Ethics

1. 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.

2. 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.



Investors, 21 January, 2019

Culture and intangibles top list of engagement concerns

Letters from State Street and BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink indicate the emphasis investors now place on corporate culture and intangible assets.



ESG, 3 January, 2019

Sustainability, creating value & the role of the board

Businesses everywhere are developing sustainability policies. Implementation is never easy, but the right guidance can show the way.



Year in Review, 24 December, 2018

2018: A year in governance

This past year has been packed with governance events from the launch of new codes, executive pay debates, and leadership behaviour debacles to climate change, cybersecurity scandals and the Khashoggi murder.

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