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Dignity Based Business Principles - Important
for Women in Business and Women as Consumers
The
Caux Round Table (CRT) is an international network of principled business
leaders working to promote a moral capitalism. The CRT advocates implementation
of the CRT Principles for Business through which principled capitalism can
flourish and sustainable and socially responsible prosperity can become the
foundation for a fair, free and transparent global society.
CAUX ROUND TABLE PRINCIPLES FOR BUSINESS - ETHICS, VALUES, SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
The Caux
Round Table believes that the world business community should play an important
role in improving economic and social conditions. Through an extensive and
collaborative process in 1994, business leaders developed the CRT Principles
for Business to embody the aspiration of principled business leadership.
The CRT Principles for Business are a worldwide vision for ethical and responsible corporate behavior and serve as a foundation for action for business leaders worldwide. As a statement of aspirations, The CRT Principles aim to express a world standard against which business behavior can be measured.
The Caux Round Table has sought to begin a process that identifies shared
values, reconciles differing values, and thereby develops a shared perspective
on business behavior acceptable to and honored by all.
These principles are rooted in two basic ethical ideals: kyosei and human
dignity. The Japanese concept of kyosei means living and working together for
the common good enabling cooperation and mutual prosperity to coexist with
healthy and fair competition. "Human dignity" refers to the
sacredness or value of each person as an end, not simply as a mean to the
fulfillment of others' purposes or even majority prescription.