Markets and Morality: Reflections on Ethics and Enterprise (Book)

Markets and Morality is a compilation of papers presented at academic conferences and symposiums around the world. The papers assess the moral implications of enterprise, from the perspective of entrepreneurship and public policy.

To order an electronic copy of the book please email blrgar002@uct.ac.za 

Updated MA Dissertation Outline

MASTERS RESEARCH PROPOSAL

A Summary

South Africa as “Africa’s Gateway”? A Critical Examination of China’s English-Language Media Coverage of the Zuma Presidency’s Rhetoric of Continental Leadership

Statement of the Problem: South Africa commits itself to the ideas of human rights in one of the well-respected Constitutions in the world, which extols media freedom. At the same time the government seeks to advance a favourable relationship with China, a country with vastly different political, social and economic structures. By examining how South Africa’s rhetoric of “continental leadership” is received in China, this thesis seeks to assess the implications for South Africa on China’s state-owned media projection of South Africa within China.

Sample: All articles in the Chinese People’s Daily Online from July 2009 to July 2011 (first two years of the Zuma presidency)

Variables within the study: China, Online, English-speaking, Political culture (communism), Diplomatic relations, “gateway to Africa”/”continental leadership”

Research Thesis: This MA thesis seeks to look at the rhetoric of continental leadership during the first two years of the Zuma Presidency, assessing how it was received by the People’s Daily Online in China. As such the thesis seeks an understanding of the role of political power over coverage of another state’s political rhetoric within media. This proposed dissertation deals only with the perception of South Africa in the Chinese English – language media.

Significance of topic for political communication: In media, through political communication, how is the relationship between the two countries influenced to advance political and economic objectives? (see Perelman, C. and L. Olbrechts-Tyteca, 1991 on rhetoric & Buchannan [1976] for an assessment of political economy in elite behaviour)?

The researcher proposes to connect the work of James Chesbro, who looks at five critical approaches to contemporary political communications, including the Machiavellian nature, iconic elements, ritual, the confirmation of political aspects viewed as those we endorse as well as politics as “dramatistic” (symbolically constructed, according to K. Burke), with media theories. 

Gadi Wosfeld’s Political Contestation Model will be drawn on as a theoretical framework for understanding coverage of South Africa, understanding the role of political communication in coverage of South Africa’s rhetoric objectives.

CV

Garreth M. Bloor

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Bloor is a prolific writer with work appearing across over two dozen publications and academic journals, including the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Wits Business Journal and the African Yearbook of Rhetoric. In 2008 he received a Culture of Enterprise Award from former US Attorney General Edwin Meese III for his research into “enterprise and a humane economy” and is 2011 became the world's youngest member of the Mont Pelerin Society at age 24. He is currently studying towards his MA at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Bloor is a regular speaker at a range of global conferences, holds undergraduate and graduate qualifications from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has held fellowships in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, the Caribbean and Kenya covering entrepreneurial development, leadership and public policy - and serves on the boards of educational and philanthropic organizations in Africa.

Profession	Master’s Candidate
Email address	garreth.bloor@capetown.gov.za info@enterprise-forum.co.za
Office: Mobile	Tel: 021 409 7937 /Fax: 021 409 7050 082 722 2685 From USA: 011 27 82 722 2685
Languages	English (primary) Afrikaans (secondary)

ACADEMIA

CURRENT Graduate Degree: University of Cape Town.

MA, Rhetoric of Political Communication (National Research Foundation Fellow)

NRF Fellow and Researcher, Centre of Rhetoric Studies, University of Cape Town

Graduate, University of Cape Town

BA Honours, Political Communication (First Class)

Undergraduate Degree: University of Cape Town

Year: 2009: Bachelor of Social Science (BSocSci) with majors in ’Political Studies’ and ‘Media and Writing’

Electives in Philosophy taken at the University of Cape Town and Princeton University 

Member, Golden Key academic society/International Honors Society (top 15% and above internationally)

