World Economic Forum sætter etikken på dagsorden
Der var tider hvor en elite af Europas førende forretningsfolk samlede sig i Schweiz under European Management Forums banner for at udveksle ideer og finde på strategier for at følge med Amerikanerne i management practices i start 70erne. Efterhånden som tiden skred frem udvidet organisationen dens profil og indså vigtigheden af at inkludere de økonomiske og sociale faktorer med i management udviklingen. Derfor inviterede de for første gang politikere med til deres møder, startende i Davos, Schweiz, i 1974. I 1987 ændrede de deres navn til World Economic Forum (WEF) og dermed stormede de ind på den internationale scene med bl.a. en konfliktmæglende funktion for at løse internationale konflikter. Det undermineret måske også vil nogle mene FNs internationale rolle som brobygger og sikkerheds garant. WEF blev nok (og måske er det stadigvæk) en slags mellem ting mellem FN og IMF (International Monetary Fund) hvor de indflydelsesrige forretningsfolk – og ikke diplomater – fik det sidste ord.
World Economic Forum har de seneste år haft en tradition for at give plads til religiøse stemmer på deres topmøder. Deres tidligere West-Islam Dialogue project er blevet omdøbt til Faith Community nu, så arbejdet favner en bredt dagsorden hvor alle religioner kan føle sig inkluderet i dialogen og samtidig også sætte deres præg på WEFs dagorden og dermed beslutningstagerne. En anden fordel ved at have en sådan Faith Community som består lige pt. af kristne, jødiske og muslimske ledere, er at religiøse værdier bliver integreret i WEFs arbejde. Samspillet mellem tro, finans, religion, samfund, politik og det inter-religiøse ønskes forstærket. Det er denne nødvendige integration, som finans – og miljøkrisen bl.a. har tvunget os til, der bliver spændende at følge de kommende år.
For hvad kan de spirituelle og religiøse værdier bidrage med i forhold til vores kriser som også tæller en moralsk en af slagsen? Der er ingen tvivl om at der er brug for en ny form for økonomisk tænkning. Vi bliver nødsaget til at gentænke og gendefinere ordet vækst, økonomi og relationer. Vores kriser er ikke kriser der kun omhandler økonomi, miljø og moral men er i højere grad menneskelige kriser, som skal løses af individet, gennemsyret med hæderlighed, oplysning og spirituel rigdom – ikke med panik modeller og lappeløsninger som blot sætter nye etiketter på gamle problemer. Vores værdisystemer opmuntrere og belønner personlige ambitioner og grådighed. Hvorfor så være overrasket over den stigende kriminalitet, stress og uærlighed i samfundet? Vi har i dag mere penge og materielle ting men mindre glæde og opfyldelse. Mere hurtighed og mindre tid. Mere goder og tjenester men mindre selvstændighed. Mere viden og ingen visdom. Listen er lang og ikke særlig opmuntrende. Der er noget mere grundlæggende som skal ændres før der kan ske en real forandring som kan give jordens indbyggere en ny bevidsthed omkring de mange udfordringer som vi står over for i dag.
Men opmuntrende er det, at se en af kapitalismens søjler, WEF, engagere deres Faith Community mere proaktiv. Næste gang bliver allerede i Amman, Jordan mellem d. 15-17, maj hvor ca. 1500 ledere fra hele verden samles. WEFs Faith Community skal afholde flere møder bl.a. om hvordan man sikrer religiøs alfabetisering i forskellige samfund. En af de åbne sessions kommer til at omhandle restoring values, rebuilding trust, hvor etik kommer på dagsordenen. Det er helt bestemt ret naivt at tro, at man kan ændre noget grundlæggende til sådan et møde (eller flere), men måske kan den nu iværksatte interaktion mellem de forskellige interessenter i WEFs regi give mulighed for nytænkning og selvransagelse som så kan bane vejen for et mere etisk forsvarlig og medmenneskelig verdenssyn iblandt verdens meningsdannere.
Amman d.14.05.09
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