Institute for Business Ethics

Background

The Institute for Business Ethics is an English registered charity which was established in 1986. It describes its purpose as "to encourage high standards of business behaviour based on ethical values."

The Institute is headed by senior officials from energy and oil companies, PR companies and a variety of other multinational companies. It is also served by an advisory group which consists of a variety of other corporate officials. It receives its funding through subscriptions from corporate and individual subscribers: In 2009, it lists over 100 companies as subscribers, which the Institute acts on behalf of. This includes many companies which have attracted criticism for their ethics and controversial practices, along with PR companies which provide services to manage the reputations of their member companies.

The activities of the Institute are described in 6 broad categories: Advisory; Events; Research & Publications; Training; Education; Advocacy.

The large corporations which subscribe meet quarterly to network as part of the Institutes 'Business Ethics Network'. Events include a variety of meetings, workshops and meetings. Some of the events are open to all subscribers, with others accessable by invitation only. The companies which subscribe also benefit from the advocacy provide by the Institute on behalf of their subscribers which includes dialogue with the media, government and NGO's. Research undertaken includes 'surveys on public perception of business ethics' which is available to the companies. Such information could be used by a company's PR department as a valuable resource in creating the right image for the company, without necessarily fundamentally altering its practice.

People

Trustees

In 2009, the Institute for Business Ethics lists their Trustees as:

• Chris Moorhouse - Chairman. Moorhouse also chairs the Energy Institute GTCs Committee, is a Non-Executive Director with ICE Clear Europe and is an Advisory Council Member of the Christian Association of Business Executives. He formerly served as Chief Executive with BP (He joined the company in 1970). His other previous involvements include serving Oil Trading International, ICE Futures Holdings PLC, and 'influential posts' in the Energy Institute, UK Petroleum Industry Association and the Civil Service Management Board sub-committee on Professional Skills for Government.

• Muriel Johnson - Deputy Chairman. Formerly serving Marks & Spencer

• Michael Turner-Samuels - Treasurer. Turner-Samuels also serves as a Principal of N&G Europe (since 1999), was Director of Corporate Development at Thorn plc, Unigate plc and Varity Corporation & Massey Ferguson.

• Harry Branchdale. Branchdale also serves RAF commission and VR service in counter intelligence. His previous involvements include working with BAT, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, BOC, RTZ, J.Lyons, the NHS and as Managing Director for United Biscuits in Germany/Austria

• Jane Collier. Collier is also Senior Research Associate and Fellow at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College. She is also on the editorial board with Business Ethics: a European Review and is a member of IABS, EBEN and ISBEE (business ethics professional bodies), serves CIS and the Oxford and Cambridge Catholic Education Board (OCCEB).

• Tim Cullen. In 1999 Cullen established policy management firm Tim Cullen Associates (TCA), which he continues to serve in the role of Managing Director alongside fellow executive Senior Associate Paul Fisher who joined them from PR giant Ketchum. Prior to this Cullen served as Senior Advisor for External and United Nations Affairs at the World Bank (he joined the World Bank in 1978). His biography describes how his involvements with the World Bank ranged from 'the effort to transform the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to market economies to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992'. He also worked in the PR offices with Ford Motor Company Ltd, was Public Affairs Counsellor for Ford Export Corporation and was International Public Affairs Administrator with Continental Bank. In 2009 he is described as being a Commissioner on the Financial Supervision Commission of the Isle of Man Government, an Associate Fellow and Director of the Oxford Programme on Negotiation at the Saïd Business School (a programme he established in 2002) and a Executive Director of the Small Countries Financial Management Centre

• Janet Haber

• Martin Le Jeune. Le Jeune is co-founder of communications firm Open Road which was declared Winner of Best New Consultancy at the Public Affairs News Awards and was nominated for New Consultancy of the Year at PRWeek Awards in 2008. Le Jeune previous involvements include serving as head of Public Affairs at Sky, as board director and Head of Corporate Responsibility at Fishburn Hedges, as a civil servant in the Cabinet Office and as Head of Public Policy at NatWest.

• Archie Robertson. Robertson also serves as non-executive director with Capita Symonds (since 2009). His previous involvements include serving with the Highways Agency. Before this he spent the first 20 years of his career with BP. He also served as a director with the Environment Agency for England and Wales (1996-2003).

