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

  1. ↑ Registered public interest foundation under the No. 822.216.342
  2. ↑ NewEurope, Neurope.eu
  3. ↑ President at the World Forum for Ethics in Business, Integrity20.org
  4. ↑ Christoph Glaser über Nachhaltigkeit und sein Fußballherz, Magath.net
  5. ↑ Mr. Rao, Shangri-la.com
  6. ↑ Shangri-la, Shangri-la.com
  7. ↑ Minerva, Minerva.kgi.edu
  8. ↑ Nicct, Nicct.nl
  9. ↑ 8th International Leadership Symposium on Ethics in Business, iahv.org
  10. ↑ Conference on 'Corporate Culture and Spirituality: Business and Ethics - Complementary or Contradictory?',csrwire.com
  11. ↑ World Forum for Ethics in Business Speaker Book 2013
  12. ↑ Volkswagen wins international sustainability award, volkswagenag.com
  13. ↑ India to host “The 11th Conference on Corporate Culture Spirituality”, Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com
  14. ↑ Ethics in Business and Leadership: "The Time is Right, Now!", ungc-slovenia.si
  15. ↑ GOOD GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY THROUGH SHARED VALUES – Leella Rani. Dondapati, corecommunique.com
  16. ↑ Sports governance: activity builds, leadership needed, itrustsport.com
  17. ↑ Barclay, Joanna (2014). Conscious Culture: How to Build a High Performing Workplace through. Morgan James Publishing. ISBN 978-1630471538.
  18. ↑ FIFA to host landmark conference on sporting ethics, Fifa.com
  19. ↑ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Neurope.eu
  20. ↑ President of the Republic attends conference Ethics in Business and Leadership – “The Time is Right, Now!”,up-rs.si
  21. ↑ TEDx, tedxtalks.ted.com
  22. ↑ P4 student attends World Youth Forum for Ethics in Business, news.drake.edu
  23. ↑ Agricultural economics students to attend forum in Brussels, aglifesciences.tamu.edu
  24. ↑ PC student participates in international business ethics conference, providence.edu
  25. ↑ Volkswagen wins an international sustainability award from the World Forum, Volkswagen.com
  26. ↑ World Forum for Ethics in Business, berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
  27. ↑ Novartis honored with Outstanding Corporation Award by World Forum for Ethics in Business, Novartis.com
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