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In accordance with a commitment it made when
it was founded, the Foundation subsidises the
publication each year of the Annual Report of
the Royal Academy of Medicine (Real Academia
de Medicina) , and the newsletters of the Royal
Sevillian Academy of Belles Lettres (Real Academia
Sevillana de Buenas Letras) and the St Elizabeth
of Hungary Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Real
Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de
Hungría).
The Foundation also takes an interest in and
supports the following entities in various ways:
Asociación Española de Fundaciones,
Fundación de Estudios Sociológicos,
Fundación Príncipe de Asturias,
Fundación Pro-Real Academia Española,
Juventudes Musicales, United States-Spain Council
Foundation, Fundación Cotec, Fundación
de Ayuda contra la Drogadicción, Fundación
de Cooperación al Desarrollo y Promoción
de Actividades Asistenciales, Fundación
de Estudios de Economía Aplicada, Fundación
Integra, Instituto Católico de Arte e
Industria (I.C.A.I.), Instituto de Desarrollo
Regional, Proyecto Hombre, Pontifical University
of Salamanca and the University of Seville.
Javier Benjumea chair of economic and
business ethics
The University of Comillas signed a cooperation
agreement with the Focus-Abengoa Foundation
on 21 November to create the Javier Benjumea
chair. The primary objective of the initiative
is to implement research and educational activities
to increase theoretical knowledge in the field
of business ethics and responsible business
practices, with a view to promoting their implementation
in companies and organisations. Other objectives
are to promote research into areas related to
corporate social responsibility and business
citizenship and the key ethical principles of
a fair, prosperous economy; to encourage responsible,
ethical leadership in the context of a global
economy, based on moral values and ethical principles;
to promote good business practice and an ethical
business culture; and to emphasise the moral
dimension of companies and organizations to
create a more solid economy and a fairer society.
A further aim is for the new chair to serve
as a point of contact for academics, businesspeople,
executives, and other professionals concerned
with social responsibility in companies and
organizations.
To achieve these objectives, the chair will
coordinate the teaching of business ethics at
the University of Comillas, train teachers,
develop new innovative technologies, provide
refresher training for people working in this
field and run a permanent Economic and Business
Ethics Seminar. It will also create a reference
collection in the University library, specialising
in economic and business ethics, and carry out
theoretical and applied research projects.
It will provide and administer researcher training
and collaboration grants, provide guidance and
training in business ethics in companies and
organisations and promote media coverage and
involvement in national and international forums.
Activities carried out by the Javier Benjumea
chair will also include establishing institutional
relations with national and international counterpart
organisations and organising conferences, symposiums
and monographic meetings.
Distinctions
The governing board of the Sevillian Association
Alonso el Sabio decided to award the Focus-Abengoa
Foundation the Alfonso X el Sabio Prize 2002,
in recognition of the cultural work it has undertaken
for the benefit of the city of Seville. The
prize was awarded by the President of the Association,
Pedro Rodríguez Bueno, at a ceremony
held in the Royal Chapel of Seville Cathedral
on 22 November.
Works of art on loan
The Foundation was delighted to give a number
of its works of art on loan to national and
international institutions for temporary exhibitions
held in the course of the year.
Pedro Tortolero
Philip V entering Seville in 1729
248 x 774 mm. Copper line engraving (etching
and burin) printed in black ink on laid paper
(285 x 815 mm). Published in Juan Bautista de
Zúñiga, Anales eclesiásticos
i seglares de la M.N. i M.L. Ciudad de Sevilla,
Seville, Francisco José de Blas, 1748.
Exhibition: Art in the Court of Philip V, Madrid,
Casa de las Alhajas, from 29 October 2002 to
26 January 2003. Organised by the Spanish National
Heritage Board, Prado National Museum and Fundación
Caja Madrid.
Juan Bautista de Zúñiga
Anales eclesiásticos i seglares de la
M.N. i M.L. Ciudad de Sevilla, 1748,
29 x 20.5 x 2.5 cm.
Bound book, containing the engraving by Pedro
Tortolero Philip V entering Seville in 1729
Exhibition: A kingdom under the sign of peace.
Ferdinand VI and Barbara de Braganza. Madrid.
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando,
from 13 November 2002 to 26 January 2003. Organised
by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport,
and the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San
Fernando.
Exhibition: 18th-century Spain and the philosophy
of happiness and order, Río de Janeiro,
Museum of Fine Arts, from 4 July to 25 August
2002. Organised by the Ministry of Education,
Culture and Sport, and Fundación Arte
Viva.
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