Ethics in Banking & Financial Services with Simon Longstaff - Melbourne
ANZ Centre, Upper Ground Level, 833 Collins Street, Docklands VIC 3008
Tue 24 July 2012 | 4pm start with networking drinks from 5 - 6pm
Speakers: Simon Longstaff, Director, St James Institute
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Key Themes
• What are the ethical issues that contributed to the GFC?
• Should there be stronger ethical obligations on banks than other business organisations?
• Is law and morality the same thing?
• Who is management responsible to – stockholders or stakeholders• Is there enough promotion of ethics and accountability for unethical acts?
• Are executive pay scales in the FS Sector unethical?• How effective are codes of ethics?
Further Information
Dr Simon Longstaff, Director St James Institute
Dr Longstaff's distinguised career includes being named as one of the AFR Boss True Leaders for the first decade of the 21st century with Carol Schwartz noting '...I don't know one CEO or Chairman in corporate Australia who has not worked with Simon Longstaff...'. Dr Longstraff has a PhD in Philosophy from Cambridge and his doctoral research centred on related questions arising in the areas of political philosophy, ethics and the philosphy of education. Prior to becoming the inaugural Executive Director of St James Ethics Centre in 1991, he worked in the Northern Territory in the Safety Department of BHP subsidiary, GEMCO, lectured at Cambridge university and consulted to the Cambridge Commonwealth and Overseas Trusts. His book, Hard Cases, Tough Choices was published in 1997 and numerous articles have been published over the years. Dr Longstaff was inaugural President of The Australia Association for Professional & Applied Ethics and is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum. He is Chairman of Woolworths Limited Corporate Responsibility Panel, AMP Capital Socially Responsible Investment Advisory Committee and the International Advisory Board of the Genographic Project. Dr Longstaff serves on the Australian Institute of Company Directors Corporate Governance Committee, BHP Billiton Forum on Corporate Responsibility, CSIRO Niche Manufacturing Flagship Advisory Committee and Nestle Oceania Creating Shared Value Advisory Board.