PUBLISHED WRITING & CITATIONS SCOPE

Sample of past and present contributions: memeburn.com, Opportunity (economics feature writer), Financial Mail, Black Business Quarterly, Project Manager SA, Explore SA, HIV/AIDS, Discourse, Invest in SA, Destination 2010, Southern Cross (SA National Catholic Weekly, Associate), Ubuntu, Topco Media (Top Companies South Africa), the League SA, Silicon Cape newsletter (editor), Sky News (UK and world), Campus Report (USA), Leadership, Strictly Business, Total Politics (UK), iAfrica, Varsity Paper (news editor – University of Cape Town), Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy (Beloitt College, USA), Rhetoric Africa Journal (U. Cape Town), Wits Business Journal, Mining Prospectus, Brainstorm, Business Day, Energy Forecasts,   Instituto de Pensamiento Estratégico Ágora (Mexico), Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute, Frontier Advisory Services, Business Times

Speaker and writer: entrepreneurship, the philosophy of enterprise. 2008 – present. Speaking engagements in South Africa, the US, UK, Latin America (full list of academic papers and speeches available).

AWARDS

·         Cape Town Press Club Student Award in recognition of “over 500 articles written as a student journalist”

·         Bursary, Philadelphia Society Regional Meeting, 2010

·         Scholarship, Witherspoon Institute Summer Program in Philosophy, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA 2009

·         Frederic Bastiat Scholarship, CATO University, San Diego, California, July 2009

·         Abe Bailey Fellowship tour, United Kingdom, November/December 2009. One of sixteen South Africans selected.

·         BMF Award in recognition of “valuable contributions to the development of young entrepreneurs” (2008, 2009)

·         Sir Richard Luyt Memorial Scholarship for Leadership Excellence and Advancing the Core Values and Principles of the University of Cape Town (UCT), 2008

·         Fourth Place globally, Culture of Enterprise International Research Essay Contest 2007, Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Awarded by US former Attorney-General Edwin Meese. Delaware, USA 

·         Azriel Fine Family Bursary (UCT), 2006

ACHIEVEMENTS

   ·         Invitation and accepted as the youngest member of the international Mont Pelerin Society, 2011

·         Young Scholar’s Program, Association for Private Enterprise Education, 2011

·         Hayek Scholar, Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Liberty, 2011

·         Earhart Foundation Fellowship, Acton Institute, 2011

·         Ranked No.1 after two months of work on group technology blog, memeburn.com (one of South Africa’s 100 most trafficked websites)

·         Named one of South Africa’s “Brightest Young Minds (South Africans and South African residents under 35)”, 2010. Stellenbosch University

·         Elected to the Proportional Representatives Councilors List at age 22 (DA Electoral College, City of Cape Town). Declined in favour of academic pursuits.

·         “A” Rated Student Representative Council member (Annual Varsity Paper Performance Report), 2007/08

·         Made regional correspondent for a British current affairs magazine, ‘Total Politics’, at age 20

·         Accepted into both the select Print and Radio streams, Department of Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town, 2007

MEDIA ENGAGEMENT & CONTRIBUTIONS: HIGHLIGHTS

·         Africa Progress Report (APR) meeting with Kofi Annan and APR Panel, 2010

·         Correspondent, Fortune/CNN/Time Global Forum (Avusa Media), 2010

·         Correspondent, World Economic Forum on Africa (Cape Media), 2008, 2009, 2011

·         Accepted into a paid internship at the American Journalism Center, based on work and editorship at VARSITY: 2007/2008 vacation break.

·         Articles written during internship on Capitol Hill (with the American Journalism Center) published in the United States.

·         Past exclusive interviews include Helen Zille, Mayor and Leader of the Opposition (Cape Town, August 2007), Alfred Taban, award-winning human rights journalist on Darfur (Nairobi, February, 2007) and Raymond Ackerman.

