Methods
What kind of incentive do the members of the scientific community need to define, then to assume their responsibilities? How can there be a balance between “rights” and “responsibilities”? What are the most effective means to introduce young people to the concept of individual and collective responsibility? Is there a way to gather journalists, at the international scale, around their enormous responsibility? Does environmental education mean the same thing for someone in China and someone in Argentina?
The professional and thematic networks of the Forum Ethics and Responsibilities have been considering and drawing up methodologies around these and other questions for many long years, testing them on the field and amending them… They have now come together here to bring you on board and solicit your comments.
The 18 professional or thematic networks, made up of people, organizations, or groups with different cultural sensitivities and working jointly in the Forum Ethics and Responsibilities, also have a great ambition, which is to claim an internationally acknowledged reference text to complete the two existing “pillars” on which international life is based—the Charter of the United Nations (1945), for peace and development, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)—with a third “pillar,” explicitly setting out the universal principles of human responsibilities, intended to serve as a basis for generating national and international law, as has been the case for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
On their way to submitting such a text to the United Nations General Assembly, the different networks will have written a monograph, “Reflection on Action,” which will be the outcome of a collective working process in their respective sectors, setting out implications and proposals for practicing responsibility in each of the sectors. These monographs will be debated at a meeting of all the networks in November 2011, which will be also the opportunity to reorient this work toward the intermediate stage which will be the “Rio+20” conference of heads of state, to be held in Brazil in mid-2012. [1]
You are invited to be part of the trip by supporting us with your ideas and your comments …
Photo: Laceflower abstract, by Louise Docker
[1] On this point, read also On the Road to Rio.
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This Reflection in Action Document (RAD) offers some limited historical context for understanding social justice organizing in Colombia and the US and summarizes the thinking of action research project participants about the concept of responsibility.
Reflection on Action Document: Ethics and Responsibility in Community Organizing
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The Ethics Institute of South Africa and other partners are conducting a survey to gather reliable data about african perception about the presence of Chinese companies in african countries.
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The Way Forward after Rio+20 is a reference working paper for the International Forum on Ethics & Responsibility as it lays down the strategy and the commitments of each partner to work on ethics and responsibility with the experience gained in the past 10 years. Guidelines are structured along the following 3 themes: Strengthening and expanding the geographic and professional i-FER constituencies; Follow-up of the RIO+20 Conference; Starting a process of reflexion on turning the (...)
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Forum of Ethics & Responsibilities Proposes Alternative Zero Draft for Rio+20 Conference
by (26 April 2012)After a broad consultation with partners including our team, the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation (FPH), which funds the Ethics & Responsibilities program, has drawn up a list of proposed amendments to the UN’s “Zero draft of the outcome document” of the coming UN Rio+20 Conference. Read, tell us if you agree, suggest other amendments!
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Roadmap for the International Endorsement of a Charter of Universal Responsibilities
by (7 March 2012)Our participation at the Thematic Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil (January 24 to 29, 2012), gave us a clearer view of the next steps to take for the advancement of the Charter of Universal Responsibilities. “Rio+20,” the UN Conference on climate change to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June, is the next stop to put responsibility, and more specifically co-responsibility, at the core of common ethics to be adopted for the global community. We are feeling optimistic! Join us by signing our (...)
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Peoples everywhere are expecting governments to overcome national interests and meet the current crises with an international reference text on the obligation of responsibility. We ask individuals and organizations to support our Call to move toward a Charter of Universal Responsibilities. Read, sign, and pass it on! Help us circulate this call by clicking on the icons on the right to share it with your social (...)
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We came from the Americas, the Pacific, Asia, and Europe, overcame jetlag, and jumped enthusiastically into the work that lay ahead of us for three days, which was to answer the questions: How can we overcome, in our specific fields, the obstacles to disseminating a culture of responsibility? How can we coordinate our actions to convince the international community to adopt a Charter of Universal (...)
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Responsibility in governance and decision-making is to prioritize the integrity of ecosystems along with the wellbeing of people. This paper emphasizes relational ethics and collaborative systems for environmental governance and is therefore in the mode of co-responsibility. Reflection on Action Document: Ethics and Responsibility in Environmental Governance
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How young people define responsibility? It is accountability, like an oath, which has to be performed to the best of one’s ability. It is a commitment that one needs to do because it is necessary. Young people say that responsibility creates a positive effect, which is to contribute to the good functioning of the human society, to make a difference and change things, to do good and right. It goes hand-in-hand with (...)
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Building on Values from the Pacific Region in the Quest for Solutions to the Climate Crisis
by , (27 October 2011)The Environmental Governance network, based in the Pacific region, is building the concept of responsibility from the values and world views of the region, which combines enormous diversity in the concept of a “woven universe” …
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The Ethics, Responsibilities, and Professional Ethics of “Professional Retirees”
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