FRAs the Gambling Commission consults on new licensing standards that could include a social responsibility code as well as advertising restrictions, four of Britain’s biggest bookmakers have formed The Senet Group in a move to promote responsible gambling. At this stage, their initiatives focus on advertising: removing adverts for touch-screen roulette machines from their windows…
Yearly Archives: 2014
With the Serious Fraud Office looking to tackle the “topmost tier of serious and complex fraud and bribery” Finance & Management Magazine for the ICAEW asked Michael Littlechild to look at the key issues for businesses surrounding the identification and  prevention of corporate fraud. Stopping the Rot ICAEW Published in Finance & Management Magazine…
The Co-op Group has voted in radical governance reforms at its Special General Meeting, which is ‘better late than never’, according to a business academic. Speaking to Governance + Compliance, Professor of International and European Business Law at University of Hull, Christopher Bovis added: ‘A new start was long overdue and needed to restore investor…
Doing business in Russia can be a challenge. In the August issue of Governance & Compliance, GoodCorporation looks at the changing face of Russian anti-corruption legislation and advises on the steps that need to be taken to stay on the right side of the law. Playing by the rules August 2014
In these days of increasingly sophisticated social media it only takes one off-message supplier and a backpacker with a phone camera, to bring corporate reputations crashing down. So what steps can a responsible business take? Miranda Ingram reports. Smart companies have already made supply chains sustainable and are active in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), and…
GoodCorporation will be leading a Business Ethics Debate on whistleblowing at the second annual Compliance Week Conference taking place in Brussels from October 13-14 2014. At the event, delegates will have the opportunity to discuss corporate ethics, compliance, risk management, due diligence and other related topics via panel discussions, keynote presentations, and breakout sessions. The…
Despite concerted efforts to combat corruption by business and governments, bribery still poses a significant risk for international corporations, particularly those operating in some of the more challenging regions of the world. Demands for payments remain commonplace, leaving businesses to wonder if anything has really changed despite their considerable investment in anti-bribery programmes to comply…
Leo Martin, managing director of GoodCorporation said: “We fully support the proposal to remove exploitative clauses from zero hours contracts. Exclusivity clauses are clearly abusive as they prevent individuals from accessing the job market fully. The government should also be urging greater transparency on contractual arrangements as a recent ACAS study revealed that many employees  are…
GoodCorporation asked the newly formed Competition and Markets Authority to lead our May Business Ethics Debate at the House of Lords on the subject of ethical culture and competition. The discussion began with some of the opposing arguments. It costs time and money to instil an ethical approach if you don’t already have one. Businesses…
Brazil has tightened its anti-brtibery laws to tackle corruption. In the June issue of Governance & Compliance Magazine, Leo Martin looks at what this means for UK businesses, analysing the risks and looking at the compliance challenges the new legislation poses. Corruption in Brazil Compliance & Governance  June 2014
