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Ethics for Breakfast presents
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 Tuesday, April 8, 2008
7:15 - 8:30 am
How Do We
Define "Ethics"?
with Karen L. Ormerod, CEO,
Institute for Global Ethics (Canada)
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604.685-6560
It's a lot more than just compliance… Is it socially responsible business? Right action? Sustainability?
Dr. Rush Kidder, Founder and President of the Institute for Global Ethics, defines ethics as “obedience to the unenforceable.”
The word itself is a challenge in that people have differing views on its meaning, and relevance, to themselves. Can it be interchanged with words like ‘morals,’ ‘integrity’ or ‘values’? What has ethics to do with Corporate Social Responsibility, if anything? And to what extent, if any, has ‘going green’ co-opted the CSR and ethical agenda and landscape?
Karen will give a brief overview of the concepts covered in IGE (Canada’s) Ethical Fitness® Seminar, and then facilitate a discussion wrestling with the questions posed above.
DATE: Tuesday, April 8th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION: BC Hydro Building
16th Floor Conference Room**
333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
(**First register at Security Desk - Main floor)
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
(muffins, tea and coffee included)
click here to RSVP or phone: 604.685-6560
About Karen Ormerod / Institute for Global Ethics
The Institute for Global Ethics (Canada) is an independent, non-sectarian and non-partisan national organization based in Vancouver. Its mission is to promote ethical behaviour among Canadians and our institutions -- through research, public discourse, and practical action -- so that shared moral values increasingly shape our relationships, determine our decisions, and guide our actions nationally and globally.
Appointed CEO in October 2007, Karen has a wealth of experience, skill and outstanding achievements in the voluntary sector.
Karen Ormerod holds a Master of Management Degree for National Voluntary Sectors Leaders from McGill University and is a self-described "transformational change agent." Before joining IGE, she was the Director, Major Gifts at the BC Cancer Foundation. Previously, she held key positions in a variety of high-profile non-profits in Ontario including: President & CEO of Osteoporosis Canada; Executive Director of the ALS Society of Ontario; District Manager of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, York Region; and National Manager of Chapter Operations for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Karen has also served on the Boards of the Health Charities Coalition of Canada; Coalition of Ontario Voluntary Organizations; the Migraine Association of Canada; the York Central Hospital Volunteer Association; and the Association for the Education & Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired.
click here to RSVP or phone: 604.685-6560
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