Ethics

1. Corporate culture, 6 August, 2019

   If you want employees to speak up, show that you will listen

   Effective speak-up procedures help boards to understand and improve their organisational culture. But employees won't come forward unless they feel supported.

2. EU legislation, 17 July, 2019

   Human rights due diligence push ‘could turn boards into legal departments’

   The European Confederation of Directors Associations warns that forcing big companies to regulate the behaviour of their suppliers could be counterproductive.

Regulation, 16 July, 2019

Financial watchdog moves to strengthen audit ethics

Changes include a shorter list of permitted extra services and a stronger role for an “ethics partner” inside audit firms.



Corporate governance, 6 June, 2019

Ethics body issues warning to boards over AI accountability

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a critical governance issue and must be firmly grasped by the board—not left to the tech team, says a report from the Institute of Business Ethics.



Ethics, 28 May, 2019

Social media: when personal beliefs clash with corporate values

Recent cases of controversial social media posts have focused attention on what happens when employees' beliefs or opinions contradict their employers' values. It's the responsibility of the board to lead an offline discussion with staff about the boundaries of their personal and professional personas.



Trust in business, 30 April, 2019

Executives: the new social leaders

The public are losing faith in politicians to solve their problems and are increasingly looking to employers and business leaders to take a stand on societal issues, according to the latest Edelman Trust Barometer.



Board expertise, 1 March, 2019

Ethical business in the age of AI

Artificial intelligence is causing a revolution in business, but how should boards respond to the implications of technologies they don’t understand? The answer is to take an ethical approach and ensure human accountability.



Data security, 18 February, 2019

Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal ‘a failure of governance’

The data breach involving 87 million Facebook users and Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm, was a “profound failure of governance” within the social media business, according to a committee of UK MPs.



Ethics, 4 February, 2019

Data security poses growing ethics risk

Research finds an increasing number of ethical lapses reported in the tech industry, while banking and finance continues to be the biggest area for wrongdoing.



Davos and climate, 28 January, 2019

Battling climate change boosts stock performance

Davos became a story about climate change. One research group found that good climate change policies helps boost stock performance—good news for investors.

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