News - 'Ethical business' plan unveiled

The report follows criticism of the government's own record on business ethics. Economic strength and prosperity depend upon business' competitive success today and in the future," he said.



"Economic strength and prosperity depend upon business' competitive success today and in the future," he said.

"But companies are increasingly aware of their responsibilities to a wider set of stakeholders, and are beginning to realise that their own reputation and their licence to operate around the world depends on meeting these wider responsibilities."

How green is your government Minister?

Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.. However, Prof Tim has convinced me that this ethics business is trickier than I'd realised. The Government makes a lot of its new green credentials.

It was my job to open the conference. I ran through some of the things my family and I have been doing as Ethical Man and then I set the delegates a little ethical living test. I asked a series of questions about their lifestyles including whether they had made the switch to a green electricity supplier.

Oh, and do tell me how you get on.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2006/11/how_green_is_your_government_minister.html