CIB Mumbai Chapter
Inaugural Meeting Report
February 22, 2014
Venue: IofC flat at Kumaram, Worli Seaface
“I am encouraged with all that has been shared on ethics and the role that business can play to make this possible,” said Ms. Asha Verma, a school Principal, “but how can all this reach the grassroots level?”
This query was flanked between a time of sharing from various individuals on their challenges and victories in running their business ethically on one side and the poser as to what can business and industry can do to promote this mindset to a larger group in society on the other.
Such was the participation from most of the 18 persons who had gathered in the IofC flat at Kumaram for CIB’s Inaugural Mumbai Chapter Meeting that one left the place with a sense that when like-minded people gather together with a purpose and focus, there is much that can be achieved.
After a round of personal introductions to get the group to know each other, Sarosh Ghandy, Director of CIB explained briefly what CIB is and how its role is to encourage, by gathering others, those who walk this “lonely path”, so that all with like purpose could run business ethically while still remaining competitive. Anil Chopra, VP (SCM-IM), Siemens Ltd., Mumbai and Convener of the
CIB Mumbai Chapter then explained the purpose of the meeting before requesting Dr. R. K. Anand, Pediatrician and former Medical Director, Jaslok Hospital to say a few words on the “Charter of an individual” and the conscience of the human soul.