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Is it ethical to work for a big oil company like Shell, as long as you're in the renewable energy division? Or a health charity that funds testing on animals? What about a campaign group that doesn't condemn violent protest? Or a government funded aid agency working in Iraq? The Ethical Careers Guide is the essential careers handbook for anyone who wants to make the world a better place. It's a unique new guide to careers with a conscience, packed with features, interviews and dozens of career profiles: real people doing real ethical jobs. The Ethical Careers Guide tackles some of the most difficult questions about ethical jobs: what does ethical mean? Can working in finance ever be morally right? Is working in for a charity always ethical? It covers everything from working in international development and charities, to careers in corporate social responsibility or starting your own ethical business. Plus, articles on social enterprise, the public sector, volunteering, gap-years, the environment, media, fair trade, youth work, housing and regeneration. The Ethical Careers Guide offers practical advice about things to consider, what positions are available, the benefits, the challenges, how to apply and what the work is really like. Also includes, our unique Purple Pages directory of organisations offering volunteering, work experience and ethical jobs. In this edition: Comedian Mark Thomas takes on the corporate green-washers Get into Fundraising Award winning photojournalist Brent Stirton on recording a humanitarian crisis in Iraq Start your own Ethical Small Business Fly to an environment conference? 20 questions to help you decide what's ethical Development: Top tips on breaking into the sector PLUS many more articles, dozens of Career Profiles and the Purple Pages!

Table of Contents:
Perspectives: Mark Thomas - Arms dealing ain't an ethical career; Science - From renewables to climate change research; Apply online - Use your mouse and save trees; Charity works - The voluntary sector is on the up; Giving time - Great for your career prospects; Ethical finance - What is socially responsible investment?; Bad business - Unilever takes on the critics; Self employment - Five steps to your own ethical firm; Social enterprises - They're all around you; Trade unions - You won't get me, I'm part of the union. Features: Interview - Brent Stirton on photographing conflict; Media - How to keep your integrity intact; Environment - Polluters are counting on you to do nothing; Public sector - The careers behind the machine; Housing - Providing a roof for the most vulnerable; Claudia Janke - Behind the scenes at Centrepoint; Charity sector - Routes in; Volunteering - How to get involved; Gap years - The debate rages about overseas placements; Youth work - Meet some of the young people who benefit; International development - Prospects and tips for getting in; Make Poverty History - The careers behind the campaign; Fair trade - Find your place in the revolution; Private sector - It's not what you do, but the way that you do it; Corporate Social Responsibility - Your job in big business?; Interview - Safia Minney, founder of fashion label People Tree; A new approach - The world of regeneration. Other Stuff: Test your limits - Our ethical careers challenge; Job offer toolkit - What to ask, what to look for; Purple pages - Your directory of organisations offering volunteering, work experience and employment; Plus Career Profiles - Real people doing real ethical jobs.



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781903998533
  • Publisher: Green Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Green Books
  • Height: 210 mm
  • No of Pages: 128
  • Width: 148 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1903998530
  • Publisher Date: 20 Apr 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: 2005/2006


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