Caux Initiatives for Business (CIB) encourages business leaders, young professionals, NGO representatives, trade unionists, experts and decision makers to work together to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of values - in personal conduct and in economic life.
From poor banking to banking for the poor
Bank manager Jeyes Parthiban from South India argues that the banks can do much more with microfinance to help the poor lift themselves out of poverty.
View a short film about him, ‘Banking for Change’ by Pilgrim Films.
Human development: a necessary next stage in banking
Robert Dellner, a former Managing Director and global unit head in a merchant bank and now an organisational and cultural development specialist, calls for a new culture in banking that encourages the human development of bank staff. More..
Bernard Lietaer, author 
of The Future of Money (translated in 18 languages), is an international expert in the design and implementation of currency systems. He has studied and worked in the field of money for more than 30 years in an unusually broad range of capacities including as a Central Banker, a fund manager, a university professor, and a consultant to governments in numerous countries, multinational corporations, and community organizations. Watch on YouTube More..
What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets
Michael Smith, head of business programmes at Initiatives of Change UK, reviews Michael Sandel's book in Financial World magazine. Read review>>
Lessons from the banking crisis: towards an ethical capitalism that delivers the common good. .
Read review>>
Whoops! by John Lanchester, Penguin Books
Read review>>
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Caux Initiatives for Business(CIB) hosts annual conferences in Caux, Switzerland; Panchgani, India and conducts lectures and seminars as part of a regional outreach programme during the year.
Three years ago, the world faced the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. While the depression of the 1920s was largely confined to the USAthe recent crisis was world-wide. Driven by unbridled greed, powerful vested interests manipulated the policies and systems, which were the main reasons for the crisis. Both the developed and developing countries vowed to take steps to prevent the repeat of such a crisis.
Unfortunately the apparent return to ‘business as usual’has belied these hopes. Can we afford to gloss over the ills of the past? ‘Caux Initiatives of Business (CIB)’ has decided to focus on this challenge during its next Annual Conference.
The Conference will focus on the theme:
MAKING GROWTH SUSTAINABLE -
Balancing Economic Growth and Human Responsibility
Download the Brochure and application forms
Mr Rajeev Dubey, India, President (HR, After-Market & Corporate Services) & Member of the Group Management Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. will deliver the Caux Lecture at the ‘Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy conference. He will speak on: "Transforming Capitalism with Trust and Integrity - what Corporates and Companies can do."
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In addition to the two major international conferences, CIB conducted several public events in 2007
May 2007
Public Lecture in Melbourne, Australia
‘The Spiritual Dimensions of Philanthropy’ Speaker: Denis Tracey, Deputy Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Philanthropy & Social Investment
Lecture Details |Text of Speech
June 2007
CIB is represented at the Dalai Lama Business Lunch in Sydney, Australia
Event Details
June 2007
CIB meets with the Business Council of Papua New Guinea
About PNG Business Council
July 2007
Public Lecture in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia
‘Nation Building through Transparency, Accountability and Integrity’ Speaker: Tunku Abdul Aziz, Special Advisor to UN Secretary General, Founded Transparency International in Malaysia
Event Details
July 2007
International Conference, Caux, Switzerland
‘Trust & Integrity in the Global Economy’
See Conference Report
September 2007
Public Lecture in Melbourne, Australia
The Power of Story’
Speaker: Arnold Zable, Author, Writer and Commentator
Event Details
November 2007
Public Lecture in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
‘Trust & Integrity in the Global Economy’
Speaker: Mohan Bhagwandas, International Coordinator, CIB
Event Details
November 2007
International Conference, Panchgani, India
‘Asia’s Relevance in a Globalised World’
See Conference Report
November 2007
Meeting with JADE in Brussels
‘European Confederation of Junior Enterprises’ 20,000 Members across Europe
JADE Information JADE Website (http://www.jadenet.org/)
December 2007
Book Launch in Netherlands
Book Title: ‘Trust & Integrity in the Global Economy’
About the Book
For further information
Caux, Switzerland - In 1946 a group of Swiss citizens believed Initiatives of Change (then known as MRA) had a role to play in bringing healing and reconciliation to a Europe torn apart by war. Some 100 Swiss citizens got together and made huge financial sacrifices to put down the first instalment payments for a old hotel which had been used as a refugee camp during the war. For instance, one family decided not to build a new house; a maid gave all her savings. Thus the Caux Palace Hotel was acquired and has been a centre for spiritual renewal, healing and reconciliation for the last sixty years.
Asia Plateau, Panchgani - International conferences are held at Asia Plateau, Panchgani in Western India, a beautiful hill station conference centre surrounded by the western hills of India. A training programme is currently taking place under the auspices of the Centre for Training in Ethical Leadership (CENTREL) and the IC Centre for Governance based in Delhi. For over 30 years Indian business houses have sponsored thousands of staff and management personnel to attend Effective Living and Leadership courses at Asia Plateau.