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About Us We are a growing network of business ethicists, economists, practitioners, consultants, psychologists, educators and opinion formers. Although we are drawn from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, we are united by a passion and commitment to use our knowledge and skills to promote enterprise-based solutions to poverty. The network is co-ordinated by Dr Peter Heslam and Dr Flint McGlaughlin and has the benefit of a number of distinguished patrons and advisers, some of whom are listed below. Principal Research Questions How can the creative forces of free enterprise be effectively applied to the most pressing social, economic, and moral challenge of our time: the elimination of poverty? How can we best instill and nurture vision, motivation, and values-led entrepreneurial aspirations, especially in young people? What impact do relational, moral, and spiritual intelligence have on business solutions to poverty? What is the connection between business success and ethical, institutional, spiritual, relational and moral values? How can competition best foster creativity and innovation? Patrons and Advisers Project patrons and advisers include: Prof Helen Alford (Pontifical University, Rome)Ben Andradi (Servista) Prof Alan Barrell (Cambridge entrepreneur and academic) Matthew Bishop (The Economist) Prof Philip Booth (Institute of Economic Affairs) Paul Chandler (Traidcraft) Dr Stephen Copp (Bournemouth University) Dr Catherine Cowley (Heythrop College, London University) Prof John Dunning (Reading University) Prof Ram Gidoomal CBE (Syntel) Dr Alan Gillespie (Ulster Bank) Lord Brian Griffiths (Goldman Sachs) Stephen Green (HSBC) Prof Prabhu Guptara (UBS) Dr David Hillson (Risk Doctor) Dr Kurt Hoffman (Shell Foundation) Prof Sir John Houghton (Victoria Institute) Lord Geoffrey Howe (former Chancellor of the Exchequer) Prof David Jackman (London Financial Academy) Prof Peter Johnson (Durham University) Prof Graeme Leach (Institute of Directors) Prof Jack Mahoney (London University) Clive Mather (Shell) Dr David Miller (Yale) Charles Miller Smith (Scottish Power) Mark McAllister (Fairfield Energy) Sir Mark Moody-Stuart (Anglo American) Prof Geoff Moore (Durham Business School) Sir Jeremy Morse (Lloyds) Prof Michael Naughton (St Thomas University) Prof Simon Peyton-Jones (Microsoft) Dr Jennifer Roback Morse (Acton Institute) Dr Vinay Samuel (Institute for Development Research) Lynne Sedgemore, CBE (Centre for Excellence in Leadership) Prof Max Stackhouse (Princeton) Sir Christopher Wates (Wates Group) Sir John Whitmore (Performance Consulting) Prof Paul Williams (DTZ and Regent College) Prof John Wood, CBE (Imperial College, London University) Prof Michael Woolcock (Harvard/World Bank) |
Location Transforming Business is based in the University of Cambridge. From there it reaches out into the global and fast moving world of contemporary business. Commendations "Promoting better understanding between spirituality and business is vitally important. Spirituality is the root of much of humanity's moral discourse and of many aspirations for the personal and common good. Business is a powerful force in our everyday lives and in wider global society. Spirituality and business are therefore major players in the maintenance and development of culture. But they need to be better integrated. This is exactly what Transforming Business seeks to do. It is long overdue!" David Logan, CEO, Corporate Citizenship Company and Associate of the Centre for International Business and Management, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. "There's a growing recognition that we need more than mere economic measures of success, both as countries and as individuals. The insights from this project will play an important part in helping businesses, and those who work in them, play their full part in delivering these broader objectives." John Kay, Director of PA Consulting and Alumnus of the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Join the Fight Against Poverty We are passionately committed to using our knowledge, experience and skills in the fight against poverty. We need your help to realize this vision. Would you like to support our work? |