FRWith public trust remaining fragile, the IBE and CISI have relaunched the Investing in Integrity charter mark which is audited by GoodCorporation. Debbie Ramsay talks to Ethical Performance (now known as Triple Pundit) about how the GoodCorporation audit works as part of an article on the benefits of the Investing in Integrity programme. Investing in…
Yearly Archives: 2015
Following on from a series of articles in Governance & Compliance on corruption risk in the BRIC countries, GoodCorporation has looked at the risks associated with doing business in the MINTs. Mexico & Indonesia Nigeria & Turkey
The second of our two articles looking at corruption risks in the MINT countries appeared in the March issue of Governance & Compliance magazine. Nigeria and Turkey both offer huge potential to investors, yet inherent corruption risks in both countries mean businesses need to tread carefully. Our article highlights the key risks and identifies the…
Few businesses, if any, ever set out to do the wrong thing, yet stories of prosecutions and fines continue to hit the headlines. GoodCorporation’s Spring Business Ethics Debate at the House of Lords looked at the relationship between ethics and compliance raising the question, “We are ethical so why do we need compliance?” One standard…
The framework for protecting children in the UK is firmly rooted in legislation, policy and principles and there are people employed throughout the public sector to ensure that the law is adhered to and policies are implemented. However, as leading child protection expert Moira Murray said, as she opened up the discussion, safeguarding children is…
While we welcome the recommendations set out in the Freedom to Speak Up Review, putting an effective speak up culture into practice can be a challenge. To have credibility, any such a whistleblowing system and indeed the ‘guardians’ recommended in the Freedom to Speak Up Review need to be as independent as possible from mainstream management….
Comment from Leo Martin, director of GoodCorporation While we welcome the recommendations set out in the Freedom to Speak Up Review, putting an effective speak up culture into practice can be a challenge. A demonstrable commitment from senior management that concerns can genuinely be raised without any fear of reprisal is essential; NHS Trusts will…
Three years after the UK Bribery Act came into force, businesses are still struggling to implement the procedures necessary to prevent corruption, with over a third of almost 3,000 anti-corruption controls assessed by GoodCorporation graded inadequate. The GoodCorporation paper Combating corruption: are businesses doing enough? reveals that a number of the anti-bribery procedures recommended by…
A group of senior figures from a cross-section of multinational organisations joined GoodCorporation for the Autumn Business Ethics Debate at the House of Lords in October. With five countries in the region in the bottom ten of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2014, this is clearly a problematic part of the world in which to…
Three years after the UK Bribery Act came into force, businesses are still struggling to implement the procedures necessary to prevent corruption, with over a third of almost 3,000 anti-corruption controls assessed by GoodCorporation graded inadequate. This is one the findings, published ahead of the United Nation’s International Anti-Corruption Day (9/12/14), in a white paper…
