Opportunities for Action

Job Offers in the field of Development

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
Executive Project Officer - Geneva
Contact: Christina Schrade
christina.schrade(at)theglobalfund.org

African Monitor
Project Director - Cape Town, RSA
Contact: Sarah Rowland Jones
justusmm(at)xsinet.co.za

Ashoka
CFO Washington, DC
Contact: Amy Clark
careers(at)ashoka.org

Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative
5 managers sought - New Delhi, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Ethiopia
Contact: Anil Soni
asoni(at)clintonfoundation.org

Gates Foundation
Financial analyst - Global Health - Seattle
Keith Olson, Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
keith.olson(at)gatesfoundation.org

2006 INTERNATIONAL SPIRIT AT WORK AWARD

Nominations and Applications Open - Final Deadline: May 30, 2006

One of the basic principles of organizational change is that you get more of what you reward. One of the basic spiritual principles is that what you give energy to grows. Most of the news about organizations these days is about negative actions and practices; fraudulent accounting, greed, laying people off while giving executives large bonuses, and so on.

The International Spirit at Work Award was created as an antidote to these negative stories. There are some exemplary organizations that are deeply committed to nurturing the human spirit. This award is a way to recognize and reward those organizations. It is a way to give energy to what is working in business, and to what is inspiring. It provides an opportunity for these leading edge organizations to tell their stories and to be a model for other organizations that may want to emulate their practices.

The International Spirit at Work Awards Conference will be held October 27-29, 2006 at the Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY.

For further information contact EBBF member: Elisa Mallis
Chair, Selection Committee, 2006 International Spirit at Work Award
elisa.m.mallis(at)vodafone.net

Create the enterprise of the future - weekend

12/14 May 2006, Acuto, near Rome

EBBF has created the opportunity for you to shape the ideal enterprise of the future. The entire idea came about at the recent EBBF board meeting where part of the strategy process was to identify the themes that would keep EBBF producing the ideas that have kept it the pioneering and innovative network that it is.

Presentation of the weekend

It became such an exciting conversation that immediately the thought came of extending that consultation to a wider audience. EBBF board members presenting and then joining an open discussion on some of the most innovative ideas and principles emerging in today's and tomorrow's business world - what are the values and ethical strategies that will make enterprises successful in the future.

Imagine this weekend in a beautiful setting, immersed in the nature of the hills of the Acuto Panoramica Hotel, just an hour from Rome, over the weekend of the 12th to the 14th of May 2006.
If you are interested to know more, or register, you are just a click away.

We Need Your Story

Doing something you think is not-so-big? Wondering if what you're doing is making a difference? You'd be surprise how much people could learn from reading your story, from reading about your everyday-life. Whether you've done something grand or have been grand at doing nothing, we need your story. INSPIRE is a forum to share, a community of people who want to learn from each others' lives. In your own way, you could be one of the...People Inspiring Responsible Business. Send your story to The Editors

Global Reporting Initiative G3 Briefing
March 17, 2006, Brussels

Whether you are an expert in the Corporate Responsibility world, or are just starting to explore this fascinating field, participating in the free event will be a rewarding experience. The draft G3 Guidelines will be available for public comment for 90 days. Now is the time for you to have a say in their development, as they are certain to change the future of Sustainability Reporting. Join GRI, in collaboration with leading experts, to get the information you need to make a difference. For more information and to register for a Sneak Peek event, please visit them.

EBBF members taking forward Moral Leadership initiative

EBBF member Shervin Setareh writes from his Master Degree at Columbia "my strategy professor (ex-McKinsey guy turned Adjunct Professor) at Columbia talked with me about his idea of setting up a half term course at Columbia Business School on Personal Mastery.

It would involve value-based leadership (VBL) modules very much along the Nur theme for b-school students whose average age range is between 26-34.He may consider adding a separate optional Friday class which discusses the themes from the point of view of the various religions.

Here what I am looking for: Some people with experience teaching b-school students the VBL stuff. An outline of a curriculim that would fit into half term, i.e. more or less 10 weeks x 3 hrs. If you knowanyone (are that person), please let me know."

Shervin is offering what is one of EBBF's objectives for this year, to promote the creation and implementation of a moral (or values based) leadership program. If you are interested to know more about this project, you may want to visit the Moral Leadership Group that Caroline Sawicki is facilitating.

Or contact her directly: Caroline Sawicki,
Email: caroline.sawicki(at)inet.hr

Some of the most insightful speakers on CD

Leadership, Sustainability, Work-Life Balance, Spirituality and the workplace, Ethics...explore today's burning questions with some of the most influential world-class speakers.

