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The Ethics Centre
The Ethics Centre, formerly the St James Ethics Centre, is an independent not-for-profit organisation that provides a non-judgmental forum for promoting and exploring ethics and ethical decision-making. The Ethics Centre works with business, professions, community groups, governments, and individuals to encourage and assist them to include the ethical dimension in their daily lives. The Centre is based in Sydney.
The Ethics Centre was launched in 1989 by The Anglican Parish of St James' Church, Sydney to work with business in the city to promote ethics and ethical decision-making. In 1996 the St James Ethics Centre became entirely independent from the church. It is now a secular organisation open to those of any or no faith. The Centre was renamed "the Ethics Centre".
The centre's executive director, Dr Simon Longstaff, began his working life on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory. He has kinship ties to the Anindilyakwa people. After studying law in Sydney and teaching in Tasmania, he pursued postgraduate studies as a member of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
In 1991 Longstaff started work as the first executive director of the Ethics Centre. In 2013 he was made an officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "distinguished service to the community through the promotion of ethical standards in governance and business, to improving corporate responsibility, and to philosophy." He is an honorary professor at the Australian National University, and a fellow of CPA Australia, the Royal Society of NSW, and the Australian Risk Policy Institute.
Through his work at the Ethics Centre he continues to discuss and examine ethics-related issues in the media.
The Centre has expanded its scope from Sydney-based to national and occasionally international projects. It receives no government funding and relies on support from business and individuals.
The centre offers Ethi-Call, a free "Ethics Counselling Service" to anyone who may be facing an ethical dilemma. According to the centre's website, it is believed to be the only service of its kind in the world and is the reason for the centre's classification as a public benevolent institution.
Following almost eight years of lobbying by parents, the Federation of P&C Associations of NSW, and the Ethics Centre, parliament amended the NSW Education Act on 1 December 2010 to give students who do not attend Special Religious Education/Scripture classes in NSW public schools the legal right to attend philosophical ethics classes as an option to supervised ‘private study.’
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The Ethics Centre
The Ethics Centre, formerly the St James Ethics Centre, is an independent not-for-profit organisation that provides a non-judgmental forum for promoting and exploring ethics and ethical decision-making. The Ethics Centre works with business, professions, community groups, governments, and individuals to encourage and assist them to include the ethical dimension in their daily lives. The Centre is based in Sydney.
The Ethics Centre was launched in 1989 by The Anglican Parish of St James' Church, Sydney to work with business in the city to promote ethics and ethical decision-making. In 1996 the St James Ethics Centre became entirely independent from the church. It is now a secular organisation open to those of any or no faith. The Centre was renamed "the Ethics Centre".
The centre's executive director, Dr Simon Longstaff, began his working life on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory. He has kinship ties to the Anindilyakwa people. After studying law in Sydney and teaching in Tasmania, he pursued postgraduate studies as a member of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
In 1991 Longstaff started work as the first executive director of the Ethics Centre. In 2013 he was made an officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "distinguished service to the community through the promotion of ethical standards in governance and business, to improving corporate responsibility, and to philosophy." He is an honorary professor at the Australian National University, and a fellow of CPA Australia, the Royal Society of NSW, and the Australian Risk Policy Institute.
Through his work at the Ethics Centre he continues to discuss and examine ethics-related issues in the media.
The Centre has expanded its scope from Sydney-based to national and occasionally international projects. It receives no government funding and relies on support from business and individuals.
The centre offers Ethi-Call, a free "Ethics Counselling Service" to anyone who may be facing an ethical dilemma. According to the centre's website, it is believed to be the only service of its kind in the world and is the reason for the centre's classification as a public benevolent institution.
Following almost eight years of lobbying by parents, the Federation of P&C Associations of NSW, and the Ethics Centre, parliament amended the NSW Education Act on 1 December 2010 to give students who do not attend Special Religious Education/Scripture classes in NSW public schools the legal right to attend philosophical ethics classes as an option to supervised ‘private study.’