·         Columnist for the VARSITY campus newspaper as of the start of my first year (February 2006). Selected to serve as Deputy News Editor in September of the same year; term ended September 2006

INIVTED CONFERENCES / COLLOQUIUMS: SAMPLE

·         Fellow, Mont Pelerin Society Annual General Meeting in Sydney, October 2010

·         Black Management Forum Young Professionals Summit (keynote guest speaker), August 2010

·         Liberty Fund co-sponsored colloquium on 18^th Century Scottish Enlightenment Thought, Grand Rapids, July 2010

·         Liberty Fund co-sponsored colloquium on Property Rights, Economic Growth and the Environment. Miami, March 2010

·         Liberty Fund co-sponsored colloquium on Limited Government and the Rule of Law, August 2009

·         Liberty Fund co-sponsored colloquium on Capitalism, Free Trade and Globalization, February 2009

·         Invitee (Young Leaders Delegation), Inauguration of the 44^th President of the United States of America. 2009, Washington, DC. University Presidential Inaugural Conference.

·         Participant, National Student Leadership Conference (including address from President Barack Obama), February 2009

·         Delegate, World Bank Annual Banking Conference on Development Economics, 2008

·         Delegate, British Council World Economic Forum Youth Conference, 2008

·         Fellow, Mont Pelerin Society; Nairobi, Kenya, February 2007

·         Global Scholar, Global Young Leaders Conference; Washington, DC and New York City, 2004

OTHER:  Hawaii Congress on Arts and Humanities; Association for Private Enterprise Education, Bahamas; Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture, Washington, DC, CADEK Marketing Indaba

CURRENT PAPERS

Can Character and Community Survive in An Age of Globalization? Profit: An Indicator of Service; A Declaration on Enterprise in Africa; The Devil is in the Definition Setting the Normative Case for Globalization Will Safeguard Character and Community; Entrepreneurs: The Creative Force in Economics.

WORKING PAPERS

Bonus Hocus Pocus: Corporate Governance and CEO Remuneration Levels Examined (co-author, Dr. Roger Stewart, lecturer, Stellenbosch Graduate School of Business); Myths of Corporate Governance: The Flaws of an Unsound Underlying Philosophy (co-author, Dr. Stewart); Unleashing the Entrepreneurial Asset: Job Creation and Human Dignity, the Case for Enterprise; South African Foreign Policy: The Case for Continental Leadership (UCT/National Research Foundation),

WORKING BOOK

Markets and Morality: The Ethic of Entrepreneurship in an Age of Globalization

LEADERSHIP

·     Founder, The Enterprise Forum: an umbrella think tank that launches and supports free market projects (e.g., Students In Free Enterprise, Liberty Forum, Lekgotla Media Think Tank, guest lectures, conferences, seminars).

·     Director, African Schools Debating Championships, 2010

·     Transformation Director, Humanities Postgraduate Faculty Council University of Cape Town, 2010

·     Vice-President, Students Representative Council (2008); served on over a dozen institutional committees, convener of four.

·     Acting President, Students Representative Council (June 16, 2008 – July 26, 2008)

·     Founder and President, UCT Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE), 2008

·     Chair, Development Agencies Sub Council, 2008

·     Student leader mentor, 2008 Emerging Student Leadership Program, Department of Student Affairs

·     Convener, Student Assembly (student parliament), 2008

·     Cape Town Junior City Council, 2004 - 2005

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERSHIPS (pro bono)

·         University of Cape Town Council (governing body), 2011

·         University of Cape Town Senate (academic council), 2009, 2011

·         IGP Micro-Loans Service, Khayelitsha, 2010 – present

·         Student Health and Wellness Organizations (SHAWCO), 2009 – present

·         Lekgotla Multimedia Group (Pty) Ltd (start-up), 2009 – present 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

·     Adjudicator, African Schools Debating Championships Executive Committee under patron and former president Nelson Mandela, Johannesburg, 2009

·     Depot Manager, SAX Appeal Day, 2008

·     Volunteer adjudicator, Township Debating League, Gugulethu and Philippi, 2006 as well as various Rotary schools debates till the present

·     Bridging the Gap volunteer tutor (peer-to-peer high school educational support program), 2005

·     Peer Councilor, 2004 – 2005

ISSUE-BASED ACTIVITY

·     Campaign Manager, South Peninsula Constituency, 2011 Local Government Elections

·     Speech writer to the former Leader of the Official Opposition, Tony Leon (2009, on his retirement)

·     Democratic Alliance by-elections volunteer (local ward-based elections)

