ENBusinesses have long focussed on financial analysis as a means of measuring success and demonstrating value to shareholders. While this undoubtedly provides useful information it is not necessarily the best or only indicator of long-term corporate sustainability. Harder to measure, but fundamental to any organisation’s longevity is the manner in which a company goes about…
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GoodCorporation was asked to comment on research from the Henley Business School claiming that 85% of managers are forced to resort to bribery in order to do business. These findings highlight the difficulties companies face operating in emerging markets. However in our experience, many large international organisations give explicit instructions to staff to refuse bribes…
Despite the UK’s biggest institutional investors calling for companies to stop quarterly reporting now it is no longer mandatory, it seems that big businesses are reluctant to kick the habit. According to the Investment Association (IA) although several FTSE 100 companies, including Unilever and Legal & General, have put an end to quarterly reporting, the…
Whatever our arrangements with the EU, companies will need to be aware of the new rules governing data protection. The General Data Protection Regulation applies to all businesses providing services or monitoring the behaviour of EU citizens whether or not the organisation is domiciled in a member state. In the September issue of Ethical Corporation,…
Irrespective of our future arrangements with Europe, companies providing services to EU citizens will need to ensure that their data protection systems comply with the newly passed General Data Protection Regulation. On the Governance & Compliance website, Leo Martin examines the new regulation and outlines the changes that companies will need to make to their…
Will authorities enforce the tough measures on transparency and cross-border co-operation decided at the London anti-corruption summit in May? Brian Collet from Ethical Performance explores the pledges made by participating countries and speaks to GoodCorporation’s Leo Martin about the need to ensure that the pledges are upheld and the rules enforced. EP Journal June 2016…
As leaders gathered for the London Anti-Corruption Summit, Leo Martin spoke to Share Radio about the aims of the conference and what it would need to address to tackle the corruption that lies at the heart of so many problems. Leo Martin Interview: Share Radio
The digitisation of our personal information has made that data vulnerable: as HMRC found out in 2007 it is relatively easy to lose the records of 25 million individuals when they are contained on a couple of floppy discs – 25 million paper records are far harder to mislay. As users and processors of this…
The UK’s Anti-Corruption Summit on May 12th was a welcome initiative in the fight against corruption. While many international organisations and forums have placed corruption on the agenda, this was the first gathering of world leaders to focus specifically on corruption and what needs to be done to tackle it. GoodCorporation called for enforcement to…
