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Prix Robin Cosgrove, Ethique en Finance – Les Nominés /
Robin Cosgrove Prize for Ethics in Finance – The Nominees

Le Prix Robin Cosgrove, Ethique en finance a été lancé en septembre 2006. Les jeunes adultes âgés de 35 ans au maximum étaient invités à faire parvenir leurs papiers sur le thème « idées innovantes qui visent à promouvoir l’éthique dans la finance ».
Après examens et discussions approfondis, les membres de l'éminent Jury international ont dressé une liste de 7 Nominés pour le Prix Robin Cosgrove.
Les lauréats du prix seront annoncés lors d’une cérémonie spéciale qui se tiendra le 14 septembre 2007, lors de la session d'ouverture de la 6ème rencontre internationale Ethique, Finance et Responsabilité.
Les papiers écrits par les 7 Nominés seront édités et publiés dans un numéro spécial de la revue FINANCE & THE COMMON GOOD/BIEN COMMUN en septembre 2007.

The Robin Cosgrove Prize for Ethics in Finance was launched in September 2006. Young people, aged maximum 35, were invited to submit papers on the subject of Innovative Ideas for Ethics in Finance.
After thorough reviews and discussions, the distinguished international Jury members have short-listed a group of 7 Nominees for the Robin Cosgrove Prize.
The prizewinners of the Robin Cosgrove Prize will be announced during the opening session of the 6th international meeting on Ethics, Finance & Responsibility, on September the 14th, 2007.
The papers written by the 7 Nominees will be edited and published in a special issue of the journal FINANCE & THE COMMON GOOD/BIEN COMMUN in September 2007.

The Nominees are:

Ms Rania Abdul Rahim Mousa, Ethics in Finance Revisited
Egyptian - PhD student, Birmingham Business School (Accounting and Finance Dept.), University of Birmingham

Mrs Joy Mueni Maina Kiiru, Microfinance: getting money to the poor or making money out of the poor; what was the promise?
Kenyan - PhD Student, Bonn International Graduate School for Development Research

Mr Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort, Redefining Capitalism
Spanish – Post-graduate Student at the London School of Economics

Mr Jonathan Wisebrod, Socially Responsible Investing: Proposals for the Application and Standardization of Social Impact Ratings
Canadian – Director for Villari, Singapore

Mr Saif Ullah, Does it Help to Buy Recommendations?
Pakistani - PhD Student at the University of Alberta

Ms Clare Payne, Ethics or Bust
Australian - Lawyer, Manager of the Integrity Office of Macquarie (Australian Investment Bank)

Mr Jem Bendell and Mr Inderpreet Chawla, Financing a New Vision of Low-Carbon High-Employment Societies in the Global South: Developing a New Paradigm in Ethical Finance
British and Indian – Academic and Financial consultant in Geneva

www.robincosgroveprize.org

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Conférences / Meetings

6ème Rencontre Internationale, Ethique, Finance & Responsabilité
6th International Meeting on Ethics, Finance & Responsibility

14-15 Septembre 2007, Château de Bossey, Genève

Thèmes abordés

Comment intégrer l’éthique dans l’enseignement de l’économie et du management?
Whistleblowing, le gardien des standards éthiques
La culture d’entreprise. Diagnostic et propositions
Le Private Equity peut-il être socialement responsable?

Le programme >>>

Workshops

How can economic and management education incorporate ethics?
Whistleblowing, the standards ethics watchman
Corporate culture: diagnosis and proposals
Private Equity: can it be socially responsible?

The programme >>>

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Interests and Democracy:
the role of large enterprises in democracy and society

25-26 October 2007, Krakow, Poland

The Observatoire de la Finance, in partnership with Jagiellonian University and University of Fribourg, is organizing a scientific conference, which aims at addressing the issue of how large multinationals cope with their “non-market environment” in Europe, with special emphasis on the New Member States of the European Union.

Topics:
An Introduction: East European Issues
Private interests in the political philosophy of democracy
How enterprises make their voices heard?
Beyond legal constraints - are the corporations really responsive to social concerns?
Final session: Global Views

The Programme >>>

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A venir / Forthcoming

Forthcoming issues of Finance & the Common Good/Bien Commun:
Ethics in Finance. Robin Cosgrove Prize finalists (No 27, II/2007) ;
L'Afrique entre traditions éthiques et attraits de la finance globale (No 28, III/2007) ;
Ethics in economic and management education. The role of Business Schools (No29, I/2008).

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