Living Ethics: issue 80, winter 2010

In this issue we look at ethics in practice. The Corporate Responsibility Index is a tool that measures corporate responsibility. We survey the latest results and discuss the achievements of the participating companies.

The National Business Leaders’ Forum on Sustainable Development meets each year to discuss critical sustainability issues. We provide an overview of this year’s event that concluded with a call to action on climate change.

The Centre’s longstanding goal to develop an ethics complement to special religious education (SRE) in NSW primary schools is being given a test-run through a pilot program that is currently being delivered in ten Sydney primary schools. The Centre’s project coordinator gives us an update and a volunteer ethics teacher shares her experiences of facilitating ethics discussions amongst primary school-aged children.

Other practical issues we explore of an ethical nature include microinsurance, sex, happiness and art. We hope you enjoy our winter offering.