International Environment Forum Symposium

Ethical Transformation and Education for Service at the Community and Institutional Level

Tuesday 10 March, 14:00-16:00

A Multi-level Approach to Ethics, Service and Responsible LivingArthur Lyon Dahl (International Environment Forum)

An Evidence-Based Design Template for Effective Values and Behaviour Change Interventions (BCI) Ismael Velasco (Adora Foundation and IEF)

Valuing and Evaluating Leadership that MattersJavier Gonzales Iwanciw (Nur University and IEF), Onno Vinkhuyzen (IEF),

Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen (Wageningen University and IEF) and Fabiana Mendez Raya (Nur University and IEF)

Responsible Institutions – Responsible Individuals?Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen (Wageningen University and IEF)

A Multi-level Approach to Ethics, Service and Responsible Living

Arthur Lyon DahlInternational Environment Forum

Geneva, Switzerlandhttp://iefworld.org

PERL International ConferenceUNESCO, Paris

10-11 March 2015

Ethics in a Systems Perspective

The individual in multiple contexts The systems perspective: The Eco Principle (Dahl

1996); The Systems View of Life (Capra & Luisi 2014); Limits to Growth (Meadows et al. 1972, 1992, 2004); 2052 (Randers 2012), Origin of Wealth (Beinhocker 2005); Prosperity Without Growth (Jackson 2009); War and Peace and War (Turchin 2006, Nature 2010)

Ethical approaches: responsibility; Beyond the Culture of Contest (Karlberg 2004); cooperation (Nowak & Highfield 2010); ESDinds; Beinhocker; Religion, Meaning and a Great Transition (Karlberg 2014)

The Individual

Human realities Transmission of an ethical framework The human as a social organism Cultivating a spirit of service

The Community

The weakening of communities Virtual communities Community building Diversity in communities Responsible living in communities:

between individuals and governments

The Role of Institutions

Institutionalizing social organization Institutions without ethics or social

purpose The multinational corporation Responsibility and accountability Ethics in political decision-making

Coherence

Coherence between Individual, Community and Institutions

Agreement on fundamental human purpose

Justice, reciprocity, moderation, sustainability and happiness

Evolving harmony within an ethical framework

Design criteria for responsible living