Advisory Council

In 2009 IBE's Advisory Council are listed as:

• Sir Peter Walters - President. Walters biography describes how he 'spent the majority of his career with The British Petroleum Company plc, of which he was a Managing Director for seventeen years and Chairman for eight years until his retirement in March 1990'. His previous involvements also include serving as Deputy Chairman with GlaxoSmithKline, EMI Group and HSBC Holdings, Chairman of SmithKline Beecham, Midland Bank, Blue Circle Industries plc, Director of National Westminster Bank and President of the Institute of Directors, the General Council of British Shipping, the Society of Chemical Industry and the Institute of Economic Affairs.

• Sir Sigmund Sternberg - Vice President. Sternberg is also a member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and is President of the Reform Movement. His biography describes how he has served as sole Patron of the International Council of Christians and Jews, was co-founder of the Three Faiths Forum, is the founder of the Sternberg Centre for Judaism and is vice-president of the World Congress of Faiths.

• Baroness Howe of Idlicote - Vice President. Howe also serves as Governor of the London School of Economics and chairs the Board of the Onyx Environmental Trust. Her previous involvements include serving as a Non-Executive Director of United Biscuits (1988-1994), Legal & General plc (1989-1997) and the Kingfisher Group (1986-2000). She has also been involved with the BOC Foundation for the Environment, UNICEF, the Broadcasting Standards Commission ((1993-99) & Business in the Community's Opportunity 2000 initiative (1994-98).

• Lord Carey of Clifton

• Elizabeth Filkin - Non Executive Chairman of Annington Homes plc & Non Executive Director of Jarvis plc and Stanelco plc. Chairman of The Advertising Advisory Committee and The Association for Television on Demand. Former Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and a member of the Audit Commission and Deputy Chairman Regulatory Decisions Committee F.S.A.

• Sir Alistair Graham

• Stephen Green - Group Chief Executive of HSBC and a director with Bank of Bermuda. Formely serving the British Government's Ministry of Overseas Development, McKinsey & Co & Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

• Dr Peter Harper. Harper's biography describes how he has spent most of his 30 year business career at Hanson plc. He has previously served Imperial Tobacco. His non-executive directorships are listed as including LONROH plc (now Lonmin), Victrex plc (as Deputy Chairman), John Laing plc, London Clubs International, Tigerprint and Eversholt leasing.

• Sir Paul Judge - Judge is also President of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and of the Association of MBAs. He is an Alderman of the City of London, Chairman of Schroder Income Growth Fund plc, the Enterprise Education Trust, Digital Links International and St Dunstan's College and Deputy Chairman of the American Management Association. He also serves as a Director of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, ENRC plc, Standard Bank of South Africa and Tempur-Pedic of Kentucky, on the Advisory Boards of Barclays Private Bank, Abraaj Capital in Dubai, HEC in Paris and the Athens University of Economics and Business. His biography describes how he spent thirteen years with Cadbury Schweppes (where he led the £97 million buyout of their food companies to form Premier Brands Ltd). He then became Chairman of Food from Britain, Director General of the Conservative Party, a Ministerial Adviser at the Cabinet Office, Chairman of the Royal Society of Arts and of Teachers TV, Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors and President of the Chartered Management Institute. It is stated that he is the key benefactor of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge.

• Raj Loomba - founder Chairman of Rinku Group plc

• George Mallinckrodt KBE - Mallinckrodt also serves as Director of Schroders (he joined them in 1954), Vice President of the German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce, President of the German YMCA, is a Trustee of Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs, and Christian Trustee of the Committee of The Interfaith Foundation, a Member of the Advisory Committee on Finance at St George's College, serves the Lambeth Partnership, the British-North American Committee, the British Museum Development Trust Council and is a Member of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors, Oxford University, St. Antony's College Advisory Board. Formerly he was a Director of Siemens, adviser to Bain and Company, Chairman of the Council of the World Economic Forum, Director of British Invisibles (1995-98), Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (1992-98), Allianz of America Inc, National Mutual Life Association of Australasia (1987-90) and an Adviser to McGraw Hill (1986-89).

• Tim Melville-Ross - Melville-Ross also serves as Chairman of DTZ Holdings plc, Investors in People UK, Bank Insinger de Beaufort NV and Manganese Bronze Holdings plc (the manufacturer of the London Taxi). He is also Deputy Chairman of Royal London Mutual Insurance Society and is a Director of Bovis Homes Group plc, Equity Trust SARL, Katalyst Ltd and is Chairman of the Council of the University of Essex. Formerly he was the Director General of The Institute of Directors (1994-99) and Chief Executive of Nationwide Building Society.

• Kate Nealon - Nealon also serves as Non-Executive Director at HBOS Plc, Cable & Wireless Plc and Shire Plc. She is also a Senior Associate at the Judge Business School at Cambridge University and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Business Research at Cambridge. Her previous involvements include serving with Standard Chartered Bank.

