[2] At the request of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions, Hans Küng,[3] President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos), wrote an initial draft in consultation with fellow scholars and religious leaders.
Most notable in leading this effort were Daniel Gómez-Ibáñez, the Executive Director of the Council, and Thomas A. Baima, a member of the board of trustees.
Led by Myriam Renaud, the Parliament's Global Ethic Project Director, a task force wrote an initial draft.
After reflecting on 100+ pages of comments offered by scholars and religious leaders, the task force submitted a final draft to the Trustees for their vote.
[11] The two fundamental ethical demands are made concrete in five directives (initially four before the addition of the fifth in 2018[12] ), which are "convincing and practical for all women and men of good will, religious and non-religious".