Chumir Foundation For Ethics In Leadership

ARTS IN SOCIETY - ARTS DO NOT SHAPE GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS - BUT THEY HELP SHAPE MAN, WHO DOES SHAPE SUCH EVENTS. THE FOUNDATION REVERSES THE TRADITIONAL QUESTION OF HOW THE ARTIST AND HIS/HER ART REFLECT THE COMMUNITY AND EXPLORES HOW ART AND ARTIST, BY DESIGN OR ORGANIC PROCESS, AFFECT THE INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND COMMUNITIES OF WHICH THEY ARE A PART. THE UNIVERSALITY OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION CONFIRMS ITS SIGNIFICANT ROLE. THROUGH INSTRUCTION, PERFORMANCE AND DISCUSSION, TALENTED YOUNG ARTISTS AND INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS ARE EXPOSED TO ASPECTS OF THE ARTS BEYOND PERFORMANCE PROFICIENCY. AN ARTS COMPONENT ALONGSIDE OTHER PROGRAMMING SENSITIZES PARTICIPANTS TO SHARED HUMAN INTERESTS AND FACILITATES COMMUNICATION ACROSS OTHER DIVIDES. THE FOUNDATION ORGANIZES RESEARCH AND DIALOGUE TO CONSIDER THE ARTS IN CONTEXT AND IN COMMUNITY AND IS PLANNING A GLOBAL CONFERENCE OF LEADING THINKERS IN THE FIELD FOR LATE 2024.

RELATIONS AMONG MAJOR POWERS & CSIS-CHUMIR FOUNDATION GLOBAL DIALOGUE - THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE PROFESSIONALLY WELL-INFORMED, EXPERIENCED AND DISPASSIONATE DIALOGUE AMONG NON-POLITICIZED `PARTICIPANTS' REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RANGE OF INTERESTS, COUNTRIES AND EXPERTISE ON TOPICS GENERATING TENSIONS AND RISKS THAT NEED TO BE RECONCILED. NATIONALISM, POLITICAL DISSATISFACTION AND DISTRUST PUSH INTER-GOVERNMENTAL DIALOGUE TO CONFRONTATIONAL POLITICIZATION AND POLARIZATION, THREATENING GEOPOLITICAL INSTABILITY, AS WELL AS IMPOSING MATERIAL, AND SOMETIMES HIDDEN, COSTS. ISSUES SELECTED BY THE ORGANIZERS, AND PROCEDURES CONTROLLED BY THE PARTICIPANTS, FOR THEIR IMPORTANCE, PROSPECTS AND NEED FOR GREATER ATTENTION AND DIALOGUE - INCLUDING EXPERT RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS FOR BALANCED AND TRUSTED BACKGROUND FOR THE PURPOSE. IF SUCCESSFUL, A CREDIBLE, COLLEGIAL AND SOLUTION-ORIENTED PLATFORM AND TENSION-REDUCING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES WOULD EVOLVE.

TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTIVITY, GROWTH & INCOME DISTRIBUTION - TECHNOLOGIES, INNOVATION AND TRADE ARE PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS TO PROSPERITY AND STABILITY. IN MOST MAJOR ECONOMIES, DESPITE IMPORTANT PRODUCTIVITY GAINS IN INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENTS, IN MORE RECENT DECADES, AGGREGATE NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN SMALL AND DECLINING. AT THE SAME TIME, THE WORKER-SHARE OF NATIONAL INCOME, COMPARED TO THAT CAPTURED BY CAPITAL, HAS BEEN DECLINING FOR DECADES. `PRODUCTIVE EQUITY I', A STUDY CARRIED OUT BY THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION AND THE CHUMIR FOUNDATION, ATTRIBUTED THIS TO MARKET CONDITIONS AND POLICIES. `PRODUCTIVE EQUITY II', A NEW STUDY LED BY THE FOUNDATION, IS INVESTIGATING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND ROLES OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, MARKET CONDITIONS SUCH AS COMPETITION AND POLITICAL RISKS, BUSINESS PRACTICES, AND OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS ADAPTATION OF LEGACY SYSTEMS, UNALLOCATED COSTS AND UNMEASURABLE COMPONENTS - FACTORS POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTING TO POOR OVERALL PRODUCTIVITY.