A.T. Ariyaratne, Founder-President, Sarvodaya Movement, Sri Lanka
Leonardo Boff, Theologian and Writer, Brazil
Michel Camdessus, Gouverneur honoraire de la Banque de France
Walter Fust, CEO, Global Humanitarian Forum
Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Jordan
Margot Kässmann, Lutheran Bishop of Hanover and Chairperson of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany
Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Office
Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of World Council of Churches
Hans Küng, President, Global Ethic Foundation
Karl Lehmann, Cardinal, Bishop of Mainz
Klaus M. Leisinger, CEO, Novartis Foundation
Peter Maurer, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations
Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Juan Somavia, Director General, International Labour Organization
Desmond Tutu, Archbishop emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Daniel Vasella, CEO, Novartis International
Tu Weiming, Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University and Beijing University
Patricia Werhane, Professor of Business Ethics, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business and DePaul University
James D. Wolfensohn, former President of the World Bank
Carolyn Woo, Dean, Mendoza College of Business University of Notre Dame
Jean Ziegler, Vice-President of the UN Human Rights Council's Advisory Committee

The declaration was composed by a working committee
of the Global Ethic Foundation:

Prof. Dr. Heinz-Dieter Assmann (Tübingen University)
Dr. Wolfram Freudenberg (Freudenberg Group)
Prof. Dr. Klaus Leisinger (Novartis Foundation)
Prof. Dr. Hermut Kormann (Voith AG)
Prof. Dr. Josef Wieland (Drafter, Konstanz University of Applied Sciences)
Prof. h.c. Karl Schlecht (Putzmeister AG)

Officers of the Global Ethic Foundation:
Prof. Dr. Hans Küng (President)
Prof. Dr. Karl-Josef Kuschel (Academic Adviser)
Dr. Stephan Schlensog (Secretary-General)
Dr. Günther Gebhardt (Senior Advisor)

Tuebingen, 1 April 2009
 
 

© Global Ethic Foundation Tuebingen / Stiftung Weltethos Tübingen

Home

Manifesto

Aims of the Manifesto

First signatories of the
    Manifesto


Signatories of the Manifesto

Support the Manifesto

Comments on the Manifesto

Launching of the Manifesto
    New York


Symposium
    Novartis Foundation Basel


Press and Publications