It is a real opportunity for those who move first. It's not going to go away and it is going to affect everyone. Our policies have already helped our graduate recruitment rates and saved us money last year and, at worst, CSR should be cost-neutral - Ian Palfreman, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Conference and Incentive Travel, Oct 26, 2006
Instead of an emotional debate which closes down rational discourse, it is the way to build common values - ones which recognise the inalienable right to freedom of expression but which, at the same time, demand it be exercised in a measured way. - http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1786836.ece
How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul - W. E. Henley (1849-1903) British poet and playwright. Invictus (1888), st. 4
For Man is man and master of his fate - Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809-92) British poet. 1859. "The Marriage of Geraint", Idylls of the King (1891)
Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other -ÿ Pietro Metastasio
Corporation - an ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
But in many places there is a growing realisation that freedom of expression is not absolute but needs to be governed by a sense of social responsibility. To elevate one right above all others is the hallmark of the single-issue fanatic. Sometimes it is wise to choose not to exercise a right. - http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1786836.ece
As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery? we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness - Dalai Lama
As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me - Giacomo Casanova
An individual without information cannot take responsibility; an individual who is given information cannot help but take responsibility. Jan Carlzon