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 Deal
honestly and fairly!
Greedy
people lose their ‘souls’ – that which makes them
human
In the great
ancient religious and ethical traditions of humankind, we find
the directive: You shall not steal! Or in positive terms: Deal
honestly and fairly!
Let us reflect
anew on the consequences of this ancient directive:
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No
one has the right to rob or dispossess in any way whatsoever
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any
other person or the commonweal.
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Further,
no one has the right to use her or his possessions
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without concern for the needs of society and Earth.
Let no one
be deceived:
There is no global peace without global justice! Young people
must learn at home and in school that property, limited though
it may be, carries with it an obligation, and that its uses should
at the same time serve the common good. Only thus can a just economic
order be built up.
From
the ‘Declaration Toward a Global Ethic’ of
the Parliament of the World’s Religions, Chicago 1993.
Fat cats
still creaming pay. A close-knit highly paid elite in Britain’s
top ompanies are awarding each other massive pay rises.
Glasgow Herald
Three found
guilty of selling meat condemned as pet food to humans.
Independent
Bribery scandal
threatens President.
Times
Sleaze unites
all the parties in French election.
Daily Telegraph
You go out
thieving to buy your drugs. There’s nothing else to do.
Independent
Corruption
brings fear for safety of China’s Three Gorges Dam.
Daily Telegraph
Slavery ‘worse
now than under Roman empire’. Slaves are cheaper and more
plentiful than ever.
Independent
Not worth
a shrug. If you think that corruption is a victimless crime,
try Tanzania.
Guardian
Greed is
good again. The stock market has become the vehicle for a mass
pursuit of instant riches.
Guardian
Corruption
halts relief convoys in Albania. Dozens of lorries have been trapped
for days.
Daily Telegraph
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