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About Us
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The Financial Standards Foundation The Financial Standards Foundation (FSF) was established as a not-for-profit foundation by George and Susan Vojta in 2001. The mission of the Foundation is to support activities which facilitate the creation and maintenance of a global economic and financial system, based on private sector-led market economies, responsible private investment, and a liberal foreign trade regime. The Foundation believes that a global system based on these principles will generate wealth, income, and employment sufficient to alleviate global poverty, establish general prosperity, and distribute these benefits equitably. The Foundation believes that the role of government and international institutions is to support and facilitate, compliment but not dominate, the emergence of a private sector-led global economy. The Foundation strongly believes that private enterprise is the principal agent necessary to create the global economy but holds that private firms must conduct their affairs to assure that all stakeholders (shareholders/owners, employees, clients, suppliers, competitors, government and the community, and the environment) benefit positively from their activities. The Foundation believes and seeks to demonstrate that private firms which operate to the benefit of all stakeholders become successful competitors in the market place, i.e. positive stakeholder outcomes cause superior business performance. Principal Activities eStandards Forum - FSF owns eStandards Forum and its unique website and supports its mission to promote complete transparency in the conduct of political and economic affairs Publications - FSF produces and publishes weekly, monthly, and bi-monthly updates and policy briefs; articles and monographs, and an annual globalization report, which surveys and evaluates the globalization experience Research and Academic Courses - FSF supports courses and research at leading universities and think tanks Internships - FSF provides fellowships and exchanges to students, faculty, and various other individuals A Global Network - FSF is part of a global network of institutions, including leading universities, think tanks, international organizations, and NGO's which act to promote globalization Special Events - FSF helps to organize a number of special events including: an annual Yale Corporate Governance Forum, Annual Risk Management and Regulation Fora at Wharton Business School, and an Annual Globalization Conference at Emory University Training and Technical Assistance Programs - FSF provides technical assistance to support capacity building which facilitates sustainable development |
