TY - SER AU - Kingham,Louise TI - Time now for good practice and professionalism PY - 2009/// CY - PB - N2 - Transmición del resumen del autor. In testing time - such as those a global economic downturn presents - there is the temptation and often the necessity to at least trim, if not cut deep, for the cloth to fit. Then comes the question of what is to be discarded. For all the long-term planning and strategic thinking that takes place in businesses, industry is often accused of acting in the short-term, and governments even more so. Indeed, during testing times the temptation to do this is much greater. None of this is good news for the enrgy industry, an industry which must think, plan and do for the long-term to ensure that global energy systems meet societal needs, writes Lousie Kingham FEI, Chief Executive, Energy Institute ER -