Ethics
Supply chains, 20 November, 2017
Campaigners call on EU to back mandatory human rights due diligence
The European Union should introduce compulsory human rights due diligence for companies to check their supply chains, argues campaign group the European Coalition for Corporate Justice.
Social impact investing, 14 November, 2017
Call for more corporate reporting on UN Sustainable Development Goals
Advisory group calls on companies to “embed positive social impact in business as usual”, which would increase the number of “investable” companies for social impact investors to target.
Corruption, 8 November, 2017
Rolls-Royce executives plead guilty to bribery charges
US Department of Justice publishes charges of foreign bribery against three former Rolls-Royce executives and two consultants.
European culture survey, 6 November, 2017
European survey: boards struggle with culture
New research from Board Agenda, conducted in association with Mazars and INSEAD, reveals that while some boards recognise the value of corporate culture, a significant number are still grappling to give it adequate time and attention.
Regulation, 3 November, 2017
US watchdog raises hurdle for shareholder votes
Guidance from the US financial watchdog widens the use of a rule which allows companies to exclude shareholder proposals, potentially making it easier for companies to resist votes on social or ethical grounds.
Ethics in the workplace, 18 October, 2017
Businesses lack commitment to ethics, say UK and Irish workers
A lack of organisational commitment to ethics, and plenty of unethical behaviour from the boardroom to the shop floor, pervade UK and Irish business, finds new ACCA survey.
Ethics & leadership, 27 September, 2017
Personal moral values key to ethical corporate governance
Moral values are so important for company directors they should be given equal weighting in selection procedures, while ethical competency should be a key performance indicator.
Equality, 19 September, 2017
PwC reveals BAME pay gap of 12.8% in bid to ‘shine spotlight on ethnicity’
Professional services firm PwC is one of the first organisations to reveal its own pay gap for BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) executives, at 12.8%.
Ethics and financial reporting, 14 September, 2017
Ethics must be ‘front and centre’ as non-executives check financial reports
Governance expert Guy Jubb calls on non-executives to consider ethics and culture in their “critical role” of helping produce true and fair financial reports.
Patricia Harned – chief executive, Ethics & Compliance Initiative, 13 September, 2017
Corporate culture: five questions for the boardroom
Responsibility for safeguarding corporate culture falls with board directors, but how can that be done effectively? A good start would be to ask yourselves the following questions at every board meeting.