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Three things you might be interested related to Business Ethics, Globalization and Human Rights (1 Maritime Noon Radio Call-In Show on Mar. 27 and 2 Free Public Lectures on Mar. 28), see below: 1) Thursday, March 27: The Corporation exists to generate profit for its shareholders. But is that all? Can a corporation also advance human rights, or should it? We'll be joined by Dr Wesley Cragg, Chair of Transparency International Canada. Call with your thoughts on the ethical obligations of business. Airtime: Thursday, March 27, 12 - 2 pm on Radio One (Halifax 90.5 FM) Host: Costas Halavrezos Phone-In: 1-800-565-1940 (902) 420-9336 (Local) EMAIL: marnoon@halifax.cbc.ca WEB SITE: http://www.cbc.ca/maritimenoon/index.html Organized by: CBC Radio and the Society for Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR) 2) "ETHICS, LEADERSHIP AND THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION" Dr. Wesley Cragg George R. Gardiner Chair in Business Ethics in the Schulich School of Business at York University and the Chair and President of Transparency International Canada (complete bio below) Friday, March 28 11:45-12:45 PM Case Room #2 Faculty of Management Building Dalhousie University 6152 Coburg Road 3) "HUMAN RIGHTS, GLOBALIZATION AND THE MODERN-INVESTOR CORPORATION" Dr. Wesley Cragg (complete bio below) Friday, March 28 3:30-5:30 PM Room 105 Dalhousie Law School Dalhousie University 6061 University Avenue Lectures organized by: Faculty of Management, School of Business, Douglas C. Mackay Seminar Series, Philosophy Department, and the Society for Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR). For more info, please email: cesr@dal.ca or http://is2.dal.ca/~cesr Bio: Dr. Wesley Cragg graduated from the University of Alberta with an Honours B.A. and an M.A. In 1964 he won a Rhodes scholarship, which took him to Oxford for three years of postgraduate work in philosophy culminating in two degrees, a B.Phil. and a D.Phil. He is currently the Gardiner Professor of Business Ethics in the Schulich School of Business with a cross appointment at the rank of Professor in the Department of Philosophy of York University. He is currently directing a major interdisciplinary study entitled "Ethics Codes: the regulatory norms of a globalized society?" The project has been funded by the Canadian Humanities and Social Sciences Research Council. It will examine the effectiveness of codes and self-regulation in international business transactions with particular reference to labour standards, environmental protection, human rights, corruption and money laundering. He has published widely in Canadian and international journals on topics in business ethics, corporate citizenship, bribery and corruption, occupational ethics, moral education, applied ethics, moral, political and social philosophy, and philosophy of law. He is the author of several books including Contemporary Moral Issues, published by McGraw Hill/Ryerson now in its fourth edition. Dr. Cragg is currently Chair and President of Transparency International-Canada. Transparency International is a global, anti corruption coalition with chapters formed and forming in over 70 countries around the world. Its mission is to sensitize governments, the public, multi national corporations and International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO's) to the threat corruption poses for economic and social development and international trade. Dr. Cragg is a former President of the Canadian Philosophical Association and a former President of the John Howard Society of Canada. He was for several years a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Philosophy of Law. He is currently a member of the Board and the Executive Committee of the York Centre for Practical Ethics, the Board of the John Howard Society of Ontario and a member of a number of scholarly societies and academic associations. Dr. Wesley Cragg George R. Gardiner Program in Business Ethics Chair, Transparency International Canada Schulich School of Business Office: 200 G/SSB York University 4700 Keele St. Toronto, Canada (M3J 1P3) http://www.schulich.yorku.ca/ssb-extra/businessethics.nsf http://www.transparency.ca -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SUST-MAR TIP: to leave the list, PLEASE send "unsubscribe sust-mar" (or unsubscribe sust-mar-digest") to majordomo@chebucto.ca -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
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