• David Pritchard - Pritchard also serves as a non-executive chairman of Songbird Estates plc (which controls Canary Wharf Group plc) and of AIB Group (UK) plc, is a non-executive director of Allied Irish Banks plc and of The Motability Tenth Anniversary Trust. His biography describes how he spent 5 years in the aircraft industry before embarking on a banking career. He held senior management positions at Citicorp Investment Bank, Royal Bank of Canada Group, The National Bank of New Zealand, Cheltenham & Gloucester, Scottish Widows Group, LCH.Clearnet Group and Lloyds TSB (during his time with LLoyds TSB he was seconded for 2 years to the Financial Services Authority).

• James Ross - Ross is also Chair of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and a Director of Prudential, McGraw Hill, Datacard (USA) and of Schneider Electric (France). His biography describes how he served a thirty year career with BP (which included the roles of Managing Director, Chairman and Chief Executive) and served as Deputy Chairman of National Grid Transco, Chief Executive of Cable and Wireless and Chairman of National Grid and Littlewoods.

• Sir Robert Worcester - Worcester founded MORI (Market & Opinion Research International)and is a Senior Advisor of Ipsos MORI Public Affairs Research. He is also on Advisory Boards of the Media Standards Trust (MST), the Camelot Advisory Panel for Corporate Responsibility and GovNet. Other roles include serving as Chairman of the Pilgrims Society, as Governor of the English-Speaking Union and as Trustee of the Magna Carta Trust. He is a Freeman of the City of London, a Governor of the Ditchley Foundation. and is involved with a number of wildlife/conservation trusts. He serves various roles with the University of Kent, the London School of Economics, University of Kent and Warwick University. His previous involvements include serving as President with the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR)

Other council members have included:

• Sir Nigel Wicks - Wicks serves as a non-executive Deputy Chairman of Euroclear plc, a non-executive director of Morgan Stanley Bank International and Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee of the Actuarial Profession. He formerly served British Petroleum before joining HM Treasury in 1968 and went on to work for Prime Ministers Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher. He has also served as the United Kingdom's Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and the Prime Minister's representative ("Sherpa") for the Economic Summits of the Group of Seven Industrialised Nations (G7). He has served as the Treasury's Second Permanent Secretary responsible for international financial matters (1989-2000) and as Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (2001-04).

• The Baroness Wilcox of Plymouth. Her biography describes how she serves as a Non Executive Director with Cadbury Schweppes as well as being the President of Trading Standards Institute and of the National Consumer Federation. She is also a Trustee of Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs and previously served as Chairman of the National Consumer Council and was on the board of the Inland Revenue.

Funding

Corporate Subscribers

In 2009, Corporate Subscribers to the Institute are listed as:

3i | ACCA | Airbus | Airwave | Allied Irish Bank | Anglo American | APM Group | Areva | Association of British Insurers | Association of MBAs | BAE Systems | Balfour Beatty | Bank of England | Barclays Bank plc | Belron | BG Group | Borealis | BP | British American Tobacco | BSI | Cable & Wireless | Cadbury | Camelot | CCLA Investment Management | Centrica | Chartered Insurance Institute | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants | Chartered Institute of Marketing | Chartered Management Institute | Chemical Industries Association | Corus | De La Rue | Deloitte & Touche | Diageo | The D Group | Eisai | Electrical Safety Council | Ernst & Young | Ethical Solutions Invisicom SC | Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation | Expolink | ExxonMobil | F&C Asset Management | Financial Reporting Council | Gallaher Ltd | GlaxoSmithKline | GoodCorporation | HSBC | ICCSR, Nottingham Business School | Imperial Tobacco | Institute of Actuaries | Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales | Institute of Directors | Institute of Internal Auditors | Intrelate | Itex | KPMG | Legal & General | Lloyds TSB | Lloyds of London | Lockheed Martin | Lonmin plc | L'Oreal | LRN | Man Group | Mayer Brown | National Grid | Nestlé UK Ltd | Nomura | Norton Rose | Pentland | Pfizer | PricewaterhouseCoopers | Prudential | Reassurance Network | Remote Asset Management | Rolls Royce | Royal Bank of Scotland | Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors | RWE npower | SAB Miller | SAI Global Compliance | Schroders | Securities & Investment Institute | Serious Fraud Office | SEGRO | Serco | Severn Trent | Shell | Simmons & Simmons | Smiths Group | Standard Life | Stephenson Harwood | Syngenta | Telefonica O2 Europe | Thales | Total | UBS Investment Bank | Virtuous Circle | Wolseley | Yell

Contact

Institute of Business Ethics

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