Here you will find articles and presentations created by EBBF members. They were offered at one of the over 250 events where members represent EBBF, its values, ideas and actions ever year.
NEW - Opening talk on Business Ethics at ABBF's inaugurational event
by Dr. Iraj Abedjan (Economist and CEO of Pan-African Capital Holdings).
This talk offered as the keynote speech at the inaugural event of EBBF's Affiliate ABBF (African Baha'i Business Forum) offers an overview of Business Ethics and our role in promoting and living these principles in our working lives.
"Ethics pervades business decision making in all spheres of production, finance, marketing and distribution, and customer relations. The operational challenge is therefore the extent to which business decision-makers incorporate ethical standards openly into their business strategy, business management processes, and the creation of an environment in which ethical codes are practiced by “commission” as opposed to such codes being violated by “omission”."
An EBBF Perspective on The Global Economic and Financial Crisis
by Riaz Rafat and Elham Afnan.
In this paper we examine causes of the current global economic and financial crisis and offer some possible immediate and long-term solutions. Major sources of ideas for the paper include publications of the European Bahá’í Business Forum (EBBF), as well as views offered by individual members of EBBF.
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: THE CHALLENGE
by Paulo Ribeiro de Lemos
In this paper, Paulo Ribeiro de Lemos offers a new view, or perhaps a different view, of Global Governance as seen through the prism of Complex Adaptive Systems.
Proposed Solution to the World Economic Crisis
by Farhang Sefidvash - Research Centre for Global Governance - RCGG
- The Causes of the Global Economic Crisis (2.1 Mb)
by Riaz Rafat, Program Director - Telenor
- Some Solutions to the Global Economic Crisis (2.4 Mb)
by Riaz Rafat, Program Director - Telenor
Riaz Rafat is an economist from Norway, but now working as Director of a major change program for Telenor in Serbia. During the past year, Riaz has served as advisor on “sustainable business development” for business executives, the government and business students in Serbia – and the first version of this presentation was developed for discussions with these groups.
Balancing work with life, finding the priorities (6.3 Mb)
by Nora Tönnis, HR Manager Ikea
Offers a combination of Nora's own materials together with excerpts and ideas from Hamid Peseschkian and Nousha Etemad. Excellent resource to assist our task of combining our work with our life priorities helping a more balanced and ultimately effective and rewarding life style.
Augusto Lopez Claros´ speech at the launch of his Humanitarian Response Index with Kofi Annan (52 Kb)
by Augusto Lopez Claros
Offers insights into the Good Humanitarian Donorship Principles signed by major national donors and Augusto´s approach to measuring the effectiveness of those donations. The article provides a new measurement system that Kofi Annan defined in an interview on the Financial Times as "a crucial tool to help ensure that no disaster is ignored, and that every dollar spent helps those most in need"
A Principle Based Approach to Business, Work, Wealth and Leadership (360 Kb)
Compiled by Bamdad Jabbari, Nousha Etemad, Sai Thallam
A compilation of quotes from the world's spiritual traditions.
Moral Leadership (224 Kb)
by Friedrich W. Affolter
Illustrates how values and cultured assumptions about ethics and morality are reflected in frameworks of organizational and socio-economic development leadership. Leadership frameworks are never ‘neutral’ or ‘value-detached’. Although pseudo-moral pretexts may incite intolerance and aggression, genuine moral leadership frameworks aim to strengthen individual and organizational performance, and ensure socio-ecological sustainability. Teachers, students and practitioners must learn to tacitly acknowledge and highlight their moral assumptions, and learn from one another how values and beliefs shape leadership styles and overall management performance.
- Uniminded to Pluriminded
A vision of the enterprise of the future from EBBF co-founder Beppe Robiati
Redefining Success (224 Kb)
by Nousha Etemad
Global Interdependance
a presentation highlighting the interdependance of world economic factors confirming the trend towards, one world. By Augusto Lopez Claros, former World Economic Forum's Chief Economist.
Beyond Servant Leadership (304 Kb)
Nousha Etemad
A personal experience in ethical communication
by Denise Cumella, EBBF, Italy
Ethicon: A new business unit dedicated to the promotion of an ethical and responsible approach to business and to consumption behaviours.
