April
  2007


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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Common challenge and common good

Climate change is posing one of the single most significant challenges to governments, businesses and communities world wide.

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Being aware of having done wrong

Paul Wolfowitz resigned from the World Bank on the 18th May, 2007, effective at the end of the month, after he was accused of granting his partner an extraordinary pay rise. The resignation followed a protracted international campaign by Mr. Wolfowitz claiming that while he did no wrong, that others had.

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That failed bid for QANTAS

As Airline Partners Australia’s (APA) deadline to acquire 50 per cent of Qantas to continue their takeover bid was approaching, the consortium needed the support of several large hedge fund owners to secure the required quota. One of the several hedge fund managers that agreed to throw its support behind the takeover was Samuel Heyman.

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Advancing Business Ethics

Doing business in today's world is complex. Not only do most businesses operate in different social, cultural, legal and political contexts, they are required to operate in more complex and more competitive markets. There have been many recent examples of where businesses have succumbed to one pressure or another and acted in ways that society has later judged to be totally unacceptable. This general reality has led to a renewed interest in business ethics.
Dr. Michael Walsh

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  Caroline Overington
» Breakfast with General Peter Cosgrove
··Common challenge and common good
··Being aware of having done wrong
··That failed bid for QANTAS
··Advancing Business Ethics
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