The new President, Mr Musa Makhunga, is very passionate about ensuring that the Durban Chamber leads business towards “Profit with Conscious”.

At the Annual Gala Dinner the first ever, “Durban Business Code of Ethics”, will be launched. While Chamber members might have a Code of Ethics in their respective companies, the Durban Chamber is raising the flag of ethical leadership at a collective level.

At a time when South Africa and indeed Africa are staggering under the perceived modus operandi of “corruption” in doing business, the Durban Chamber is taking a view that says, “While we cannot determine the governance standards of government, labour or civil society, we can make a difference by leading business to put their hand up first and commit to raising the bar by subscribing to the better way of doing business â€" enshrined in the “Durban Business Code of Ethics”. We believe we are leading a revolution, which will eradicate corruption in our life time, by taking accountability as business for our conduct in business ethics â€" government, labour and civil society will soon have to follow, if they still want to transact with business, as they ought to.”

The Durban Business Code of Ethics will be launched at the Annual Gala Dinner on the 7th of September.

(For more information on the Annual Gala Dinner see page 15).