Edmund Rice Business Ethics
Initiative
07/12/06 08:16 |News
Just this morning the Good Business
newsletter from the Australian Edmund Rice Business Ethics
Initiative popped into my mailbox. This initiative began in 1991
and has prospered ever since. It is a singular and quite effective
linking of the core Edmund Rice values of compassion, justice and
solidarity with the promotion of corporate social
responsibility.
When you think about it, of course, the initiative makes total sense. It is a retrieval of the historical legacy of Edmund Rice himself. He was the Dermod Desmod, the Mohammed Yunus and the Bill Gates of his age, albeit on a much smaller scale. Yet, his significance in the Irish context of his day was considerable.
For this reason, while we might at first be puzzled by an Edmund Rice community involvement with the world of mammon, we can see that it has clear historical antecedents. The promotion of corporate social responsibility is one of the key tasks in the promotion of social justice.
John Sweeney's article in the current issue of the Good Business Newsletter will provide a taster to the overall thrust of the initiatiive.
When you think about it, of course, the initiative makes total sense. It is a retrieval of the historical legacy of Edmund Rice himself. He was the Dermod Desmod, the Mohammed Yunus and the Bill Gates of his age, albeit on a much smaller scale. Yet, his significance in the Irish context of his day was considerable.
For this reason, while we might at first be puzzled by an Edmund Rice community involvement with the world of mammon, we can see that it has clear historical antecedents. The promotion of corporate social responsibility is one of the key tasks in the promotion of social justice.
John Sweeney's article in the current issue of the Good Business Newsletter will provide a taster to the overall thrust of the initiatiive.
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