Rotary Living Ethics Summit 2008

Ballina RSL Club on Friday April 11, 2008

Invitation, Keynote Speakers and Program pdf

A MESSAGE TO ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENTS FROM DISTRICT GOVERNOR BRIAN WHEATLEY:

I commend to you this very significant initiative of the Rotary Club of Ballina on Richmond.

The Club has been planning and working on the project for quite some time and through all stages has received my unqualified support.

It is more than significant that Rotary International Past President Bill Boyd gave his immediate & unqualified support to the initiative and has agreed to attend as key note speaker. 

Past President Bill is indeed a very well respected representative of Rotary & a great supporter for the advancement  of ethical principles, and behaviour, in every aspect of our lives.

As Rotarians, every aspect of our lives should be governed by the 4 Way Test, for to do otherwise, brings great discredit to us as individuals and to Rotary as an organisation. 

At the 2007 International Assembly in San Diego, Carol and I had the very great privilege to be in the presence of Past Rotary International President Bhichai Rattakul when he delivered a very stirring and powerful speech on leadership and ethics.

In that speech PRIP Bhichai said:

 “In a world where too many overlook the importance of integrity and ethics in business, politics, and their personal lives, the need to represent our vocation in Rotary, and Rotary in our vocation, is as strong as ever.

In recent years, there has been a shift of ethical standards in the homes, in business, and in the political arena that is rapidly spreading across society and all throughout the wireless world in which we live. We see abuses committed for personal gain, ego- and greed driven leadership and conflicts for nothing but one’s own power. A fog that clouds those sinfully minded people makes it difficult for them to comprehend that their actions carry with them international ramifications.
Almost every day, we hear about the flouting of legal and regulatory provisions, the granting of monopoly privileges to friends and relatives and financial backers, the preferential use of privileged information, vote buying, resources wastage, human exploitation . . . the list of abuses committed for personal gain is depressingly long. There is a crisis of ethics everywhere!” 

The Living Ethics Summit 2008 will focus on our behaviour in all of facets of our way of life.

The Summit will reflect on the way we act, carry out business, deal with our clients, customers and family, the way we want others to treat us, and the values we hold.

The calibre of the key note speakers will provide several different focal points for these discussions. 

The aim of the Summit is to improve the way we all relate in business with one another, across all environments and industries, and to foster an understanding of better ways to interact as a community. It addresses ethics in the community on subjects relating to sensitive and sustainable development, role models in business and sport, and cultural influences.  It looks at ethics in the family, family values, relationships, social and moral responsibilities.  

Living Ethics is a project of appeal and application to the whole of society.

I commend it to you all.  

Very kind regards,

Brian

Brian J Wheatley (Carol)
Rotary International District 9640 Ltd.
District Governor (2007-2008)

 A Message from Mario van Eck on behalf of the Living Ethics Summit:

The big day is approaching fast.  

I have set out below a brief summary of the Summit's focus and aims and listed the high profile speakers that are participating. I have also attached a copy of the Summit registration form which provides additional background information. We look forward to strong support from our Rotary members and their colleagues. A registration form for the Summit may be downloaded here.

LIVING ETHICS SUMMIT April 2008. Ballina NSW.

The Rotary Club of Ballina-On-Richmond is partnering with the Northern Rivers NSW Business Chamber will be conducting a Living Ethics Summit to be held at the Ballina RSL Club on Friday April 11, 2008.

High profile and influential community and business leaders have been secured to chair and facilitate plenary sessions and workshops which will guarantee that this innovative and groundbreaking event be of the highest quality.  

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