If you missed the EBBF ANNUAL CONFERENCE this year, or having attended you were struck by some of the presentations and panels that you wish you could hear their words once again, there are two complementing opportunities:

You can see their PowerPoint presentations by going to the Forum's webpage:

http://www.ebbf.org/annualconference2005.html

Even better you can really capture their wisdom, insight and experience on these nine audio CD's:

1. Keynote - Creating Global Consciousness - Richard Barrett
2. Workshop - Creating Global Consciousness - Richard Barrett
3. Keynotes - Towards a New World Order - Arthur Dahl plus The Social Dimension of Globalization - Michael Henriques
4. Keynote - Globalization and the Oneness of Humankind - Augusto Lopez-Claros
5. Keynote - Life Balance - Hamid Peseschkian
6. Panel - The Role of Business in Poverty Reduction
7. Panel - Spirit at Work
8. Evening Stories - Spirit at Work - Judi Neal
9. Young Professionals Panel - Adam Ludwin, Nava Ashraf, Elisa Mallis

Price (postage & handling included):

10 Euros per CD
60 Euros for the set of Nine CDs

You can order you CDs in the following ways:

Online, going to the relevant webpage: http://www.ebbf.org/2005audiocd.html
Or you can send your orders by E-Mail (publications(at)ebbf.org) specifying the titles and quantities you wish to receive together with the postal address where these should be sent.
Or you can write and send both the order and the payment by Euro or UK Pounds cheque to our EBBF CFO:
Mr Ardeshir Laloui
3a Cyprus Gardens
Black Fan Road
Welwyn Garden City
Herts AL7 1HN
UK

Road Map to Effective Leadership

April 4th to 7th, 2006 - Czech Republic

Steki, a romantic 13th century castle hotel, built in a Neo-gothic style situated in the province of Prague, Czech Republic, is the setting for an intensive development programme for Senior Managers, Managers and Team Leaders that will take place between the 4th and the 7th of April.

"The Senior Management team of Tyco Electronics Energy Division attended a two day program on Leadership with Ardawan Lalui in April 2005. The two main objectives of the programme were to evaluate and understand our individual leadership qualities and to understand the process of decision making.

Ardawan's style of delivery was inspiring and he ahdd the entire management team hooked right from the very beginning. The programme objecctives were delivered well beyonf tintitial expectations. On the last day of the prgoram we appleid the decision making process to a real problem that had arisen back at the plant. We had a plan of action agreed within two hours and the problem was solved by early the following week.

The methodical process and our fast action ensured that we delighted one of our customers. We all agreed that if we had attempted to deal with this issue in our "pre-Lalui style" it would have taken weeks to solve"

Fiona O'Carroll, HR Manager, Tyco Electronics

It is a well known wisdom that a leader can never rise above the limitations of his / her own - character -. A good leader must also develop business and interpseronal - capabilities - to create an environment which is conducive to both organisational and individual growth.

This unique and practical leadership programme, which si run over a three-day persion, focuses on the balance between characte and capabilities that is required to transform you into a highly effective leader.
It will guide you to dramatically improve overall business and personal performance, and enjoy doing it.

Contact EBBF member Ardawan Lalui ( ardawan.laluilalui.com ) to find all the details of the course.

Due to the intensive personal nature of this program, spaces are limited to 10 participants only!

When you book, mention the code - MEMBER DISCOUNT - an EBBF membership benefit allowing you to enjoy a 10% discount on the course fee.

"Dr. lalui's approach is definitely not mechanistic. It helps persons understand themselves and where and how they fit into their work or personal environments, with the overarching theme that

- the person that you can most influence for change is yourself. By doing so, this will eventually lead to positive change in others within your sphere of influence -

a simple concept that takes time for most people to embrace, but which delivers emphatic benefits to the person as an individual and to those with whom he/she interacts. This program was delivered to a fairly sceptical audience in Ireland. The results were amazing and transforming. I have been through the program and I can vouch for it."

Denis Kearney, Director, Amartec.

Call for Papers & Workshops for the BAWB world conference

[ 500 word abstracts due May 1st 2006 ]

EBBF has been contacted by the conference organiser, Ante Glavas who is inviting us to submit research papers, essays, integrative research reviews, conceptual frameworks, and defining case studies from all management disciplines; papers that are empirical, conceptual or narrative-based. We invite papers and proposals from professors, students, executives, managers and leaders in the field of practice. A peer-review process will select submissions for presentation at the Forum, with outstanding papers considered for a state-of-the-art book as well as for a special journal issue. Innovative, state-of-the-art workshops on the strategic aspects of sustainable value creation, including management methods for advancing business as an agent of world benefit, are also invited. Especially welcome are real-life profiles of CEOs, managers, companies, and public-private partnerships who have dared to view social and global challenges not as burdens but as business opportunities, new sources of innovation, and the basis for long-term fiscal success.