·     Western Cape campaign team, 2009 National Election (assistant to the campaign manager)

·     Media and Communications Officer, Democratic Alliance Students Organization, 2008

·     Attendee at Provincial congress events, City of Cape Town council sittings (visiting speaker, Rondebosch/Claremont ward) and regional constituency and ward-based meetings

·     Active in advising the current leadership of the Democratic Alliance Students Organization

PUBLIC SPEAKING & COMMUNICATIONS

· Radio presenter and founder, The Enterprise Show, UCT Radio 104.5FM, 2008

· Participant, National University Debating Championships, University of Stellenbosch, 2006; Rhodes  

  University 2007

· Addressed United Nations General Assembly model debate in New York, 2004

· Other speeches include numerous academic conferences such as the annual APEE meeting and enterprise summits such as the CADEK Marketing Indaba and BMF Southern African Development Summit, Acton Institute Annual Dinner, Centre for Free Trade

ADDITIONAL TRAINING/SKILLS

·        Elective in Urban Design Planning, University of Cape Town Department of Engineering and the Build Environment, 2011

·         Brasenose College Lessons in Government seminar, Oxford University (Abe Bailey Fellow), November 2009

·         Completed the Leadership Institute International Leadership Seminar, Virginia, 2007

·         Attended Sales School at the Southwestern Company World Headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee (November, 2006). Selected in freshman year as one of ninety South African students to take part (from a pool of over 1200 applicants)

·         Certified High School Peer Counselor, 2005

MEMBERSHIPS

Free Market Foundation, UCT Debating Union, Democratic Alliance, Young Scholars Program, Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE). Congressional Youth Leadership Council Alumni (Washington, DC), Democratic Alliance Students Organization (University of Cape Town), Intercollegiate Studies Institute, World Youth Alliance, Friends of the SA National Gallery of Art (Iziko Museums), South African Institute of International Affairs

REFEREES

On Request

Sample: Academic Research & Presentations

1.     Whither Economic Freedom in South Africa? Heritage Foundation, 2011. (co-authored)

2.     The Evolution of Freedom. 2011 Annual Meeting, Association for Private Enterprise Education (APEE), April, 2011

3.     Spontaneous Order in the Evolution of Liberty. April, 2011. Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Private Enterprise Education (APEE). Nassau, Bahamas

4.     Entrepreneurs: The Creative Force in Economics. April 2011. Annual Conference, Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture. Washington, DC

5.     The Devil is in the Definition Setting the Normative Case for Globalization Will Safeguard Character and Community. April 2011. Annual Conference, Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture. Washington, DC

6.     Islam and the Free Market. National Association for African American Studies (NAAAS). In absentia

7.     The Invisible Made Visible: Asserting the Conceptual Validity of Spontaneous Order in Chandler’s Historiography of the Modern Corporation. Austrian Students Scholars Conference. Grove City College, Pennsylvania. 19 February, 2011 (in absentia).

8.     Buchannan’s Public Choice & the ANC’s Bid to Facilitate China’s Economic Interests in Africa: Legitimizing the Developmental State and the Ethos of Neo-Colonialism. University of Cape Town: Centre for Rhetoric Studies (December 2010). Graded with distinction. Currently being expanded into a Master’s dissertation

9.     The Enlightenment and Contemporary Economics. Fellow, Mont Pelerin Society. October 2010. Sydney, Australia

10.  Voting Behaviour: Assessing Values of Entrepreneurial and Non-Entrepreneurial Actors (BA Honours graduate research paper). University of Cape Town. 2010

11.  Free Will in Christian Philosophy: International Academy of Philosophy. Presented in absentia at the International Academy of Philosophy conference on 22 October 2010. Santiago, Chile

12.  A Declaration on Innovate: Making Enterprise in Africa Work. University of Cape Town. May 2010.

13.  The Institutional Framework for Freedom in Africa. 2007. Fellow, Mont Pelerin Society, Nairobi, Kenya.

14.  The Entrepreneur, the Creative Force in Economics. The intrinsic ethical role of Schumpeterian “creative destruction” in development. Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.

15.  Profit: An Indicator of Service. Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.