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Submit a career profile If you're working in an ethical job we'd like to hear all about what you do and why you do it. My ethical career: Press officer at the Soil Association Going to work everyday with the feeling that the projects and issues you’re promoting really have the potential to change things for the better is great, says Clio Turton. My ethical career: Social film maker Put what you care about at the heart of what you do, says Ben Gray. My ethical career: Friendship line officer Doing an internship or placement will help you decide whether you really want to work for a charity, says Gemma MacNulty. My ethical career: Creative director of an ethical fashion company There should be positive connections between the people that make products and the people that buy them, says Clare Elsmore-Dodsworth My ethical career: Product manager for the Co-op You have to do your research if you want to work in fair trade, says Melissa Webb My ethical career: Ethical florist To set up your own ethical business, you need to be prepared to fail but be very unwilling to do so, says Will Wynne My ethical career: Director of a media ethics organisation Ethical journalists should listen to their consciences, be willing to admit to mistakes, and consider the potential consequences of their actions, says Mike Jempson. My ethical career: Social worker Social work has often been misrepresented in the media but that is changing. People are now more appreciative of just how important social workers are, says Gary Cowell. My ethical career: Zoo checker Working to prevent captive animal suffering can involve anything from carrying out incognito investigations to advising politicians on animal welfare legislation, says Daniel Turner My ethical career: Youth justice worker The fact that you’re working to change society brings you face to face with what is wrong with it. Sometimes that can be overwhelming, says Clare McGregor. My ethical career: Responsible tourism manager Tourism is a business with the ability to change things for both good and bad. It requires an ethical approach to the way operations are planned and run, and to working with destinations and local communities, says Stephen Nattrass. My ethical career: Environmental consultant Organisations need to reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfill by taking up commercially viable and sustainable alternatives, says Green-Works's Adam Herriott. My ethical career: Public sector management trainee The National Graduate Development Programme trains graduates in public sector management, explains Kirsty Armstrong. My ethical career: Outreach co-ordinator Every year Oxfam and its allies bring about changes to help improve the lives of millions of poor people. The charity's Ben Littlejohn says that the calls gathered by his team play an important part in making this happen. My ethical career: Food co-operative worker The mainstream food industry and the damage it does to people’s health makes Andrew Mackintosh despair. My ethical career: Environment marketing manager Climate change is an imminent threat. By creating marketing messages with the aim of reducing vehicle CO2 emissions and improving air quality, Danielle Wyatt is making a contribution to reducing its impact. My ethical career: Environment education co-ordinator People can take personal action to improve the environment and make an immediate impact – they just need to be shown how, says Waste Watch’s Emma Appleton. My ethical career: Editor As consumers, we must wake up to the fact that we have to purchase products from sustainable and socially responsible systems, says New Consumer's Wendy Martin. My ethical career: Community transport campaigner Communities blighted by traffic problems can be helped with advice on how to campaign for change and be more pro-active in tackling traffic problems themselves, says Julia Thomas. My ethical career: Community media developer Experience of working with video and the communications field helps considerably, if you want to be an ethical media developer, says Gareth Benest. My ethical career: Charities accountant Specialising in accountancy for charities and not-for-profit organisations makes more of a contribution to society than just auditing big corporates, says Iain King. My ethical career: Business development co-ordinator Triodos is an ethical savings and investment bank that only lends to businesses and charities that benefit people and the environment, explains Sarah Wade. My ethical career: Architect Working for an ethical architecture company is the ideal balance between professionalism and values for Nick James. My ethical career: Campaigns officer I’ll never forget my first trip to see one of our water projects in Madagascar. It brought home the fact that the organisation I work for really changes people’s lives, says WaterAid's campaigns officer Jennean Alkadiri. My ethical career: Campaigns officer Experience of research or lobbying work in your field is essential, says Amnesty International UK's campaigns officer Poonam Joshi. My ethical career: Charity PR manager Some people, including journalists, still fear cancer. Their prejudices prevent the story being told, says Macmillan Cancer Relief's charity PR manager Kirsty Warwick. My ethical career: Children and families worker You have to be able to cope with the stress that families are going through, warns Sarah Kyte of her job as an outreach worker with NCH, the children's charity. My ethical career: Direct action co-ordinator Direct action can prevent environmental damage and expose environmental polluters, says Greenpeace's Natalie Sarah Duck. My ethical career: Disability care assistant Care is a wonderful career, says Claire Mogridge. It allows people with disabilities to live as independently as possible. |