For more information visit their website

Job Offer to become senior researcher at Oxford

Manouchehr Yazhari from London, has submitted this offer to attend interviews with the opportunity of becoming a Senior Research Fellow in Ethics, right down EBBF members' path...

The University of Oxford - Faculty of Philosophy
Future of Humanity Institute
is looking for

a Senior Research Fellow (Assistant Director) - Ethics and,
a Senior Research Fellow (Assistant Director) - Science and Risk Analysis

Deadline: noon Friday 17 March 2006

The Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy, University ofOxford, proposes to appoint two Senior Research Fellows (AssistantDirectors) in the areas of Ethics and Science and Risk Analysis. Thesetwo new positions will offer excellent career opportunities to work inan Institute that benefits from a stimulating environment for researchand teaching, and the presence of a leading international academic, DrNick Bostrom (Director of the Institute). As key members of the researchteam, both post-h olders must be able to work in a multi-disciplinarysetting to ensure high-quality academic and policy outputs. Bothpost-holders will have opportunities to pursue independent researchprojects related to the Institute's focus areas: (1) human enhancementand human potential, including ethical and practical issues; (2) globalcatastrophic risk; (3) methodological and analytical issues related to"big picture" issues for humanity and anticipated future technologies.For more information, please visit http:// www.fhi.ox.ac.uk.

The posts are funded for a fixed term of three years, or until 31 March2009, whichever is the sooner. Depending on the people appointed, theposts could either be for a period of up to three years (or until 31March 2009, whichever is the sooner), OR for one year renewable for atotal of three years (or until 31 March 2009, whichever is the sooner).

1. Senior Research Fellow (Assistant Director) - Ethics (Ref: YD/JM/003)

Academic-related Research Staff Grade RSII: Salary £27,929 - £36,959 p.a.
AOS: Moral philosophy or applied ethics

Applications are invited for a full-time post-doctoral Senior ResearchFellow, to work as a senior researcher and Assistant Director to theDirector of the Future of Humanity Institute, Dr Nick Bostrom. AOS ismoral philosophy or applied ethics. The candidate should be willing todo research in the area of human enhancement ethics, but priorspecialization in this sub-area is not required.

As a key member of the research team, the successful candidate will beexpected to have (amongst other skills/qualities):

expertise in moral philosophy;
a track record of publication demonstrating significant researchcontributions;
ability to develop and manage research programs;
willingness to contribute to the Institute's fundraising efforts,including writing grant applications;
PhD or equivalent experience required by 1 March 2006.

2. Senior Research Fellow (Assistant Director) - Science and RiskAnalysis (Ref: YD/JM/004)

Academic-related Research Staff Grade RSII: Salary £27,929 - £36,959 p.a.

AOS: Science, methodology, risk analysis, or policy analysis

Applications are invited for a full-time post-doctoral Senior Research Fellow, to work as a senior researcher and Assistant Director to the Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, Dr Nick Bostrom. Any AOS relevant to implementing the Institute's program on global catastrophicrisk is acceptable.

As a key member of the research team, the successful candidate will beexpected to have (amongst other skills/qualities):

expertise in one or more area relevant to global catastrophic risk(e.g. knowledge of specific risk categories, or expertise in relevantmethodology, or policy analysis, etc.);
ability to understand and critically evaluate the science relevant toparticular global catastrophic risks, and understanding of at least thebasic concepts of probability theory;
a track record of publication demonstrating significant researchcontributions
ability to develop and manage research programs;
ability constructively to engage diverse communities of experts andhigh-level policy makers;
willingness to contribute to the Institute's fundraising efforts,including writing grant applications;
PhD or equivalent experience required by 1 March 2006.

Further particulars and details of how to apply for both posts areavailable from http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk.

or from:

Ms Jo Armitage
the James Martin Research Projects Co-ordinator
Faculty of Philosophy
10 Merton Street, Oxford
OX1 4JJ, UK
Tel: 01865 276934
E-Mail: jo.armitage(at)philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Fax: 01865 276932
Web Site: www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk

http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.ukPlease quote the relevant reference number for the post in which you areinterested.

The deadline for applications is 12 noon Friday 17 March 2006.

Interviews will be held between 27-29 March 2006.