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Third WORLD CONGRESS
University of Melbourne, Australia
14-17 July 2004

Freedoms and Responsibilities

Ethics, Leadership and Corporate Governance in a Global Economy

• Accountability

  • Business Practice

    • Citizenship

      • Community

        • Cultural Diversity

          • Global Justice

            • Public and Private

              • Rights and Duties

Freedoms and Responsibilities in Business

Ethics, Leadership and Corporate Governance in a Global Economy

Congress will address issues of ethics, justice and human rights in the context of the realities of business practice. We will examine the roles of business, government and civil society in promoting the efficient production and fair distribution of goods. We will explore the types of leadership and forms of corporate governance required to meet the economic, social and environmental demands placed on corporations operating in a global economy. The reputation of business heavily depends on how it responds to global inequality. The challenge to business leadership is how to combine economic effectiveness with the responsibilities of business towards the communities they serve. Corporate governance must provide a framework in which ethical issues are adequately addressed, prioritised, audited and resolved within business enterprises. Congress is a forum for informed debate on the ethical controversies and practical dilemmas that arise in seeking to combine freedom and responsibility in a global economy.

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Invited Speakers

Mr Tanri Abeng former Minister for Privatizing State-Owned Enterprises, Republic of Indonesia Mr Tunku Abdul Aziz Chairman, Transparency International, Malaysia Mrs Heloisa Bedicks Latin-America Prof Larissa Behrendt University of Technology, Sydney Ms Sharan Burrow President Australian Council of Trade Unions Dr Neil Byron Australian Productivity Commission Mr Paul Chadwick Victorian Privacy Commissioner Prof C.A.J. (Tony) Coady CAPPE University of Melbourne Prof Richard T De George University of Kansas, USA Prof Nobuyuki Demise Japan Ms Melissa de Zwart Monash University Prof Mick Dodson Director, National Institute for the Study of Indigenous Australia Australian National University Prof Thomas Donaldson The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Professor Peter Drahos REGNET, The Australian National University Mr Ray Elliott OEC Consulting Prof Georges Enderle University of Notre Dame, USA Dr Kenneth E. Goodpaster Koch Chair of Business Ethics University of St. Thomas Minnesota Mr Harry R. Halloran Chairman/CEO American Refining Group, Inc. Pennsylvania Mr Shigeru ("Lefty") Sato Advisory Member Caux Round Table - Japan

Dr David Kimber Pacific Region Justice Michael Kirby High Court of Australia Mr Ewald Kist CEO ING Group Ms M.Charito Kruvant President Creative Associates International, Inc Washington, D.C. Mr Ernst Ligteringen CEO Global Reporting Initiative Dr Simon Longstaff Director, St James Ethics Centre Dr David Lowry Freeport-McMoran, Inc Mr T. Dean Maines Project Director Self-Assessment and Improvement Process University of St. Thomas, Minnesota Prof Doreen McBarnet Centre for Socio-Legal Studies University of Oxford N. R. Narayana Murthy Chairman Infosys Technologies Ltd, India Justice Neville Owen Supreme Court of Western Australia Prof Deon Rossouw Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa Prof Lori Ryan North America Prof S. Prakash Sethi City University, New York Prof Peter Singer Princeton University USA A/Prof Matt Warren Deakin University Dr John Weckert CAPPE Prof Josef Wieland Europe

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Patrons of the Congress

Mrs. Janet Holmes a Court
Sir William Deane
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
Sir Ninian Stephen

Melbourne Organising Committee

Tom Campbell (CAPPE) Congress Convenor,
Andrew Alexandra (CAPPE )
Anona Armstrong (Victoria University)
Irena Blonder (CAPPE)
Chris Burnup (Consultant)
Tony Coady (CAPPE)
Garry Fowler (Ernst & Young)
Ronald Francis (Victoria University)
David Kimber (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
David Kinley (Monash University)
Linda Hancock (Deakin University)
John Weckert (CAPPE)
Moya Mills (CRANLANA)
Michael Segon (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
Michela Betta (Swinburne University)

International Organising Committee

M. Cecilia Arruda (Brazil) Chair
Tony Coady (Australia)
Richard De George (USA)
Tom Dunfee (USA)
Georges Enderle (USA)
Heidi Hoivik (Norway)
Bryan Husted (Mexico)
Peter Koslowski (Germany)
John Milton-Smith (Australia)
Iwao Taka (Japan)
Deon Rossouw (South Africa)
Vasanthi Srinivasan (India)
Xiaohe Lu (China)

Australasia Regional Advisory Committee

John Milton-Smith (Perth) Chair
Tunku Abdul Aziz (Malaysia)
Tanri Abeng (Indonesia-Malaysia Business Council)
Larissa Behrendt (Sydney)
Sharan Burrow (Australian Council of Trades Unions)
Henry Bosch (Transparency International Australia)
Fred Chaney (National Native Title Tribunal)
Nobby Clark (Melbourne)
Rev Tim Costello (Baptist Union)
Rita Law (Hong Kong)
Simon Longstaff (St James Ethics Centre)
Alison Mackinnon (Adelaide)
Conchita Manabat (Phillipines)
Terry Moran (Premier's Department, Victoria)
Charles Sampford (Brisbane)

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