G8 – Summit & Business Ethics

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G8 – SUMMIT & BUSINESS ETHICSMartin Pegner

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Introduction of G8

History of G8

Past summits of G8

G8 Agenda

German summit content

Anti-summit content

Business ethics issue – freedom of movement

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What is G8

The Group of Eight (G8) is an international forum for the governments of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Together, these countries represent about 65% of the world economy. •Forum of world's major industrialised democracies •1973 oil crisis and subsequent global recession•1974 the United States created the Library Group, an informal gathering of senior financial officials from the United States, the United Kingdom, West Germany, Japan and Poland•1975 French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing invited the heads of government from West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States to a summit in Rambouillet - Group of Six (G6)•1976 Canada joined the group at the behest of U.S – group became known as the Group of Seven (G7)•The European Union is represented by the President of the European Commission•summit at the country that holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union - first United Kingdom in 1977•1994 Russia had separate meeting with leaders of the G7 after the main summit•Russia formally joined the group in 1997, resulting in the Group of Eight (G8)

last summits agenda

•Africa•climate change•counter terrorism•non proliferation•supporting reform in the broader Middle East and North Africa

•global energy security•infectious diseases•education

•growth and responsibility in the global economy•growth and responsibility in Africa

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# Heiligendamm Summit, June 6-8, 2007

# Investment, Innovation, Sustainability * World Economy * Free Trade * Protectionism * Employment * Global Imbalances * Systematic Stability and Transparency of Financial Markets and Hedge Funds * Freedom of Investment and Global Investment Conditions * Innovation and Trademark Piracy * Nuclear Energy * Sustainable Resource Use and Climate Change

# Africa: Good Governance, Sustainable Investment, Peace and Security * Partnership for Reform * Health and HIV/AIDS * Official Development Assistance * African Economic Development and Democratic Development * African Outreach

# Cooperation with Emerging Countries# Regional Issues * Sudan * North Korea * Iran * Middle East

# Social Dimensions of Globalization# Russian Participation

ANTI-SUMMIT

• Animal Liberation• Anti-militarism• Anti-racism• Bio-technology• Climate Chaos• Culture• Ecology• Education• Free Spaces• Gender• Globalisation• Health• Iraq• Migration• Palestine• Repression• Social Struggles• Technology• Terror War• Workers' Movements

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Elimit freedom of movement

• the G8 meeting was held inside a "Red Zone" • in the center of town had been declared off-limits for non-residents and

surrounded by a barricade• protesters no chance to communicate with summit delegates• fears of a terrorist attack led to an air exclusion zone around the city• stationing of anti-aircraft missiles• only one activist, Valérie Vie, secretary of a French branch of ATTAC,

managed to publicly breach the Red Zone barrier, but was immediately stopped by police agents

• border riots ahead of the summit (Italy)• The Italian government suspended freedom of movement entitled by the

Schengen treaty for the duration of the G8 summit• to monitor the movement of protesters arriving from across the EU

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German government decision about RED ZONE

• break of Universal Declaration of Human Rights• Article 9: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention

or exile.• Article 13: (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement

and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

• "in dubio pro reo"• massive violation of free movement right• violation of Schengen treaty

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ICALGerman government decision about RED ZONE

• secure citizens of Heiligendamm • secure political leaders on meeting• lower cost on police protection• present Germany as responsible country• allow calm protest – like concerts far away from Heiligendamm

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discussion about German pre-summit descions

• criminalisation of the Anti-G8-Resistance• sharp border controls during the G8-summit• on 9th of May the german police searched nationwide 40 projects

and houses of opposers of the G8-summit because of a supposed creation of a terrorist organisation

• London bomb attack (in time of summit) example• Seattle protests

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RCEShttp://www.g-8.de/Webs/G8/EN/G8Summit/Agenda/agenda.htmlhttp://www.g8.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1094235519969http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/http://www.antig8.tk/home_en.phphttp://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/topics/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27th_G8_summit