Caux Initiatives for Business (CIB) encourages business leaders, young professionals, NGO representatives, trade unionists, experts and decision makers to work together to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of values - in personal conduct and in economic life.
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Mr R GopalakrishnanEach year, an emminent person who has given a lead in values-based business initiatives is invited to deliver the Caux Lecture during the TIGE conference. In 2010 Mr R Gopalakrishnan executive director of Tata Sons Limited, chairman of Rallis India and of Advinus Therapeutics, and vice chairman of Tata Chemicals, will deliver the lecture. He is a director on the boards of several Tata companies, among them Tata Motors, Tata Power and Tata Teleservices.
A key member of the Tata Group Corporate Centre, Mr Gopalakrishnan plays a vital role in providing direction and impetus to the group's forays into potentially viable areas of the new economy.
A graduate in physics from Calcutta University, Mr Gopalakrishnan also has a degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has been president of the All India Management Association and is involved with education through his board memberships of a school and two management colleges. Mr Gopalakrishnan is the author of The Case of the Bonsai Manager, published by Penguin India in 2007.
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Against the backdrop of the economic crisis in Greece, Italy and other EU economies, the conference entitled ‘Trust and integrity in the global economy’, 17-23 July 2012, will explore ways to help create a just and equitable global economy.
Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis
by Dr Noel Purcell, Chair, Caux Round Table
Podcasts of the TIGE 2011 conference are available here. Please click on the links below to download.
Yahaya Ahmed at the Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy Conference
Date: Monday, 8 August 2011
Yahaya Ahmed discusses the development of a solar cooker that uses less resources
Sergio Gridel, Philip Koenig et Nicolas Reynaud sur la « Gouvernance de Communion: redécouvrir le management
Date: Friday, 5 August 2011
Témoignage de Sergio Gridel, Philip Koenig et Nicolas Reynaud sur la « Gouvernance de Communion:redécouvrir le management » lors de la rencontre Confiance et intégrité dans une économie mondialisée (TIGE). Avec introduction par Lavinia Sommaruga.
Göran Carstedt, chairman of The Natural Step International, speaking on “Creating a sustainable future – the leadership challenge of our time”
Ronnie Lessem and Alexander Schieffer on “Integral Economics: a new transcultural approach towards social and economic transformation”
Date: Saturday, 6 August 2011
Ronnie Lessem, from the UK, and Alexander Schieffer from Switzerland on “Integral Economics: a new transcultural approach towards social and economic transformation”
Sumio Takeichi on “Green Energy: future for a sustainable global economy”
Date: Sunday, 7 August 2011
Sumio Takeichi (Japan, Limited Partner of the Green Finance Corporation (GFC), during the “Trust and integrity in the global economy“ conference
Speech by Paul Moore at the opening of the ‘Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy’
Date: Thursday, 4 August 2011
Paul Moore, the former head of group regulatory risk at Halifax Bank of Scotland HBOS, internationally known as ‘the HBOS whistle-blower’; telling his personal story and the lessons learned for the future of the financial services sector and the global economy.
Diana de Vallescar habla sobre "Diaspora, identidad y el rol de las políticas de identidad"
Date: Saturday, 6 August 2011
Diana de Vallescar habla durante la conferencia "Aprender a vivir en un mundo multicultural" sobre "Diaspora, identidad y el rol de las políticas de identidad"
Caux Conferences - Report 2011
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