Ethical principles and promotion of merit today are primary factors for social development. The 2013 edition aims to offer a cosmopolitan view on cultures and countries which, albeit distant, pursue a common - innovative, courageous and pioneering - approach to economics, science, art, sound administration, communication.
Honesty, respect, integrity, fairness, responsibility: Ginger Lew, CEO of Three Oaks Investments and advisor for the White House National Economic Council, talks about the importance of ethics in business, by listing the five core values of ethical behavior at the individual, politics and business level. At the base, the belief that ethics "counts", not only in terms of trust between the social partners, but also as a growth factor of concrete business growth and development.
For the proven ability to interpret and promote the issue of ethics through innovative ways in biomedical research.
From the Hippocratic imperative "to nurse" to the Kantian idea of a universal morality. Pier Paolo Pandolfi, professor and director of the Cancer Center of the Harvard Medical School in Boston, explains the close connection between ethics and scientific activities. Through the example of the "war on cancer", he highlights the difficult choices that technological progress demands not only from individual scientists, engaged in a very high-level research, or governments that have to decide how and how much to invest, but also from social community in general.
Carlo Fontana, executive director of the Teatro Regio of Parma, former superintendent of La Scala in Milan and senator of the Italian Republic, recognize the artistic field as the privileged ground for the natural emergence of meritocracy and authentic values.
The choice of ingredients, customer respect, team spirit, attention to the territory: Niko Romito, Michelin two-stars awarded chef and owner of the Royal restaurant in Castel di Sangro, describes the ethical principles that accompany the preparation and the success of a good dish.
Legality means not only compliance with laws but their effective and efficient implementation: starting from the fundamental values that guide the principles of legal operators, Raffaele Squitieri, President of the Italian Corte dei Conti (Court of Auditors), reflects on ethics in the public sphere of justice.
President of the Insead Council Italy and international expert in economics and meritocracy, Roger Abravanel debunks the myths related to the national economic crisis, its beginning in recent years, its foreign origin, along with the financial problems of the country and the responsibility of internal public debt in all this.
Co-founder and president of Transparency International Italy from 1996 to 2013, Maria Teresa Brassiolo illustrates some significant data on the fight against corruption in Italy and abroad, starting from the corruption perceptions index.
Economic ethics and corporate responsibility as a means to face the challenge of the economic recession and to return confidence in public sphere officials and in the quality of public goods and services to consumers and citizens. Here's the recipe for a sounder economic and institutional development according to Ginger Lew, former President of NASDAQ.
"Ethics and merit", the key values of the Oscar Pomilio Forum 2013 edition, an event promoted by Pomilio Blumm, the integrated communication agency which brought together prominent personalities in the field of finance, law, science and art at the Aurum in Pescara.
Italy and ethics: a delicate relationship according to Raffaele Squitieri, President of the Italian Corte dei Conti (Court of Auditors), who detects a "decline of ethical tension" in Italy and stresses the need to rediscover and reinforce the founding principles of the Institutions of our country.
Interviewed by CNN Italy, the President of Pomilio Blumm reflects on the concept of transparency, in light of the changed perception of the final target that is not anymore identified in the consumer, but in the citizen and its values.
President of the Consortium for the Protection of the wines of Abruzzo, Tonino Verna confirms the importance of ethical values as the basis of all stages of the winemaking process, from the countryside to the cellar and then, to the commercialization of the product.
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