Parliament of Worlds Religion 1993 Chicago IL

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM 18 TUES-FRI, 8/31-9/3
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"Ethics, Values and
Spirituality in the Workplace"
A series of lectures, panel discussions and case studies, involving prominent business leaders from the U.S. and abroad, addressing changing paradigms in the corporate world. How are religious and spiritual issues and concerns affecting the global economic community? What is socially and ecologically responsible business? What can business learn from the world's faith traditions? What can the religions gain from a deeper understanding of the needs and realities of world business? We are grateful to David Johnston, of What's Working, Washington, D.C., and Boulder, Colorado, Brian Bacon, of International Pacific Consulting, Sydney, Australia, and Sharon Drew Morgen, of TE International, Taos, New Mexico, for their efforts on behalf of this series. (Sponsoring grant: Illinois Bell Telephone.)
into its systems, policies and practices. Dr. Riaz Khadem-Master's Degree, Harvard; Doctorate, Oxford
University; author and consultant, specializing in the role of information in quality improvement and culture change; creator, "The One Page System," a comprehensive management system explained in his book, One Page Management.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Salon IV "Business and Social Responsibility" Horst M. Rechelbacher The program will take up the following topics: (1) Business as Steward of the Environment; (2) Plant Based Manufacturing; (3) Plant Based Society; (4) The Experience of the Aveda Corporation; (5) The 21st Century is Here! Horst M. Rechelbacher-Chairman and Founder, Aveda Corporation, the
international manufacturer of cosmetic and environmental care prox ucts made from pure plants and flowers, recognized and awarded throughout the world for both his business excellence and environmental activism; as a Board Member, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), works to give responsible business a strong public voice.
2:00 PM-3:30 PM PDR #7 "Creating Change Within the Organization" Doug Kruschke; Sharon Drew Morgen Does it really work? Can our companies embrace ethics, values, and spirituality, and still be effective in the workplace? If so, where are we now, where do we need to be, and how will we get there? This is an experiential workshop which will use questioning strategies to facilitate the discovery process and explore the skills we will need to become change agents. Doug Kruschke-Master's Degree, Psychology, Pepperdine
University; Advisory Boards, National Conference of Ethics in America, and for the Children; founder and President, Insynergy, Santa Monica-based management consulting and training firm, specializing in facilitating strategic planning, teambuilding, communi
cation training, and conflict resolution. Sharon Drew Morgen--president/founder, Te International, Taos,
New Mexico, specializing in changing the paradigm in the sales industry to be integrity-based, win-win, and systemic, through learning-based seminars and keynotes; author, Sales on the Line: Meeting the Business Demands of the '90s through Phone Partnering; member, World Business Academy, the World Future Society, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and the National Speaker's Association.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 10:00 AM–11:00 AM Salon IV "Spiritual Economics Through the Divine Circulation Flow" Gordon Davidson
This presentation will explore how humanity is creating a new, Spirit-based economics out of the deep, inner changes in consciousness and identity that are occurring for thousands of people around the world today. We will examine economics as a system of energy flows, and how blockages develop in the Divine circulation as the result of collective human thought and emotions. We will look at how we can individually move from being the personality/consumer to the Soul/producer in our lives, what we can do to help heal the world economy, and some current examples of an emerging socially responsible economy. Gordon Davidson-co-author, Spiritual Politics: Social Change for the
Millennium, a metaphisical perspective on world events, and Builders of the Dawn, an overview of new age communities today; cofounder of Sirius Community in Massachussetts and The Sirius School of Spiritual Science, and Fellow of the Findhorn Foundation; has taught at American University in Washington, D.C., the University of Massachussetts, and Boston College, and has been featured in interviews with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and the NBC "Today" show.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM PDR #7 "Nine Steps to Excellence: Strategies for Transforming Your Business" Dr. Riaz Khadem Nine Steps to Excellence constitutes strategies and methodologies that transform the culture of any organization. They facilitate behavior change that is key to excellent execution, to quality, and to exceptional service. These strategies are the further development of concepts described in Dr. Khadem's book, One Page Management. The animating power that sustains the transformed new culture derives from the following set of spiritual principles: Purpose, Honesty, Justice, Unity, Creativity, Service, Priority, Economy and Excellence. The Nine Steps to Excellence enable the organization to transform itself by incorporating these principles
11:00 AM–12:00 PM Salon IV "Spirituality and the New Paradigm of Business" David Johnston; Sherrie Connelly The session will discuss the evolution of business practices in the last decade, from linear, military style, bottom-line emphasis, to human-centered, service oriented, holistic management. Case studies will be discussed which exemplify the application of spiritual principles to the workplace, with a resultant improvement of the health, productivity, and success of the business in question. David Johnston-pioneer in the field of solar energy, his consturction
company, named one of the top 50 in the US in 1989,, was exemplary in innovative management and established the "win-win" paradigm in the Washington, DC area; now heads "What's Working," a consulting company in Boulder, Colorado, helping to
innovate companies from coast to coast. Sherrie Connelly Ph.D.; President, The Strategy Foundation, an organiza
tional consulting firm in Washington, D.C.; author of Work Spirit: Recapturing the Vitality of Work; consults with senior management to help
fective teams, manage transition, and plan for the future; recently coordinated publication of the Blueprint for Presidential Transition.
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