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Spirituality, World Religion, Christianity, Church
I will never forget the first person I met with AIDS: a young student in London in 1987. I can tell you the hour, the day, the month.
Just one person sick in a London hospital, out of 72 million who have been infected so far with HIV, of which half have already died, mainly in Africa. For the rest of my life, I will go on re-living that traumatic moment. Let me explain why. It led to a national and international people movement, mobilising churches to make a difference.
I had been asked to visit the AIDS ward, as a cancer doctor, to advise the medical team on how to relieve the symptoms of those who were very sick and dying. I had no idea what I was going to find. I knew very little about AIDS, and I confess I was quite anxious about it all....
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Leadership, Strategy, Business Ethics - Keynotes
What is ethical leadership? How do we encourage integrity and fight corruption? At this session and afterwards, many participants confessed that they had been under significant pressure by bosses to do major things that they thought were unethical. Keynote conference speaker Patrick Dixon -- lecture at European Commission. Why leadership has to be based on trust, not just position, appealing to heart as well as to mind. Importance of the European Commission and trans-national regulation. Trust crisis in banking and financial services as well ...
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