Heaven knows, we're not there yet. But this is real life, and all any of us can do is to make sure we are going in the right direction, and never lose our determination to improve. The trouble is that the current trading system undermines anybody who tries. It's difficult for all of us. And certainly not business, because business is now faster, more creative and far wealthier than governments ever were.
Business has to be a force for social change.
It is not enough to avoid hideous evil - it must, we must, actively do good. If business stays parochial, without moral energy or codes of behaviour, claiming there are no such thing as values, then God help us all. If you think morality is a luxury business can't afford, try living in a world without it. First, we must make sure this week that we lay the foundations for humanising world trade. We must learn from our experience of what really works for poor countries, poor communities around the world.