Academics from Brazil and Spain instruct on ethical leadership
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Specialists in corporate management participate in the Peace Integration Summit, CUMIPAZ 2017 – Panama, in the Session of Corporate Social Responsibility for Sustainable Development. Academics focused on corporate ethical leadership.
The Vice-rector for Research and Teaching at the Catholic University of Valencia, Spain, Ginés Marco Perles, participated with the presentation: Ethical leadership for the generation of responsible plans for the construction of a greener, more inclusive and peaceful world.
For Marco, it is not easy to visualize leaders in the present; he indicates that there is a deficit in ethical leadership and part of the problem can be reflected in the interaction between politics, citizenship, and legal responsibility, the question is who challenges who:
"Political responsibility is absorbed by legal responsibility, therefore, we witness a permanent judicialization of public life and the ability to assume responsibility for the political agent who must know how to distinguish ... what is political and what is legal ".
He also emphasizes post-truth, interests that people have, and emotions that arise after visualizing or listening to a certain theme, that is why, Marco says that the human being seeks something that pleases them, that satisfies them, that moves them.
For that reason, he emphasizes: "It is fundamental that there is an ethical climate that allows me to work and feel recognized for my work, and for that, those who make the decisions so that we all feel part of the organization."
Finally, Gines Marco states that the company is accountable to the civil society, not only the shareholders and suppliers but also to the environment, which is the most affected by the decisions that are made within the company.
Ethical responsibility
The session was also attended by Ciro Torres, founder of Social Balance, and professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In his presentation, he covered internal ethics in corporations.
"The starting point to talk about Corporate Social Responsibility is ethics, which is the umbrella that is above everything."
In his presentation, Torres explains that organizations no longer have to create or invent sustainability tools, there are entities for this, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Global Compact.
"Being ethical in a company, in an organization, is working with social and environmental responsibility, in addition to economic responsibility." Ciro pointed out that this practice can be achieved with a responsible eye.
Ginés Marco Perles, vice-rector for Research and Teaching at the Catholic University of Valencia, Spain, present at CUMIPAZ
Corporate Social Responsibility was the 2nd daySession of CUMIPAZ 2017
Relational leadership and server leadership, as exponents of a paradigm shift, in the lecture by Gines Marco
Gabriela Lara with international exhibitors at the Corporate Social Responsibility Session
Ciro Torres, founder of Social Balance, and professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Because ethics presupposes dialogue, ethics already presupposes the care of the other," Ciro Torres
Ciro Torres: "to talk about Corporate Social Responsibility, the starting point is ethics.”
Objective of the Session: to raise the awareness of the business sector in the implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), based on values and principles
CSR is a project aimed at professionals in the corporate field and international business organizations
In order to generate a commitment, the CSR recommendations and concerted proposals, will be included in the Declaration of CUMIPAZ
