forum in Geneva to focus on ethical transformation in politics, business and society
Geneva. Leaders and experts from business, government, civil society and academic institutions will gather at the 2012 Global Ethics Forum in Geneva from 28 – 30 June to set out steps to promote an ethical transformation in politics, business and society.
Registration is now open for the three-day event, which includes plenary sessions, workshops and interview panels with more than 70 business leaders and international experts.
The theme of the 2012 Global Ethics Forum is: " Seeds for Successful Transformation 2012: The Value of Values in Responsible Business."
"The current crises show that fundamental transformation in the economy, business, politics, civil society and culture is happening and is needed," said Professor Dr. Christoph Stückelberger, the Executive Director and Founder of Globethics.net, the organizer of the forum.
"We are seeking to plant 'seeds for successful transformation' in companies and institutions that could benefit from concrete value-based changes in their culture and practice," he stated.
Issues to be addressed at the 2012 Global Ethics Forum include:
• The responsibility of politics, business and civil society for transformation and development
• Financial transformation towards an ethical economy following the debt crisis
• The next steps to deal with the climate crisis after the Rio+20 meeting in Brazil
The Global Ethics Forum is not a one-off annual meeting but part of a three-year project (2011-2013) involving research, exchange in online workgroups, and online documentation and publication.
The 2012 event builds on the 2011 Global Ethics Forum, which identified key issues to be addressed in developing responsible business ethics in a rapidly changing world. The 2012 forum will draw up proposals for specific steps to promote ethical transformation, based on the results of 12 workgroups set up after the 2011 event.
The Globethics.net Foundation is a global network that promotes the exchange of insights and research on ethics and values between experts, institutions, and individuals, and whose International Secretariat is based in Geneva.
Media enquiries to Stephen Brown +41 22 791 6342 (office) +41 78 639 2905 (mobile)
Email: brown@globethics.net
Notes for editors:
The 2012 Global Ethics Forum takes place at the International Conference Centre Geneva, 17 rue de Varembé, Geneva.
The forum is open to media. Journalists are requested to register online at:
www.globethics.net/web/gef/registration-form
The full programme is available at: www.globethics.net/web/gef/programme1
More information about speakers at: www.globethics.net/web/gef/speakers-info2
Globethics.net is a global online network of 45’000 individuals and 140 institutions from all sectors of society and from more than 200 countries. It has a special focus on business ethics, responsible leadership and Interreligious ethics.
Globethics.net strengthens ethical dialogue, reflection and action on a global level and with a special focus on emerging and developing countries by:
• providing access to knowledge resources on ethics through its flagship global digital libraries, with more than one million full-text documents, specialized collections, research tools, corporate social responsibility news, and other services;
•facilitating networking on ethics between registered participants and organizations; and
•stimulating international collaborative research and training in selected fields, using online workgroups, publications, conferences and training.
