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Article

20 Apr 2005

Author:
Mike Belt, Lawrence Journal World [USA]

Business, human rights link examined in speech: CEO's ethics' discussion part of Walter S. Sutton lecture series [USA]

Businesses are increasingly forced to deal with the ethics of human rights on a global front...according to [Klaus M. Leisinger] the leader of a worldwide foundation [Novartis Foundation] who spoke Tuesday at Kansas University...There are 2.8 billion people in the world who live on less than $2 a day and 40 million people suffering from HIV and AIDS. The public and the private sectors can combine to deal with those problems if there is also a political will...[said Leisinger] [article includes video link]