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Globethics.net Foundation

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Citizenship and Governance Coorporate Accountability Development Education Environment Governance HIV/AIDS Human Rights Information Justice Least Developed Countries Media Peace and Security Religion Science and Technology Social Development Sustainable Development Values Violence Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Women and health Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Public Financial Management Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Sustainable Development: Capacity-building Climate change Education Energy Finance Gender equality Health Information for decision-making and participation Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment Partnerships Poverty Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Geographic scope:	International
Millennium Development Goals:	Promote gender equality and empower women Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Globethics.net Dialogue, reflection and action for responsible leadership Vision, Mission, Values FOUNDING CONVICTION (Why we exist) We believe that access to knowledge resources on ethics and values in all regions of the world will enhance ethical reflection, action and cooperation locally and globally. VISION (Where we want to be) The leading global platform for exchange of and research on ethics and values. MISSION (What we do to get to our vision) We empower people from all regions of the world, especially in developing and transition countries, for ethical dialogue, reflection and action by: • Providing access to knowledge resources on ethics through our Global Digital Library on Ethics • Facilitating networking on ethics in our Globethics.net online community of persons and organizations • Stimulating global collaborative research on selected fields such as business ethics, interreligious ethics and responsible leadership VALUES (Convictions in implementing the mission) Sharing: We promote the mutual sharing of global and contextual ethical concerns and perspectives. Respect: We respect and affirm the dignity of every person and the diversity of cultures, religions and life orientations. Participation: We value the participation of people from all regions of the world. Responsibility: We encourage responsible use of, and responsible contributions to our knowledge resources and network. Transparency: We are committed to honesty, openness, transparency and accountability which build trust. We believe that value-oriented behaviour improves lives and societies. Approved by the Globethics.net Board of Foundation, 25 January 2009
Year established:	2005
Year of registration:	2005
Organizational structure:	Globethics.net is a Foundation constituted in accordance with the Swiss Civil Code. The Foundation is exclusively non-profit in nature and does not engage in for profit activities. Globethics.net has a small international secretariat based in Geneva, Switzerland. The Globethics.net Board of Foundation is composed of ten members from different continents. We have regional programmes in China, India, Indonesia and in Kenya.
Number and type of members:	Globethics.net has over 14,000 registered participants (January 2011). As a Foundation Globethics.net does not have members as such.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Globethics.net has partnership agreements with over 20 ethics networks and NGO networks. Membership of CONGO is planned as soon as we are accorded consultative status with ECOSOC.
Funding structure:	Fees for providing consulting or research services Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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