Analysis: Corporate tax – Company tax disclosure chasm widens
While policymakers push for greater transparency, most companies report little or no financial details about operations outside their home country Opaque disclosure practices are rife among the...
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Asbestos judgment, plastic bag regulation, environmental crime and sustainability training for board members Billionaire escapes jailPlease login to view the whole article - or subscribe here For a...
View ArticleHow to create an economy that works for society
Aldersgate Group’s new “Economy That Works” report challenges a conventional view of GDP growth as the sole definition of economic success In the 1992 Presidential election, Bill Clinton's campaign...
View ArticleBusiness school bulletin – January 2015
Political CSR and extractive industry community conflicts Mining and the localsConflicts involving global extractive industries and communities affected by their activities remain all too common. The...
View ArticleBrandWatch – January 2015
US clean power support, fairer feathers, M&S workers’ poll and factory fire compensation Corporate support for EPA's Clean Power PlanMore than 200 brands including Nestlé, Mars, Kellogg, Nike,...
View ArticleNGOWatch – January 2015
Conflict gold, LGBT equality, Myanmar jade mine drug dependency and Boreal Forest sourcing campaign Responsible gold campaign launchedIn its new report “Going for Gold,” the Enough Project highlights...
View ArticleAsia column – Where will corruption crackdown lead?
The full repercussions of the top-level crackdown on corruption by officials are as yet unknown, although side-effects have already emerged China’s crackdown on corruption, augmented by president Xi...
View ArticlePolicyWatch – January 2015
Electronics bin ban, Amazon soy moratorium, Luxembourg tax review and chemical footprint tool E-waste banThe final deadline under a New York State law designed to better manage electronic waste passed...
View ArticleAnalysis: Human rights – New benchmark to rank companies on human rights...
Index will rank companies on human rights in effort to drive better performance A group of investors, an NGO, a think-tank and an investor research agency, have joined forces to launch the first free...
View ArticleAnalysis: Anti-corruption controls – Carry on bribing
Bribery controls lack bite, report finds UK businesses are failing to implement adequate anti-corruption controls three years after the UK Bribery Act came into force, making new scandals “almost...
View ArticleCommodity prices raise CSR concerns
Will sharp price falls and squeezed margins in oil and gold affect producers’ CSR strategies? The picture is mixed, analysts say, with risk mitigation and resource scarcity still concentrating minds...
View ArticleCase study: New Gold’s collaborative approach
New Gold runs the New Afton Mine in Canada, Mesquite in the US, Peak Mines in Australia and Mexico’s Cerro San Pedro It also owns the Rainy River and Blackwater projects in its native Canada, as well...
View ArticleCase study: PRE’s water shortage solution
Pacific Rubiales Energy (PRE), the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company in Colombia, has adopted a Shared Value Initiative for water usage Water shortages are a serious...
View ArticleCase study: The cost of community conflict
The direct cost of community conflict in the extractives industry is high, according to a 2014 report by the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative (CSRI) at Harvard Kennedy School One conflict...
View ArticleAsia column – NGOs allowed to sue polluters in China
Hundreds of campaign groups in China have been granted the unprecedented right to bring legal action over environmental damage The number of NGOs in China concerned with environmental protection has...
View ArticleCorporate engagement: How Asian responsibility is changing its stripes
As economies are growing, so is the sophistication of community engagement programmes in Asia The rise of corporate community engagement programmes across Asia has gone hand in hand with an increase...
View ArticleBrandWatch – February 2015
Google ranks top, Body Shop empowers women, sustainable aluminium standard unveiled and Shell pays out Google and Microsoft top CSR reputation rankingGoogle has taken top spot for best corporate...
View ArticleBusiness school bulletin – February 2015
Management alignment and coherence and CSR contraction and expansion CSR’s need for strategic alignment Please login to view the whole article - or subscribe here For a free two week trial to Ethical...
View ArticlePolicyWatch – February 2015
Genetic modification, Global Reporting Initiative, Russian recycling and UK fracking disclosure New rules for GMPlease login to view the whole article - or subscribe here For a free two week trial to...
View ArticleLive Debate: Engage communities to build trust and minimise social risks
Event Date: Wed, 2015-02-25Event URL: http://events.ethicalcorp.com/rbs-asia/webinar-engage.phpEvent Location: Webinar Number of attendees: 250 Speakers URL:...
View ArticleTo lower bank conduct risk, elevate the employees
Even after the financial crisis, we continue to witness a stunning parade of bank scandals. No wonder public trust in banks remains low and politicians and regulators have been piling on tougher and...
View ArticleBanks still mired in red over conduct risk
Public trust in the banking sector continues to take a battering after a series of scandals and fines. “Conduct risk” is the new buzz phrase, but can it be clearly defined and how can it be managed...
View ArticleBusiness school bulletin – March 2015
Business ethics education and business-NGO collaboration Gender and ethics educationPicture yourself receiving a bill from your supplier and realising it’s less than it should be. Do you let them know...
View ArticleThe Responsible Extractives Summit 2015
Event Date: Mon, 2015-06-29 - Tue, 2015-06-30Event URL: http://events.ethicalcorp.com/extractives/Event Location: London History: 6th Annual Number of attendees: 200 Programme URL:...
View ArticleAnalysis: Business ethics reporting – Public enemy number one – again
The financial sector tops the list of ethical failings most reported by the media, for a third successive year The finance sector dominated media reporting of business ethics concerns and ethical...
View ArticleComment: Industry perspectives on social responsibility in extractives
The below conclusions are taken from research carried out by Ethical Corporation of 249 professionals working in mining, oil and gas It is clear from the 14-page report that the change in commodity...
View ArticleFREE Webinar: Indigenous engagement and FPIC
Event Date: Thu, 2015-03-26Event URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/796135844137743618Event Location: Webinar Number of attendees: 250 Speakers URL:...
View ArticleAsia column: India’s corporate espionage wake-up call
Senior staff from leading Indian companies have been arrested amid revelations that information has been routinely stolen from the government for corporate gain A fast developing espionage scandal in...
View ArticleAnalysis: Corporate engagement – Teaching entrepreneurship
A new European scheme aims to plug the gap in entrepreneurship education by helping school children to build their own companies Entrepreneurs are in demand. Arguably, there has never been a greater...
View ArticleBanking: HSBC – What chance reform?
Despite declarations that ‘things are different now’, there is little sign of the necessary cultural change at HSBC The latest UK banking scandal – HSBC’s facilitation of tax evasion – may date back...
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