[Dialogue] Does any one recoginize these two?

[Jann Barr]

It is good to here the activities of these  two men.

I am proud to say that was on the staff of ICA for 27 years. Who I am
today is because the years in what ever role I was given to  be.

Peace,
Jann Barr

On 8/12/11, George Holcombe <geowanda at earthlink.net> wrote:
> This is terrific.  3 cheers.
>
> George Holcombe
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> ‎“...we have the choice: we can gratefully cultivate the relationships that
> make us part of a vast network, or we can take them for granted and allow
> them to wither and die.”  Brother David Steindl-Rast, Deeper than Words
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>
> On Aug 12, 2011, at 1:40 AM, David Walters wrote:
>
>> Does any one recoginize these two?
>>
>> -David Walters
>>
>> Friendship Fuels UA Applied Ethics Program
>>
>>
>> Raymond Spencer (right, pictured with Neil Vance) recently was a guest
>> lecturer for Vance's "Ethical Leadership" course. (Photo credit: Lori
>> Harwood)
>>
>>
>> Imagine culture as a tree. The branches and leaves are the visible part of
>> the tree, just as the actions and behaviors of a group of people are
>> easily seen. And the roots of the tree are the hidden part of the group:
>> their philosophy, values and thinking. Why is it important to
>> operationalize organizational culture?
>>
>> By Lori Harwood, UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, July 27,
>> 2011
>> By funding an applied ethics program in the UA School of Government and
>> Public Policy, Raymond Spencer is helping prepare a new generation of
>> leaders for the ethical challenges facing them in the workplace.
>>
>> What is an Australian businessman doing funding an applied ethics program
>> at the University of Arizona? To find that answer, we must travel back 42
>> years.
>> In 1969, a young man named Raymond Spencer, who had grown up on a farm in
>> South Australia, came to America and began working for a nonprofit in
>> Chicago. There he met Neil Vance, now the UA School of Government and
>> Public Policy's Spencer Lecturer in Applied Ethics.
>> After meeting, Spencer and Vance worked together at the Institute of
>> Cultural Affairs – an organization focused on rural and community
>> development – for the next 15 years in Chicago and India.
>> Their paths then diverged.
>> Spencer, out of poverty and "pure desperation," went into the private
>> sector and started a company called Kanbay, a technology consulting
>> company; Vance went into academia.
>> However, the two stayed in touch and found that their different
>> perspectives on a shared passion – applied ethics – was beneficial to both
>> of them.
>> Vance invited Spencer to speak to his class about ethical leadership in
>> the "real world." Spencer invited Vance to conduct ethics seminars with
>> his leadership team in India.
>> Spencer felt so strongly about the importance of this topic that four
>> years ago, he and his wife, Tina, began funding the Raymond Spencer
>> Program in Applied Ethics at the UA. His donation funds research, supports
>> students and allows the program to bring in nationally recognized speakers
>> on applied ethics. Vance also created "Ethical Leadership," a new
>> undergraduate honors course.
>> Nikhita Godiwala, a UA Honors College student in the course, said the
>> class has strong relevance today.
>> "I think leadership, ethics and classes that focus on applying knowledge
>> instead of simply learning facts are what will benefit students in the
>> real world," said Godiwala, who is studying journalism and philosophy.
>> "Everyone is a leader, and everyone will be faced with leadership roles
>> and challenges in whatever field or career they choose," Godiwala said,
>> adding that "learning about ethics and how it applies to good leadership
>> is what will truly help one succeed."
>> Spencer believes that ethical leadership training is more important today
>> than ever before.
>> "I think that 100 years ago there was a degree of consensus about what was
>> important in the society," Spencer said.
>> "That does not exist today. And yet it's impossible to have an
>> organization that's effective without some kind of common values and an
>> understanding of what's important and what it means to be a responsible
>> member of the organization," he added.
>> Spencer does not just believe in the concept of ethical leadership – a
>> mission statement framed and hung on the wall where it proceeds to gather
>> a layer of dust.
>> For him, ethical leadership is intrinsically tied to creating a corporate
>> culture, which is necessary for employee satisfaction.
>> At Kanbay, Spencer had an opportunity to put his ideals into practice. The
>> company had about 7,500 people in 14 locations in eight countries.
>> Creating a common experience for the clients and the associates became the
>> defining element of the company. The result: Higher employee satisfaction
>> and one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry.
>> For example, at Kanbay, one corporate value was respect for the
>> individual. In practice, this meant that employees received 10 days of
>> development a year, and the corporation had a low tolerance for gossip and
>> delays in feedback.
>> What about the relationship between ethics and profit? Did making the
>> "right decision" – such as when Spencer had to fire a critical member of
>> his team for questionable behavior – ever result in loss of revenue?
>> "At times it cost us and at times it didn't," Spencer said.
>> But with Kanbay's success, it was acquired in 2007 for $1.3 billion by
>> Capgemini, one of the world's leading providers of IT and consulting
>> services.
>> "You might make money by violating your ethical framework," said Spencer,
>> currently chairman for Capgemini's Financial Global Business Unit, a
>> director of Rubicon Technology Inc., and a partner and member of the
>> investment committee in three U.S.-based venture funds.
>> "But in the long term, I'm absolutely convinced that ethical behavior was
>> a massive contributor to our success. And even if it wasn't, it's still
>> the right thing to do," Spencer also said.
>> Vance said Spencer "lives his life trying to make a difference," and that
>> his gift to the UA makes a "powerful" impact on the students, the future
>> leaders.
>> "I can see it in their eyes when they get it: Ethical behavior matters,"
>> Vance said. "Ethical leadership has a powerful ripple effect in the
>> world."
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