A Call To Action
The world is riveting toward a possible turning point and we hope that
you are able to stand with us in this call to action
Hundreds of thousands of people, young and old, employed
and unemployed, black and white, men and women, have come together in a
continuing and lasting global unity, partaking in a dialogue of civilisations,
faiths, cultures and peoples in consideration for the common good. This global movement has risen in a thousand
cities on six continents: from Tahrir Square to Alexandria and Tunisia; Rio de
Janerio to Bogota; Santiago, Chile to Barcelona; Zuccotti Park to Oakland; Wall
Street to St. Paul’s; Frankfurt to Brussels: Rome to Athens; Toronto to
Vancouver, Chicago to Philadelphia, Sydney to Brisbane and more, rejecting neo-liberalism
and its prevailing economic and business models, demanding a better, kinder and
more humane world.
The crises of ecological devastation and glaring social
and economic inequality are pushing the planet to the brink of catastrophe.
We, the undersigned, co-authored
the document noted below- A Call to Action- and sought the support of interested
parties, by asking them to consider endorsing it. As the current global crises
have clearly shown, the whole world is waking up to the value of co-creation
and the harnessing of knowledge from diverse sources, disciplines, experience
and expertise. We are gratified by the level
of enthusiastic support for the Call. We also received wise arguments and
sincere suggestions on how to make this more inclusive, so that many more can
join and sign the petition. We have acknowledged these suggestions and have incorporated
them into the Call to Action. The final document and the
list of our endorsees are noted below. It goes without saying that we are most
grateful for all your ongoing support. It is only when we work together that we
may change the world for the better.
Kamran
Mofid PhD (ECON), Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good
Initiative (UK)
Jamshid Damooei PhD (ECON), Co-director,
Centre for Leadership and Values, School of Management, California Lutheran University, USA
Steve
Szeghi PhD (ECON), Dept
of Economics, Wilmington College, Ohio, USA
To Read the Call to Action: See below
A Call To Action: Endorsements
*Hans Christof Graf von Sponeck, Germany, former UN Assistant Secretary-General and
UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, New
York, USA
*Prof. Johan Galtung, Founder, TRANSEND, France and
the European University
Centre for Peace Studies (EPU), Austria
*Luk Bouckaert, Emeritus Prof. Centre for Economy and
Ethics, Catholic University Leuven, and President, European SPES-Forum , Belgium
*Paul Shrivastava, David O'Brien Distinguished Professor
of Sustainable Enterprise, and Director, David O'Brien Center for Sustainable
Enterprise, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal,
Canada and The 50+20 Steering Committee (A project to
transform management education worldwide)
*Fred Dallmayr - Packey J. Dee Professor in the Departments of
Philosophy and Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, USA and
Co-Chairman, World Public Forum, Dialogue of Civilizations, Russia and Austria
*Prof. Hans Kochler, Chair,
Political Philosophy, University of Innsbruck, Austria, and
President, International Progress Organisation (I.P.O), Vienna, Austria