guiding light I had the pleasure to meet Oscar Motomura when he followed our invitation to speak at AIESEC's 60th anniversary celebrations at the International Congress in São Paulo this August. He deeply inspired me with his reflections on ethics and the process of making things happen: effective implementation of solutions for critical sustainability equations.

• If ethics is the choice for the common good (global reach and including all living beings): Deciding to act small because it is more comfortable… is not ethical
• Deciding to hold back (your proposals, ideas and actions) because you don’t want to go against “the group” … is not ethical
• Deciding to doing the possible instead of trying to make the impossible possible… is not ethical
• Deciding to use just a part of your potential (to “save” it for self interest purposes) … is not ethical
• Deciding not to act, to stay silent, letting fear stay in the way… is not ethical
• Deciding to conform to the “letter of the law” instead of persisting on the path defined by the “spirit of the law” … is not ethical
• Deciding not to try because nobody tried it before… is not ethical
• Deciding not to pursue the perfection and conform to what seems “negotiable” … is not ethical
• Deciding to postpone bold actions again and again “waiting for the right moment” … is not ethical
• Deciding to “play the game” and pretend that you are not seeing the manipulations underway… is not ethical
• Deciding to live in the realm of ideas, diagnosis and theories instead of taking the risks and going for actions… is not ethical
• Deciding to act only when all is scientifically proven, even when the truth is self evident… is not ethical
• Deciding to reject all radically creative ideas (yours including) when the “traditional-not-so-radical ideas” have not been working… is not ethical
• Deciding to reject every proposal that looks “idealistic” or “utopic” … is not ethical

(Insights of Oscar Motomura during Tallberg concert that followed a session of the Moral
Boundaries Workshop, Summer 2008)  ¶ 1:37 PM 0 Comments