December
  2005


ABOUT US

The Edmund Rice Business Ethics Initiative, launched in 1991, exists to promote a conversation between business and the community on values and ethics: promoting life humanly in our businesses, our communities, our planet. It aims to create a space where these issues can be discussed and researched in mutually supportive ways. It seems to promote better communication for the sake of better outcomes for us all.

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Just one more hurdle: compensation for victims of Asbestosis
A year after James Hardie and the ACTU came to an agreement in principle to compensate victims of asbestosis, the deal has still not been signed.

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One.Tel: Telling the truth
ASIC’s prosecution effort against One.Tel executives is producing another frenzy of legal manoeuvring and blame shifting.

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CSR: How are we going?
Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility and ethical business culture have been central points of discussion and concern over the last 15 years. How far have we developed? While there have been significant advances –the widespread take-up of codes of conduct, the development of best practice guidelines of Corporate Governance, a considerable growth in managerial skill to deal with ethical issues—the size of the problems is still great.

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Better off and being fair: Changes for Industrial Relations

Address offered by the Edmund Rice Business Ethics Initiative's leader, John Sweeney, at the recent forum on Industrial Relations.
John Sweeney

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  Peter Andren, MP
» November-December Edition of "Good Business"
» Watch this space
» ICAA: Professional Governance & Ethics
··Just one more hurdle: compensation for victims of Asbestosis
··One.Tel: Telling the truth
··CSR: How are we going?
··Better off and being fair: Changes for Industrial Relations
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