God at Work with Ken Costa

Ken Costa's April 2012 Gresham lecture on The New Normal.

The New Normal: Rebalancing our priorities

Ken Costa Gresham Professor of Commerce

Tuesday 17th April 2012

Bob Diamond has an ability to capture newspaper headlines in a way that I suspect he wished he didn’t.

Ken Costa was recently interviewed on BBC Radio 4 and the HARDTalk programme.

The Radio 4 interview can be heard here (starts at 16:33): http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b019rd6s

and HARDTalk is available to watch here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b019rd6s

By Ken Costa

Last updated at 8:45 PM on 25th December 2011

While no one can predict exactly what 2012 will hold for the financial stability of the EU, 2011 was the year that saw Europe all but overwhelmed by its enormous sovereign debt.

A selection of press from December 2011:

A tax on banks would cost UK jobs, warns new watchdog- The Independent

I doubt that when Hector Sants was appointed as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority in July 2007, he would have expected to find himself in a Bedouin tent talking to protesters, some of whom object to the entire financial services industry.

Photo: JULIAN SIMMONDS

By Ken Costa 11:04PM GMT 08 Dec 2011

A selection of press from November 2011:

Ken Costa: The City must rediscover its morality

Ken Costa spoke on reconnecting the financial and the ethical at BITC's AGM on 1 December 2011.

On Sunday, 20 November, St Peter's Church in Brighton interviewed Ken Costa. Topics included the financial crisis and taking your faith into the workplace.

Listen to the full interview here: http://stpetersbrighton.org/service/interview-ken-costa#audio-811

Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

By Ken Costa, chairman, St Paul's initiative 9:00PM GMT 05 Nov 2011

The events of the last week have reminded us, as if we needed reminding, that there is, as Rowan Williams put it in the Financial Times, “widespread and deep exasperation with the financial establishment”.

Ken Costa addressed the topic of bankers and morals on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme. The full audio can be heard here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9633000/9633122.stm

October 28, 2011 7:58 pm Why the City should heed the discordant voices of St Paul’s By Ken Costa

During the week I spent some time at the anti-capitalist protesters’ camp at St Paul’s Cathedral. They were a diverse group, intense and passionate and, in short, the usual cabal of those wanting to smash capitalism blended with a more thoughtful element.

The London based Catholic prayer group, Soul Food, launched a new God at Work course on 27 October. Ken Costa gave the opening talk on the subject of Work Matters.

If you would like learn more about Soul Food, please visit http://www.soulfoodgroup.org/

Ken Costa spoke on 27 October at The Mansion House for the Lord Mayor's 'Trust and Values' conference.