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Teodorina Lessidrenska - Programme Executive Business Ethics, Globethics.net (Switzerland) Published on May 14, 2014

Teodorina Lessidrenska - Programme Executive Business Ethics, Globethics.net (Switzerland) on the document,  Declaration of Principles on Equality and Inequality for a Sustainable Economy [Draft] here.

All segments (1-16) of conference on Globethics YouTube Channel. 

Kumud M Srinivasan - President of Intel India and General Manager of the Intel Architecture Group (India) Published on May 14, 2014

Conference Programme highlights

Speakers at the Global Ethics Forum 2014 Conference at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) in Bangalore/India were influential high profile leaders from business, government, academia, civil society, and other key stakeholder groups. Speakers included:

• Walter Fust, International Chair Global Ethics Forum, President, Globethics.net and Former Ambassador, Switzerland;
• S.D. Shibulal, International Chair Global Ethics Forum and CEO and Co-founder, Infosys, India;
• Mervyn King, International Chair Global Ethics Forum and Chairman, International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), UK/South Africa;
• Le Ping, Deputy Director, Research Institute of Globalization and China's Modernization, UIBE. China;
• Arnold Smit, BEN Africa, Driector of the Centre for Buinsess in Society, University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa;
• Klaus Leisinger, Chairman Emeritus, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, Switzerland;
• Yahya Wijaya, Director, Center for Business Ethics, Indonesia;
• Prof. HH Sri Sri Ravi, Shankar, Art of Living, India;
• Alexander Ageev, Director General, Ethics Institute of Economics, Russia;
• Kumud Srinivasan, President, Intel India; and many others.

These programs available on RichardDWolff YouTube Channel begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month. Then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues.

For July 9, these include:
1. Americans' falling household wealth expose "recovery"
2. New global debt bubble threatens
3. Most large US companies evade taxes by off-shore "havens"
4. GM's scandal: 30 million vehicle recall, $50 billion subsidies

Published on Jul 10, 2014

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After five years of deepening crisis, failed "solutions," and aborted "recoveries," millions see a capitalist system no longer serving most Americans. It's time to demand a cure big and bold enough to work. Richard Wolff spoke on to hear that cure presented, explained, and justified. Instead of resignation to economic decline, come and help build real and positive change.

This evening was the launch Wolff's latest book, Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism released September 1st, 2012 by Haymarket Publishers. Published on Mar 14, 2013

Filmed by LinkTV September 6, 2012

A conservation effort across the West to protect the sage grouse, a bird with an unusual mating call, has put different environmental interests at odds. Published on Jul 22, 2014

Produced by: Kassie Bracken and Ben Laffin/ Read the story here.

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The theme of the TEDxTucson December 2011 event was "Innovating Our Green Economy. In his talk "The Failure Of Success", Dr. George Land gives us a brief history of human innovation and talks about the importance of creativity. George Land is an author, speaker, consultant, and general systems scientist. His research ultimately led to the formulation of his Transformation Theory, a theory of transformation that integrates principles of creativity, growth, and change.

Tom Steyer, Senior Managing Member & Founder of Farallon Capital Management and co-founder of Advanced Energy Economy, discusses idea behind the advanced energy economy and why advanced energy is a critical issue for the United States. Farallon Capital is a San Francisco, California-based equity management firm. Visit the AAE website for more information about the Advanced Energy Economy. Steyer resigned from Farallon in 2012, founded NextGen Climate to support activism on climate change in 2013, and just recently completed his personal divestment from fossil fuels. Published on Aug 26, 2013

Many critics claim that the problem with economics is that it has no theory of value. From early economists, such as Smith, Ricardo and Marx, to later economists, pinning value to economics has proved disputatious. In turn, problems with understanding value reverberate to problems with money, problems with the long term and problems with sustainability.

This panel discussion at this Long Finance conference will examine the question of "How to Incentivise Sustainable Finance"? Published on Mar 15, 2012
The panellists are (from left to right):
- Professor Michael Mainelli
- Dr Matthew Kiernan
- Valéry Lucas-Leclin
- Joss Tantram