A trade union perspective on the banking crisis
Brendan Barber, the General Secretary of the TUC, will speak on 'A trade union perspective on the banking crisis' at a forum at the Initiatives of Change centre in London, on the evening of Tuesday 27 April. The event is being hosted by The Industrial Pioneer and Caux Initiatives for Business (CIB).

Caux Initiatives for Business (CIB) encourages business leaders, young professionals, NGO representatives, trade unionists, experts and decision makers to work together to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of values - in personal conduct and in economic life.

Pune based Forbes Marshall is a leader in process efficiency and energy conservation through technology tie-ups and focused investments in manufacturing and research. They have joint ventures with the world’s leading names and deliver quality solutions in 14 countries. FM is probably the only company in the world to have extensive expertise in both steam and control instrumentation. Forbes Marshall’s close ties with MRA-Initiatives of Change (IofC) go back to the mid 70s. The employees, with their spouses, participate regularly in IofC programmes at Asia Plateau. Jt. Managing Director Mr Farhad Forbes (FF) and his wife, HR Director Rati Forbes (RF) share insights with Sudakshina Sinha Banerjee in this interview about their association with IofC.

Ability for Creation is the greatest of all the gifts God has given to man. Innovation and invention are aspects of Creation. The Japanese concept of ‘Continuous Improvement’ basically works on the power of an Idea (thought) and highlights the extent of untapped power each of us has within us.

Five decades ago Peter Drucker said religion and politics have had their day; now business would shape society. The religious leaders were accountable to their gods and their scriptures; the politicians have their electorate to face. Who would business be accountable to?

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.

De jaarlijkse conferentie van de Caux Round Table (CRT) vindt om de drie jaar plaats in Caux. Dit jaar namen 35 mensen uit 19 landen deel, afkomstig uit het bedrijfsleven en de academische wereld.

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.

Our analysis shows that $850 billion to $1 trillion a year of illicit money passes out of developing countries, through the shadow financial system, and into industrial countries. This is the most damaging economic condition hurting the global poor. G20 leaders need to refocus on changing the culture of opacity embodied in the global shadow financial system in order to curtail the flow of illicit money across borders. Several measures can achieve this end—automatic exchange of tax information, beneficial ownership, harmonizing predicate offenses, and country-by-country reporting.

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.