Jean-Pierre Méan, président de CAUX-Initiatives et Changement et Emmanuel de Lutzel, vice-président d'Initiatives et Changement France ont participé à la série sur l'économie de communion de l'émission A vue d'Esprit de la RSR .

Agora, no curso da crise financeira global, esse pode ser o momento para que empresários e líderes políticos que têm paixão pela integridade assumam o desafio de mudar em uma escala global o ambiente moral em que os negócios estão sendo conduzidos.

Ahora, tras la crisis financiera mundial, este podría ser el momento para que líderes empresarios y políticos, que tengan una pasión por la integridad, acepten el reto de cambiar, en una escala mundial, el ambiente moral en el que se llevan a cabo los negocios.

Now in the wake of global financial crisis may be the time for business and political leaders, who have a passion for integrity, to take up the challenge of changing on a global scale the moral environment in which business is conducted.

Ethics in business – illusion or source of strength was the theme of a three day seminar, 13-16 February at the St Petersburg University, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, Ethics Department.

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.

The Oxford dictionary defines ethics as the science of morals in human conduct. It is further clarified to be the moral philosophy, moral principles or rules of conduct. At the same time a public servant is described as a state official. While I agree with the definition of ethics I feel the concise Oxford dictionary has not done full justice in defining a public servant.

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.”