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The Ethics of ASEAN

Dr Marzuki’s message for young people in this dialogue is
that ethical leadership through regional governance, business
and economy is not enough. The ASEAN younger generations
are more positively ethical through empathy and concern for
others and will ensure a better future as leaders from and in
ASEAN.

Raudhah Nazran: You cannot be an ethical
leader if you are not ethical yourself
Ms. Raudhah Nazran is CEO and Founder of Accelerate Global,
a social enterprise aimed at tackling youth unemployment
issues. She is also on the board of AHDO Malaysia as a
representative of the youth generation of ASEAN leaders. She
was a government scholar in law at the University of Essex in
Britain where she started her work in social enterprise.
Ethical leadership for Raudhah is about fighting
against injustice. In her experience it is difficult to find older
generation leaders committed to doing what is right for ASEAN
Figure 5: Ms. Raudhah society and the community. In the case of the Myanmar crisis
Nazran, CEO and Founder of Raudhah points out that ASEAN’s lengthy and indecisive
Accelerate Global
approach to the conflict and the ongoing civil violence is
unethical. To be neutral and silent is ethically siding with the
oppressor.
But is the future generation of ASEAN different?
Ultimately, for Raudhah, it comes down to the region’s young
generations to develop ethics on a personal level first, then
to apply your ethical convictions in real life. According to
Raudhah, it is, after all, their responsibility to observe their own
ethics to ensure a better future of ASEAN and to be a part of
sustainable change.
“When we talk about ethics and rights, as complicated as
it gets, it is actually also very simple. Ethics begins with us, it
begins at home. You cannot be an ethical leader if you are not
ethical yourself in your personal life.”

Jamesun Wacnang Bejarin: Students are
pressured to thrive but also need to choose.

Mr. Jamesun Wacnang Bejarin represents the student
perspective on ethical leadership. He is a student at Ateneo de
Manila University, in Political Science and Public Management.
He is also the student government President and has led
various community and socio-political initiatives.

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