Tag: coronavirus
Pandemic or no, it’s business as usual for boards
For now, corporate boards prefer to keep the status quo—and the long view—in the face of Covid-19 upheaval.
Four principles to keep your business’s social purpose goals on track
The pandemic has underlined the need for social purpose. Here’s how to make it part of your short, medium and long-term strategy.
Share buybacks criticised for ‘short-term self-enrichment’ of executives
Analysts say that increasing corporate debt is often tied to share buybacks, which in turn relates to the sale of stock by executives.
Women leaders are better at fighting the pandemic
The performance of women leaders in the Covid pandemic offers a global experiment in crisis management. Why has gender made a difference?
Not business as usual: returning to the workplace after the pandemic
Amid the practical issues, organisations must rebuild connections between employees—and recapture a shared sense of purpose.
Corporate support builds for mandatory human rights due diligence
Companies including Adidas, Nestlé and Ericsson have pledged their backing for “new binding standards which benefit all”.
Companies ‘need new mechanism’ to integrate stakeholder interests
Academics suggest a South African-style “social and ethics committee” could help to embed stakeholder interests into board decision-making.
Covid crisis could lead employees to ‘compromise ethical standards’
Ethics & Compliance Initiative warns that the “extraordinary” changes forced by the pandemic could raise the risk of ethical transgressions.
Corporate disclosures and investor relations ‘impaired by Covid-19’
A recent event hosted by Mazars brought together audit committee chairs and investors to explore their experience of coping with the impact of Covid-19.
Going green benefits businesses—and should be central to their recovery
With consumers, employees and investors increasingly focused on sustainability, green initiatives should be key to any post-Covid strategy.