Business Ethics, Globalization and Human Rights - Three Events on Mar. 27-28

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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



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