Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Globethics.net Global Competition 2015 on Responsible Leadership

Globethics.net Global Competition 2015 on Responsible Leadership
Globethics.net has launched its very first global competition with the topic "Responsible Leadership". The competition is being run through the nine Globethics.net regional programmes (China, East Africa, Francophone Africa, India, Indonesia, South America, Southern Africa, Russia and Turkey) with participants invited to submit their contributions on the topic of responsible leadership to the contact person in their region in the form of a scientific paper, a poem, song, video or other meaningful artistic expression by 30 April 2015 (in exception of the programme in Russia with a deadline until 30 March 2015). The best three contributions of the Global Competition are invited to an international Globethics.net conference and will receive USD 500 in cash.

Who?
University students (bachelor, master, doctoral) and young professionals living or studying in one of the countries covered in the nine Globethics.net Regional Programmes (found at www.globethics.net/about-us/regional-programmes) are invited to submit their contributions.

How?
Contributors are invited to submit either a scientific paper or a contribution in the form of a poem, song, video or other meaningful artistic expression.

What?
The overall theme is "Responsible Leadership". Around the world, trust in leaders in politics, business, education, civil society, religious organisations, families, the media, etc. is undermined by the abuse of power, corruption, lack of accountability and reliability. On the other hand, many leaders are executing their power in a responsible way. Contributions have to deal with the topic from an ethical, values-based perspective and orientation. Contributions should be if possible specific and contextual. Possible areas of study (as suggestions) are:
- Characteristics, values and virtues of a responsible (and an irresponsible) leader;
- How (e.g. as an electorate) to make leaders accountable and responsible;
- Examples of responsible leaders and their ethical justification/evaluation;
- Specific aspects of responsible leadership by sector (e.g. business, a specific institution, a profession, a religious community etc.);
- Specific aspects of responsible leadership: gender, age, culture, religion, philosophy, ideology;
- Responsible leadership and philanthropy and their impacts on politics, economics and decisions in the global sphere; and Leadership in managing resources (financial, natural, spiritual, intellectual etc.).

When?
Submit your contribution in electronic form (paper, video, audio) by email by 30 April 2015 at the latest to the contact in your region as given below.

Language
Contributions can be submitted in English or in the language of the Regional Programme (Indonesian in Indonesia, Chinese in China, French in Francophone Africa, Swahili in East-Africa, Spanish in South America and Russian in Russia, Turkish in Turkey).

Form and Conditions Scientific Papers / Poems
- Applicants must be registered as a participant at Globethics.net www.globethics.net
- Send by email a half-page CV about the author and attach the paper/poem in Word and pdf
- Scientific papers should have a length of between 3,000 and 5,000 words maximum and poems should be no longer than 1,000 words.
- A minimum of 3 articles from the Globethics.net online libraries should be quoted in the paper. Search from 1.5 million documents here: http://www.globethics.net/library/overall-search

Form and Conditions Video/Audio
- Applicants must be registered at Globethics.net www.globethics.net
- Send by email a half-page CV about the author and a link to an online storage space (like Dropbox) of the video or audio if it is more than 8 MB.
- Video and audio contributions should have a length of between 3 and 15 minutes maximum.
- Audio in MP3 format, video in MP4 format.

Selection and Awards
Regional awards: each Regional Programme has a scientific selection committee to evaluate and rate the contributions. The contributions will be divided into three categories:
1. The best five from each region (3 papers, 2 video/audio) a. The best 3 papers from each region (27 in total) to be published in an international Globethics.net book and each winner in this category will receive USD 100 in cash. b. The best 2 video/audio from each region (18 in total) uploaded on the competition website and each winner in this category will receive USD 100 in cash.
2. All runners up selected will have their contributions made available online on the competition website.
3. Not selected
Global awards: the Directors of the nine Regional Programmes with the Executive Director of Globethics.net form the selection committee for the global award. The best three contributions (one paper, one video, one audio) of the nine regions globally are invited to an international Globethics.net conference and receive USD 500 in cash.

Contact
Please send your paper, video or audio by 30 April 2015 at the latest to Watinaro Longkumer Longkumer@globethics.net.
Globethics.net looks forward to receiving your scientific paper, poem, video or audio contributions and thanks you for your participation!

For more information about the competition consult the Global Competition 2015 page referring to the specific guidelines for each of the nine Globethics.net regional programmes: http://www.globethics.net/globalcompetition2015

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