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- EBBF PRESS RELEASES -
The European Bahá’í Business Forum, announces a Call for Speakers as it opens registration for its 20th Annual Conference, celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Paris, France – July 27, 2010 –EBBF (www.ebbf.org) the European Bahá’í Business Forum, announces a Call for Speakers as it opens registration for its 20th Annual Conference, and the second Make It Meaningful conference in a series. The three day event will be held at the deport Conference Centre in Nijmegen, The Netherlands September 23 to 26, 2010. The conference aims to support participants who want to learn to create workplaces which contribute to the well being of employees, other stakeholders and the communities within which they operate.
The European Baha’i Business Forum EBBF will host the first of a series of conferences from May 21-23 in Rome, Italy where participants will discover what is important and why and learn how to help themselves and their colleagues transform "meaningless sometimes intolerable working environments”.
Rome, Italy – April 27th, 2010 –EBBF (www.ebbf.org) the European Bahá’í Business Forum, an international NGO representing businesspeople across 70 countries announces its first MAKE IT MEANINGFUL, a three day conference built around the concept of How to build civilisation through your daily work. This event brings together businesspeople from different countries and sectors who want to create innovative organisations that nurture the development of the limitless and often untapped potential of its people also adding a wider perspective on the role of business in assisting the development of civilisation.
An affiliate-member of the European Baha'i Business Forum, the African Baha'i Business Forum (ABBF) will be one of the first of its kind on the African Continent
Johannesburg, South Africa – April 12, 2010 –ABBF ( www.ebbf.org/abbf.html ), the African Baha’i Business Forum an affiliate-member of the European Baha’i Business Forum, an international NGO representing businesspeople across 70 countries kicked off with an inaugural lecture titled “Ethics in Business Decision-Making, Brand-Building and Globalization” by Dr. Iraj Abedian, Economist and CEO of Pan-African Captial Holding, the first of the ABBF's series on Ethics in Business in Africa.
RUOVESI, Finland – March 22, 2010– AIESEC Finland (www.aiesec.fi), Finnish chapter of the world's largest student-run organisation, active in 12 universities across six cities, enables young people to explore and develop their leadership potential for a positive impact on society; and EBBF (www.ebbf.org) the European Bahá’í Business Forum, an international NGO representing business people in 70 countries and dedicated to inspiring responsible business practices convened on the 6-7 March in Ruovesi at a Leadership Camp concluding the two week National Leadership event. The aim of the 2010 Leadership Weeks was to provide a place for discussion around leadership in the 21st century and to encourage young people to develop the desired qualities of a future leader. Companies, organisations and students held Leadership Seminars in Helsinki and Jyväskylä and a Leadership Camp in Ruovesi.
United Nations, New York – March 17, 2010 –EBBF (www.ebbf.org) the European Bahá’í Business Forum, an international NGO representing businesspeople across 70 countries joined The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the UN Global Compact (UNGC) along with Member States, and representatives of other non-governmental organisations as the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) undertook a fifteen year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly.
Spello, Italy – February 24, 2010 –EBBF (www.ebbf.org) the European Baha’i Business Forum, an international NGO representing businesspeople across 70 countries and dedicated to inspiring responsible business practices provides us with an overview and basic understanding of many of the ethical financial trends currently bubbling up around the planet with the relaunch of its ever popular EBBF Ethical Finance Knowledge Centre.
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Copenhagen, Denmark – December 15, 2009 –EBBF (www.ebbf.org) the European Bahá’í Business Forum, has issued An Ethical Perspective on the Environment and a call to business leaders everywhere:
The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen offers a unique opportunity to establish a new global approach to this enormous challenge.
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You can read the full statement - An Ethical Perspective on the Environment - clicking here.
EBBF – The European Bahá’i Business Forum Issues 2008/2009 Annual Report
Chambéry, France – October 14, 2009 –EBBF (www.ebbf.org) the European Bahá’í Business Forum, an international NGO representing businesspeople across 70 countries and dedicated to inspiring responsible business practices has released its Annual Report for the year ending August 31, 2009.
This Year an Unprecedented Number of Individuals Have Turned to EBBF to Seek Support, Ideas, and Partnerships.
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Nijmegen, The Netherlands – September 28, 2009 –EBBF (www.ebbf.org) the European Bahá’í Business Forum, an international NGO representing businesspeople across 70 countries and dedicated to inspiring responsible business practices has issued an ethical perspective on the economic recovery.
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Restoring Trust - EBBF Announces the Launch of Anti-bribery and Anti-corruption Knowledge Centre.
Geneva, Switzerland – September 15, 2009 – EBBF (www.ebbf.org) the European Baha’i Business Forum announces the launch of its ninth Knowledge Centre, dedicated to restoring trust by combating the issue of bribery and corruption. Created in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Méan, EBBF member and Vice President of Transparency International Switzerland, the global civil society organization fighting corruption.
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FINALKnowledgeCentre9Sept2009.pdf Click on the link above to download and forward to your contacts the press release. |
EBBF Applaudes the - global - scope of Gordon Brown's speech at TED
23 July 2009 - EBBF Non-partisan NGO Comprising Businesspeople from more than 60 Countries Joins the Standing Ovation in Oxford Yesterday.
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The Social, Ethical and Spiritual Responsibility of Corporations
14th July 2009 - EBBF member Giuseppe Robiati consults with Italian Industrialists on the Social, Ethical and Spiritual Responsibility of Corporations.
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An Ethical Perspective On Today’s Economic Crisis
2nd July 2009 - Businesspeople Across 60 Countries Issue Statement Calling for an Ethical Response to Today’s Economic Crisis at the Global Ethics Conference, United Nations, Geneva
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AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE ON TODAY’S ECONOMIC CRISIS
A statement from the European Baha'i Business Forum - July 2009
The world is passing through an economic and financial crisis unprecedented in modern times. Its global scope transcends the cyclical adjustments of national economies and the corrective instruments usually used by business and national governments. The general malaise and loss of confidence point to deeper issues and more fundamental flaws in the economic system, extending to a crisis of leadership and values.
This unprecedented crisis, together with its accompanying social breakdown, reflects a profound error of conception about human nature itself. We are being shown that, unless the development of society finds a purpose beyond the mere amelioration of material conditions, it will fail to attain even this goal. That purpose must be sought in spiritual dimensions of life and motivation that transcend a constantly changing economic landscape and an artificially imposed division of human societies into "developed" and "developing".
The European Baha'i Business Forum recognizes in this situation an opportunity to reshape the fundamental concepts and structures that will not only lift us from this crisis but set us on a road towards a new set of institutions and behaviours which will enable humankind to prosper.
As the present crisis is fundamentally one of trust and integrity, and therefore ethical in its foundation, its solution cannot be a mere institutional reorganization or some additional regulatory measures. It needs an ethical response at all levels: the individual, the corporation and the government and regulatory entities.
There is no quick fix to this situation. Several principles must be considered while reshaping our thinking on institutions and the individuals that compose them. We need to replace the concept of self-centred materialism with that of service to humanity, competition with cooperation, corruption with ethical behaviour, sexism with gender balance, greed with personal ethics, national sovereignty with international collaboration, protectionism with world unity, and injustice with justice.
EBBF promotes and welcomes engagement with the widest possible community to develop together the new framework. Given the importance of the business community in the world, we should draw on its special capabilities and resources, in collaboration with governments, international organizations and NGOs, to design the institutional framework and the guiding principles of the new economic system. We call on peoples from all businesses, countries, and walks of life to work together to build a new economic system based upon equity and justice.
Signed by the Governing Board of the European Baha’i Business Forum (EBBF)
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