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It is a pleasure and an honour to give the opening address at such an important congress of the European Business Ethics Network. Having said that, I have to admit that this does not come easy to me at the present moment, right after the international conference on global population in Cairo. Because here I stand as a Catholic theologian, being asked to speak about world politics and world ethos, but feeling compromised by the presentation of religion during just this world conference. So, unfortunately, I cannot avoid a critical positioning.
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Küng, H. (1995). Clash of Civilizations or World Peace through Religious Peace. In: Ulrich, P., Sarasin, C. (eds) Facing Public Interest. Issues in Business Ethics, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0399-2_2
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