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Managing diversity, equity and inclusion is a crucial part of building the right company culture. Debbie Ramsay, who leads GoodCorporation’s work in measuring ethical culture, talks to Clare Beresford, CEO of Laurence Simons Search, about why these areas are important and how best to get it right. Building an inclusive organisation An inclusive organisation is…
Yearly Archives: 2020
As the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine receives approval from the UK medicines regulator, to what degree can employers insist that staff are vaccinated before returning to the workplace? Personnel Today asked Leo Martin to contribute to the ethical arguments. The dilemma Many organisations will be keen to encourage employees to get a vaccine if it is…
Mandatory human rights due diligence could be introduced into Swiss law next month following a public vote. This could have significant implications for for all Swiss headquartered companies. Angela Floydd, Managing Director Europe at Laurence Simons Search, interviewed GoodCorporation’s Juliette Hérault about the forthcoming referendum and its implications. Juliette and Angela discuss how the referendum…
Under new proposals announced by the UK Government, businesses required to complete modern slavery statements will face mandatory reporting rules and harsher penalties for compliance failures. In addition, the Government has also extended Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act to cover public bodies with a budget threshold above £36m, bringing public sector organisations in…
A nationwide survey of UK workers commissioned by business ethics specialists GoodCorporation has revealed that mental health may go unsupported by employers as the nation comes out of lockdown. Just over a third[1] of employees (36%) believe that their employer will provide adequate mental health support as we continue to adapt to working through the…
To assess the impact of Covid-19 on the UK workplace, GoodCorporation commissioned Opinium to survey 2000 working adults designed to be representative of the UK working population. The survey examined how organisations have responded to the pandemic and in particular how well employees and other stakeholders were treated during the initial months of the crisis….
A nationwide survey of UK workers commissioned by business ethics specialists GoodCorporation has revealed that over a quarter[1] (28%) of employees whose organisations operate in the public sector were asked to work while furloughed. It is illegal to ask furloughed employees to work. These findings suggest that public sector contracts need to be carefully scrutinised….
Every year, thousands of children are trafficked in sport. On the UN World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, July 30, GoodCorporation and Mission 89 launched a framework to safeguard children from trafficking in sport. Among the organisation backing the principles outlined in the framework is FIFA. The framework has been designed to help clubs and…
July 30 – Working on the frontline to end human trafficking: UN World Day Against Trafficking in Persons Every year, hundreds of thousands of children are trafficked for sport. To help clubs and sporting bodies prevent this from happening, anti-trafficking charity Mission 89 and GoodCorporation have developed a Framework on Safeguarding Children from Trafficking in…
