Ethics
NEWS: Research, 21 March, 2022
Investment managers hesitant to embrace ethics as part of ESG
Study finds investors shy away from direct talk of ethics, but some are assessing company culture as an indicator of ESG performance.
COMMENT: Strategy, 21 March, 2022
How to sink a reputation: lessons from the P&O Ferries crisis
The company has destroyed the trust of passengers and employees, and demonstrated the consequences of making decisions based only on cost.
INSIGHT: Research, 21 March, 2022
Why big firms are rarely toppled by corporate scandals
An analysis of the effects of a wide variety of business scandals shows that only rarely is the effect as severe as we might imagine.
COMMENT: Culture, 22 February, 2022
BP and Shell windfall tax row reveals lack of progress on purpose
Claim that windfall tax would hurt clean energy investment shows the change in mentality towards purposeful business isn’t taking root.
NEWS: Supply chains, 9 February, 2022
Companies protest delay in EU human rights due diligence legislation
Companies including Ikea, Danone and Aviva Investors have signed a letter calling on the EU to accelerate its work on human rights proposals.
NEWS: Report, 26 January, 2022
Ethics in the technology sector remains a headline issue
For a second year running technology is the sector that garnered the most news stories about ethical lapses—with data privacy a key concern.
NEWS: Reputation, 18 January, 2022
Annual survey reveals 42% of the public consider business ‘unethical’
The Institute of Business Ethics says just 40% of those polled in its annual survey think business is ethical—down from 59% in 2020.
NEWS: Ethical business, 3 December, 2021
UN calls for ‘culture change’ to improve human rights in supply chains
Push for due diligence comes as part of a roadmap aiming to embed use of the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
NEWS: Report, 13 October, 2021
Gen Z investors’ focus on ethics and ESG poses a challenge for boards
EQ poll reveals 18% of all UK/US retail shareholders are Generation Z—and 80% of them factor ESG issues into their financial decision-making.
NEWS: Ethics, 26 August, 2021
CEOs who post on social media ‘more likely to trade in their own stocks’
Academics reveal “preliminary evidence” of a connection between social media activity and the likelihood of unethical business conduct.