An inaugural workshop on Leadership, Conflict Resolution and Cultural Understanding took place in Geneva at the end of May.

A major source of our cynicism comes from the belief that our leaders regard us as naive and therefore try to fool us rather than lead us.

Priya Rajendran

Till the time, it happens to one personally, there is a nonchalant detachment to events around that question ethics of public men and government system.

Without winter, there can be no spring
Without mistakes, there can be no learning
Without doubts, there can be no faith
Without fears, there can be no courage.
My mistakes, my doubts and my fears are my path
to wisdom, faith and courage
(Anonymous)

Beyond Denial

Much has been said over the last several years about business ethics. The reasons are obvious: high profile corporate scandals and abuses that have grabbed the public’s attention. My concern, in the midst of this media blitz and legal chaos, has been on how much attention has been given to compliance as a remedy for ethical lapses and how little attention has been focused on integrity.

“If a corporation wants to run a marathon, it requires a value system.”

Ethics is defined as ‘the whole field of moral science concerning human conduct.’

Twenty-two young people representing 16 different cultures took part in a Life Matters course at Armagh, the Initiatives of Change centre in Melbourne Australia in July.

The 13th Asia Pacific Youth Conference (APYC) took place 20–28 July in Pagadian City, Philippines, organised by IofC with support from local businesses, Rotary and the local government.