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Trust in the market discourse

Trust in the market discourse. – what is trust in business relations between democracies and non- democracies ?.

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Trust in the market discourse

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  1. Trust in themarketdiscourse – what is trust in business relationsbetweendemocracies and non-democracies?

  2. Are the possibilities, freedom and rights of democracies, and the fundament of marked liberalism, a result of the lack of freedom, possibilities and rights of people in non-democracies?

  3. Twostateownedcompanies – Kongsberg Gruppen and Statoil • Ethical and moral challenges related to how trust is understood and practiced in the market discourse, in business relations between state owned companies from democracies and non-democracies • What is the role of the government? • What expectations do the society have to the government in such relations? • How does the government define risk in relation with non-democracies?

  4. Twonationallevelsofchallenge • Ehical – becauserelations to non-democracieschallengetheethical-politicalframeworkofdemocracies (Habermas 1996) • Moral – becausethedevelopmentofpractices in themarketarelegitimized by theethical-politicalframework and refers to what is seen as legitimatepractices

  5. Whatdefinestrustworthyactions and practices? • The marketdiscourseunderstood as an open arena for transactions, basedon liberal and democraticvalues • An arena whereprofit is a legal goal, and an legitimate argument for legalizingactions and practices done in themarketdiscourse • Has an ethical-politicalframethatmirrorstheinterestsoftheparticipatingnations, and theirnationalethical-politicalframes

  6. Whatdefinestrustworthyactions and practices? • Consensus as a premise for trust? • The socialcontractofRawls (2003, 1999) Justice as Fairness • Society as a system ofcooperation • Wherethe goal is stability and thewaytowards it is overlapping consensus • The conceptofjustice – everyparticipant in thecontract is seen as a free and equalindividual, and should be treatedjustly • A system thatpreventsthe fundamental freedomofeachindividual • The freedomof opinion, speech and equalpossibilities • The principleof fair oportunities – realizingtheoportunitiesshouldbenefittheweakestmembersofthesociety • Three levelsofjustice • Localprinciplesofjustice • National principlesofjustice • Global principlesofjustice

  7. Two cases – always in search for newmarkets… • Kongsberg Gruppen – investments in China, India, Middle East etc. • Statoil – investmentsAzerbaijan, MiddleEast, Alberta, Canada etc. • Bothcompanies has defined a setofcommitmentsthatespecially stress theimportanceofacting in line withthe Human Rights Declaration • KG writes in their Report onCorporateSocialResponsibility (2011) thatevery action in thecompanyare done in consensus withtheHuman Rights • KG also makes a veryclearpointonhowthecompanyareresponsiblecitizens in thenational and internationalsociety – theyarecomitting to thegovernmentalrestrictionson CSR, and sayingthateverytransaction done by the KG in theinternationalmarket is verified and certified by theDepartment of Foreign Affairs

  8. Kongsberg Gruppen • The problem is thatthephraseabouteverychoiceof action or practicebeing in line withthe Human Rights, arereduced to onlybeing a matter ofinternalaffairs – it is all abouthowthecompany, internally, arefollowingthe Human Rights; especiallythe ILO-conventions as thefreedomoforganisation, againstslavery, just payment, work-environmentalissues etc. Alsothe UN Convention onChildrens Rights are given bigattention – when it comes to internalaffairs

  9. Somecriticalpoints • 1. A critical consequence of producing, selling and using weapons made for war is killing someone – directly or indirectly • 2. State owned companies that produce weapons for war is a moral challenge, because the official Norwegian attitude is a “peace-nation” working towards peace – Norway indirectly supports war • 3. Weapons and war often leads to actions that challenge or brake the human rights declaration. • 4. It is a moral challenge that KG means their actions never compromise or brake the Human Rights

  10. Somecriticalpoints • 1. Statoils actions in Alberta, Canada are legal, butcompromisesthepremises for trustworthypracticedefined by thenorwegiangovernment • 2. The case of Alberta challenges and brakes the Human Rights and the ILO-convention (169) ontherightsof natives • 3. The actions in Nigeria is not in consensus withthe Human Rights

  11. What is stability? • What is justice? • What is freedom? • Are thepremisesoftheNorwegian government relative?

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