see firsthand the machinery of murder produced by Topf & Sons; they stand in the rooms where the doctors conducted their sterilizations; they witness the impact of the laws drafted in bland offices in Nuremberg; they understand the failure of the media to report; they ask how the clergy did not universally speak out.
FASPE does not seek analogies or equivalencies to Nazi-controlled Europe. Instead, it seeks to display the importance of ethical behavior — even on little issues — and to highlight the leadership role that professionals must play in their communities. FASPE wants our professionals to identify ethical issues and to develop tactics to address them. With this foundation, FASPE asks our professionals to be leaders.
Headquartered in New York City, FASPE has been in operation since 2010 and annually accepts 60-70 Fellows to its five fellowship programs combined.
FASPE’s programs are non-denominational and aspire to include as diverse a group of participants as possible, drawn from an international pool of applicants.
Moreover, FASPE maintains long-term relationships with its Fellows in order to sustain the commitment to ethical behavior emphasized during the fellowships and to provide a forum for continuing dialogue as Fellows progress in their careers.
A FASPE fellowship does not end when the Fellows return to their places of work or school. Instead, Fellows become part of a growing network of alumni, now over 450-strong, who share an interest in and commitment to improving the ethical behavior of professionals throughout the world.
FASPE also offers a range of other programming, including corporate training that draws on the actions of professionals during the Holocaust and in Nazi-controlled Europe to emphasize the important ethical role that professionals must play in the workplace and in their communities.
To learn more about FASPE, visit www.FASPE-Ethics.org
* David Goldman is the founder and chairman
of FASPE
Business Fellows in a seminar – Photo by Daniel Abel