Corporate Ethics, Governance, and Social Responsibility

Preface

We are pleased to place in your hands this book Corporate Ethics, Governance, and Social Responsibility: Precepts and Practices. It is the fruit of the international conference on business ethics, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility held at Hotel Le Meridian in Chennai on 15–16 March 2007. The conference, which was organized by the Loyola Institute of Business Administration and was christened Beacon 2007, had a captivating motto: ‘To illuminate, to imbibe, to inspire business with integrity.’ True to its motto, Beacon indeed inspired the 500-odd delegates who chose to attend the conference. The 18 speakers who participated at Beacon are eminent and undisputed leaders in their respective professional areas and their ...