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Corporate Social Responsibility
News
10.16.2006 - 06:00am ET
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International Association for Human Values
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Conference on 'Corporate Culture and Spirituality: Business and Ethics - Complementary or Contradictory?'
(CSRwire) Brussels, Belgium - The "Corporate Culture and Spirituality: Business and
Ethics - Complementary or Contradictory?" conference will be held on
November 10th, 2006 at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. The
conference is part of the International Business and Leadership Symposium
taking place from November 8th to 12th, 2006 and is jointly organized by
the International Association for Human Values (IAHV) and the Europe India
Chamber of Commerce (EICC). This conference primarily addresses the role of
an ethics based approach to sustainable corporate success and leadership
performance. The perceptions exists, that a focus on corporate social
responsibility does not yield sustainable profits or contribute to the
bottom line. However, many corporations have proven that the long term
health and success of an organization are directly related to its values
and ethics.
Featuring prominent speakers such as Ruud Lubbers, Myron Scholes, Jacques
Santer, Vinod Mittal, Peter Maffay, Ervin Laszlo, Princess Inaara, Rabbi
Awraham Soetendorp, H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and several others, the
conference brings together leaders from academia, industry, NGOs and
spirituality. Leading minds will share their experiences and expertise on
the value of an ethics based approach in dealing with today's challenges in
the global market and examine whether the advantages of fulfilling social
responsibilities will offset the costs.
November 11 and 12 features another prominent part of the symposium: a
unique workshop titled "A New Dimension to Business: Success without
Stress". Conducted by renowned international spiritual and humanitarian
leader, and founder of IAHV, His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the
workshop includes practical group exercises and Sri Sri's acclaimed
breathing-based stress relief techniques. Sri Sri's corporate
stress-elimination program, better known as the APEX, is already the
program of choice among various high profile organizations such as the
World Bank, NASA, ADAC (Holland), Citibank Group, American Express and
several others.
At this time the following speakers, among others, have confirmed their
participation:
Mr. Kamal Nath, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of
India
Prof. Ruud Lubbers, Former Prime Minister, Netherlands
Dr. Saad Al-Barrak, CEO and Deputy Chairman, MTC Group, Kuwait
Mr. Peter Maffay, Musician, World Wide Charitable Projects,
Germany
Princess Gabriel Inaara, Begum Aga Khan, Princess Inaara
Foundation.
Mr. T. R. Doongaji, Managing Director, Tata Group
Dr. Myron Scholes, 1997 Noble Prize Laureate in Economics, Chairman,
Platinum Grove Asset Management, USA
Mr. Jacques Santer, Former President, EU Commission, Former Prime
Minister, Luxembourg
Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp, President of the World Union for
Progressive Judaism, European Region, Member of the Group of Spiritual
Leaders - World Economic Forum Davos, Netherlands
Ms. Erika Mann, Member European Parliament, Committee of
International Trade
Mr.Vinod Mittal, Managing Director, ISPAT Group, India
Mr. Sanjay Pradhan, Senior Director, World Bank, USA
Prof. Ervin Laszlo, President, Budapest Club, Germany
H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder, International Association for
Human Values
"Trust is the breath of business, ethics its limbs, to uplift the
spirit, its goal."
H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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