ABOUT THE ORGANISER

ADVOCACY AND ACTION

THE WORLD FORUM FOR ETHICS IN BUSINESS

The World Forum for Ethics in Business is a registered public interest foundation (“fondation d’utilité publique” – N° 822.216.342) based in Belgium. The mandate of the Forum includes all manners of pursuing and establishing the indispensable ethical foundations of business in a globalised world. The World Forum for Ethics in Business holds a special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. Objectives
  • Provide a platform for the promotion and defense of ethical approaches to business enterprise and corporate governance;
  • Facilitate global dialogue and foster cooperation among the private sector, the academic world, government agencies, international organisations, the media, spiritual as well as secular communities and all other stakeholders with the end in view of fostering decency, maximizing human values and building wider public trust in business;
  • Recruit the broadest possible support for trends, initiatives and projects that would encourage or enhance ethical and/or spiritual motivations, practices, norms and goals in the business world.
  • Assume responsibility for continuing the International Leadership Symposium on Ethics in Business

Activities

  • Regularly convene the International Leadership Symposium on Ethics in Business as well as other pertinent public forums and conferences ;
  • Organize meetings, trainings and workshops, including leadership seminars and summits, for the benefit of relevant stakeholders, such as the World Youth Forum for young leaders ;
  • Undertake projects to raise awareness on the critical link between business and spirituality as well as human values ;
  • Give public recognition and award prizes to outstanding individuals and companies for their exemplary work and service ;
  • Raise funds and build resources in support of the mission and objectives of the foundation.
  • Cooperate and work closely with the International Association for Human Values to realise common aims and objectives

The immediate priorities of the Forum are to:

  • Increase global awareness of ethics In business
  • Facilitate sharing of global best practices
  • Enable and support leaders to act ethically
  • Forge coalitions for collective action
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ONLINE CURRICULUM ON ETHICAL LEADERSHIP

A global taskforce of experts came together in 2013 to work and put together this curriculum which would be made available free to the entire world. Designed in easy self-study modules, this curriculum aims to empower leaders with wisdom and tools to strengthen their responses while facing ethical dilemmas and measure their ethical score. This e-curriculum features videos, success stories of inspiring ethical leaders, case studies and as- sessments. This is currently being developed in partnership with Educomp and the World Bank Group

AMBASSADOR OF ETHICS

With this program, individuals can sign up with WFEB and do small interventions in their community to take up this advocacy for ethics, good governance and sustainability.

NEWSLETTER

WFEB launched a monthly newsletter which showcases practice in ethics to leaders around the world. It gives out information about ethical leadership tools and innovations and helps to expand the network of ethics ambassadors.

OPEN CONTRACTING

The World Bank Group has been working with WFEB during the past few years as a strategic partner to bring together diverse stakeholders from the government, private sector, NGO, media and others to form coalitions to make contracts open, transparent and easily understood.

“Development is a process of trial and error which is inherently context speci c. Structured platforms in which stakeholders interact and discover solutions to problems are the best way for the public and private sectors to learn from each other, build trust and understanding, and set and support reform priorities that work for them. Promoting “voice” and self-discovery through collaborative governance initiatives offers an effective means of increasing the reform space and thus raising the prospects for a sustainable path to economic development and poverty reduction.”

– Mr. Benjamin Herzberg, Program Lead, Private Sector Engagement for Good Governance World Bank Group