Ethos Institute for Business and Social Responsibility

Ethos Institute for Business and Social Responsibility is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) organization in Brazil. Its mission is to "mobilize, encourage and help companies manage their business in a socially responsible way, making them partners in building a sustainable and fair society."

The Ethos Institute was founded in February 1998 by a group of five businessmen with the leadership of Oded Grajew, now Chairman of Ethos and a founder of the World Social Forum."

It works in partnership with the Business for Social Responsibility.

Members

Personnel

 * Ricardo Young, President
 * Oded Grajew, Chairman of the Board
 * Paulo Itacarambi, Executive Vice President

Steering Committee
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 * Ricardo Young da Silva (President)
 * Antoninho Marmo Trevisan
 * Celina Borges Torrealba Carpi
 * Eduardo Capobianco
 * Emerson Kapaz
 * Guilherme Peirao Leal
 * Helio Mattar
 * Horacio Lafer Piva
 * Jorge Luiz Numa Abrahao
 * Jose Luciano Duarte Penido
 * Maria Cristina Nascimento
 * Mauro Farias Dutra (lay off)
 * Oded Grajew (Chairman of the Board)
 * Pedro Moreira Salles
 * Sergio Ephim Mindlin

Advisory Board
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 * Aparecida Sueli Carneiro
 * Daniel Feffer
 * Helio Zylberstajn
 * Joao Paulo Ribeiro Capobianco
 * Jose Pessoa Queiroz Bisneto
 * Jose Roberto Marinho
 * Nelson Pacheco Sirotsky
 * Oscar Vilhena Vieira
 * Roberto Egydio Setubal
 * Roberto Giannetti da Fonceca
 * Stephen Kanitz
 * Valdemar de Oliveira Neto

Fiscal Council
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 * Claudio Emanuel de Menezes - President of Disoft Solution S.A.
 * Elcio Aníbal de Lucca
 * Joaquim Manhaes Moreira
 * Lina Menezes
 * Vilma Peramezza
 * Wander Telles

International Advisory Board
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 * Alice Tepper Marlin - SAI – Social Accountability International, USA
 * Allen White - Tellus Institute, USA
 * Bernardo Toro - Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
 * Bob Dunn - BSR – Business for Social Responsibility, USA
 * Bradley Googins - Boston College – Center for Corporate Citizenship, USA
 * Carlos Lopes - PNUD, Brasil
 * David Vidal - The Conference Board, USA
 * Deborah Leipziger - European Director for Social Accountability International/Leipziger & Munids, The Netherlands
 * Djordjija Petkoski - World Bank Institute, USA
 * Ernst Ligteringen - GRI – Global Reporting Initiative, The Netherlands
 * Eric Leenson - Progressive Asset Management, USA
 * Federico Cuneo - Perú 2021, Peru
 * George Kell - UN Global Compact, USA
 * Hazel Henderson - http://www.hazelhenderson.com/, USA
 * Jane Nelson - Harvard Business School – Kennedy School, USA
 * Javier Cox - Acción RSE, Chile
 * John Elkington - SustainAbility, EUA
 * Luis Ulla - IARSE – Instituto Argentino de Responsabilidad Social, Argentina
 * Mokhethi Moshoeshoe - AICC – African Institute of Corporate Citizenship, South Africa
 * Peter Davies - Business in the Community, UK
 * Roberto Murray Meza - Agrisal, Forum Empresa, El Salvador
 * Titus Brenninkmeijer - Good Energies Inc., The Netherlands/USA
 * Simon Zadek - Accountability, UK

Contact details
Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social Rua Dr. Fernandes Coelho, 85/10º andar, Edifício Pantheon - Pinheiros CEP 05423-040, São Paulo/SP, Brazil Phone: (55-11) 3897-2400 Fax: (55-11) 3897-2424 Email: atendimento AT ethos.org.br Web: http://www.ethos.org.br/DesktopDefault.aspx?Alias=EthosEnglish&Lang=en-US&init

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Corporate Social Responsibility
 * Ethical Markets Media

External resources

 * Mario Osava, Interview with Ethos Institute founder Oded Grajew, TierraAmerica, accessed November 2010.