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Ethics & Trust

• "Ethical issues in corporate sponsorships"
  Published in the Philanthropy Journal (Aust.), Spring 1995.
• "An Organic Perspective on Organisational Ethics"
  Published in the Australian Institute of Management, ‘Management’ Magazine, October 1996. Reprinted in the newsletter of the St. James Ethics Center, ‘City Ethics’, Summer 1997.
• "How to Live Ethically in an Amoral World"
  October 1996.
• "Resolving ethical dilemmas in the workplace"
  Published in the Australian Institute of Management, ‘Management’ Magazine, July 1997.
• "A guide to ethics and the creation of trust"
  Published in the Venue Management Association newsletter, March 1998.
• "Think Local: Think Ethical"
  Published in ‘Management Today’, Australian Institute of Management, April 1998.
• "Making Values Live"
  February 1999.
• "BELIEVE IT - A Model for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas"
  Extract from the book 'Sensitive Chaos' 1999.

Innovation & Creativity

• "De Bono: A modern day Plato ?"
  (Interview with Dr Edward De Bono)
  Published in the Australian Institute of Company Directors , ‘Company Director’ magazine, March 1997.
• "Thinking Creatively - Changing the way we solve problems"
  (Interview with Edward De Bono)
  Published in the Australian Institute of Management, ‘Management’ Magazine, June 1997 - Cover Story.
• "From Vineyard to Vat - Encouraging Innovation and Creativity"
  Published in ‘Management Today’, Aust. Inst. of Management, March 1999.

Sustainability

• "Any colour as long as it is GREEN"
  Published in ‘Company Director’ , Aust. Inst. of Company Directors, Sept. 1998.
• "Ecowarrior"
  Zero Emissions Research Institute (ZERI) Newsletter, Feb 1999.
• "The Green Movement is Dead. Long Live the Environment"
  Sept 2002.

Corporate Social Responsibility

• "Why Community Involvement makes Good Business Sense"
  Published in the Australian Institute of Management, ‘Management’ Magazine, June 1996.
• "Responsible for what ? - a guide to corporate responsibility"
  Published in the Australian Institute of Company Directors, ‘Company Director’ magazine, October 1996.
• "Corporate Governance - The lessons from Elders"
  Interview with Ken Jarrett; Published in the Australian Institute of Company Directors, ‘Company Director’ magazine, May 1998 - Cover Story.
• "Inside Elders"Business ‘Feature’ in ‘The Australian’ newspaper, 21^st May 1998 (reprint of ‘Company Director’ article)
• "Corporate Citizenship in a Fragile World"
  Published in the Australian Institute of Company Directors, ‘Company Director’ magazine, Sept. 1998 – Cover Story.
• "Responding to S11"
  October 2000.
• "Reinventing Corporate Governance post 2001 - A Questions of Trust"
  Published in the Mt Eliza Review, Volume 5, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2002. Re-printed in the Australian Business Investment Explorer 2003.
• "Corporate Social Responsibility - post 2001"
  Published in the magazine of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, 'Company Director', Volume 18, Number 5, June 2002.
• "Too close for comfort"
  Considers the cosy relationship between US corporations and members of the Government and the challenges it poses for regulating corporate behaviour. July 2002.
• "Making Sense of Corporate Social Responsbility - Why should you care?"
  Considers the business case for Corporate Social Responsibility. October 2002.
• "Understanding Corporate Social Responsbility"
  Published in the magazine of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, 'Company Director', Volume 18, Number 10, November 2002.
• "Raising the Bar"
  Published in the magazine of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, 'Company Director', Volume 19, Number 4, May 2003.

Transformation & Change

• "An African experience in Transformation"
  Edited version printed in the newsletter of the St. James Ethics Center, ‘City Ethics’, Winter 2000.

New Ways of Doing Business

• "Social Conscience for Sale"
  Australian Marketing Magazine, Sept. 1993. Reprinted in ‘Marketing Visions’, author D. Bradmore published by Prentice Hall Aust. Reprinted in the Philanthropy Journal, Spring 1994 as "Value Added Marketing"
• "Neocapitalism - Last chance for a fading world"
  February 1996.
• "If History has Ended Where to from Here ? - the challenge of exercising moral hoice in free markets"
  Paper presented at the Aust. Assoc. for Professional and Applied Ethics Conference, October 1996.
• "Land Rights - The Road Ahead"
  (Interview with Aboriginal Elder, Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Chairman of the Northern Land Council)
  Published in the Australian Institute of Company Directors, ‘Company Director’ magazine, April 1997 - Cover Story.
• "Nurturing the Human Spirit - the new paradigm for business success"
  October 1998.
• "The Changing Rules of the Game"
  Published in ‘Management Today’, Aust. Inst. of Management, May 2000.
• "Trust me – I’m a company, Profits versus Principles"
  Published in the Australian Institute of Company Directors, ‘Company Director’ magazine, April 1999 – Cover Story.
• "I See You, Do You See Me ?"
  May 2000.
• "Corporate Therapy"
  Published in ‘Management Today’, Aust. Inst. of Management, Oct 2000.
• "Is Capitalism Dead or Just Evolving ?"
  Published in the Australian Institute of Company Directors, ‘Company Director’ magazine, March 2001.

The Meaning of Life

• "The Meaning of Life and the Four Key Questions"
  Developed from ABC radio Interviews, December 2001.
• "The Girl in the Red Dress"
  Published in 'Living Now' magazine, March 2007.
• "How to Change the World by being a Neocapitalist"
  June 2009.
• "Walking a Sacred Path in our Material World"
  October 2009.

Adventures

• "The Journey that Never Ends"
  Published in the Australian Institute of Company Directors, ‘Company Director’ magazine, April 2000.

Book Reviews

• "Feet of Clay - A study of Gurus" by Anthony Storr
  Reviewed April 1998.
• "Defining Moments" by Joseph Badaracco Jr.
  Reviewed May 1998.
• "New Thinking for the New Millennium" by Edward De Bono
  Reviewed March 2000.