Quotes
Support for the Defence Industry
CBI: “The CBI's mission is to help create and sustain the conditions in which businesses in the United Kingdom can compete and prosper – that certainly includes the promotion of a large and successful defence sector. We take the view that legitimate businesses such as DSEi should be free to conduct its business in a legal and lawful manner.”
UKTI Defence & Security Organisation: “The defence and security sectors are an important part of the UK economy, contributing billions of pounds in exports each year, and providing tens of thousands of jobs in the United Kingdom. Defence and security companies are a very significant part of the UK’s high value manufacturing sector and our R&D base. These companies offer solutions to the legitimate defence and security needs of countries around the world, allowing these countries to protect their citizens, and building capacity to tackle insecurity around the world.”
Defence Matters on European ethical standards (quotes below): http://www.defenceinfo.org/news/UK-defence-industry-surges-ahead-on-European-ethic.aspx
Ian Godden, Chairman of ADS: “UK defence companies are committed to ethical behaviour of the highest standard. We are very pleased to note the excellent progress of the UK industry in adopting formal ethical business standards. This process is not a matter of a company simply signing a document and then doing nothing. Companies roll out the Common Industry Standards across their operations as well as committing to the standards on behalf of their business.
“We are also pleased to note excellent progress is also being made between ASD in Europe and AIA in the US in developing principles for ethics that can be applied globally.”
Rees Ward, Chief Executive of ADS: “With the strong commitment of the UK trade associations representing the British defence industry to act and be seen to act ethically it is tremendous news that so many firms have already signed up and rolled out the ASD Common Industry Standards. Larger firms have engaged their relevant departments to deliver the substance that underpins these signatures and as trade associations we have developed guidelines to assist smaller businesses that may not have this expertise in-house to do the same.”
Defence Matters on importance of industry to economy: http://www.defenceinfo.org/news/“Vital”-UK-industry-launches-Defence-Matters.aspx
Defence Matters on ethical defence industry (party conferences2008): http://www.defenceinfo.org/news/Ethical-defence-industry-on-show-at-Lib-Dem-confer.aspx
Defence Matters on industry standards and ATT: http://www.defenceinfo.org/message-six.aspx
