After this first conference, participants felt that they had only scratched the surface of the weighty issue of global business ethics, and so the learning and study continued. Teams formed in Oslo, San Francisco, London, Prague, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, ad Columbus to continue the study. Other interested individuals and organizations are also working with us, so that the Council has become the hub of an international network of individuals and organizations concerned about business ethics. Business is the primary focus of our search for a global ethic, but some individuals with academic and religious backgrounds are also joining in. The increasing concern of consumers around the world that business is not addressing the ills of the human family.
Consumers expect business to address issues such as homelessness, aging, and the environment.
The decrease in governmental control and regulation of business. An extreme example is the privatization of the former Soviet states, but change is also occurring in Western countries. Many people from around the world are looking to the Council for help in answering these questions. The conference itself will have an expected attendance of 300 people. These will be mostly business executives with a small contingent of academic ethicists and religious leaders.