Ethics for Breakfast presents   Wednesday, June 8, 2011         7:15 - 8:30 am     The Ethics of Disclosure: How Can Business and Governments Earn Our Public Trust?    with Greg D'Avignon, President and CEO, Business Council of B.C.        What is reasonable disclosure and transparency           -- for both business and government --        and what are the ethical principles involved? In today's news-hungry and media-savvy world, the public expects instant information from any and all sources. In turn, people will frequently make an immediate opinion based on multiple accounts of the same story from both credible and biased sources. This poses an ethical challenge for leaders in companies and governments: How much should they disclose, and when should they communicate with employees and the public? Yet at the same time -- since the public's trust in most institutions has seriously eroded -- how can organizations address the growing need for timely, factual and unbiased communication and transparency? Join Greg D'Avignon as he outlines the ethical and not-so-ethical choices made in a less transparent and more complicated world. Where do the legal responsibilities and need for confidentiality of companies, government and their stakeholders end, and public accountability and transparency begin?             click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, June 8th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:      BC HYDRO Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor, Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       - muffins, tea and coffee included                      - RSVP requested (if possible)                  ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Greg D'Avignon is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of British Columbia. Established in 1966, the Business Council is an association representing approximately 250 major business enterprises, and is the foremost policy and business advocacy organization in the province. Its members are drawn from all major sectors of the provincial economy, including forest products, mining, manufacturing, transportation, telecommunications, agri-food, information technology, financial services, energy, tourism, retail, construction, healthcare, education and professional services. Before joining the Council, Greg was President in Western Canada of Canada's National Brewers (which represents large and small brewers in the region), with total annual sales in excess of $4 billion. Between 1999 and 2010, he created and developed the organization from the ground up, resulting in active membership in each of the four western provinces. As Executive Director of the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association from 1995 to 1998, Greg built the organization into a broad-based network that worked with provincial, federal, municipal and First Nations governments to develop B.C.'s aquaculture industry, while expanding demand for the product in key international export markets. Since 2003, Mr. D'Avignon has served on the board of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon Region, and is its past chair. He also serves on the boards of the North Shore Winter Club, Forest Hills Little League and several other for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Greg is a fourth-generation British Columbian and an active community leader who lives in North Vancouver with his wife Anna and their two sons.                click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560