An organisation’s culture is defined as the habits of the people within it and the way they behave. In the workplace, the day-to-day interplay between these habits and behaviours can determine what practices are accepted, expected, rejected or rewarded. Writing in HR Magazine, Michael Pollitt and Debbie Ramsay examine the role of HR in helping…
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Labour’s party conference announcement that it would force all large firms to give workers shares received a mixed reaction from reward and corporate governance experts. GoodCorporation’s Michael Littlechild joined other business leaders offering comment to HR Magazine. September 2018
Businesses should actively promote ethical decision-making if they truly want to reduce the risk of a Volkswagen-scale scandal. Writing in Ethical Corporation, Michael Pollitt argues that businesses need to ensure that the behaviours they promote are not just in line with company values, but that they actively promote ethical decision-making and good conduct. As countless…
Has the Government’s supplier code of conduct missed a trick in tackling slavery in the supply chain? The Supplier Code of Conduct, published recently by the UK Government’s Commercial Function contains several reasons to be optimistic. The standards it sets for suppliers to central government on world-class innovation, greater inclusion of SMEs, zero-tolerance of harassment and greater…
Working with third parties continues to be the single biggest corruption risk for business. Almost one in two enforcement actions concluded since the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention came into force in 1999 was the result of bribery through sales agents, intermediaries, distributors or brokers. Despite the clear risk, it remains one of the hardest anti-corruption areas…
Anti-corruption is and will remain firmly on the agenda, said UK Serious Fraud Office director David Green at a recent GoodCorporation business ethics debate at the House of Lords in London. Gareth Thomas summarised the debate in the FCPA Blog. The debate looked at the future of anti-corruption prosecution. David Green made the SFO’s position…
With an emphasis on third parties, GDPR makes data protection procurement’s problem. Data protection is – or at least should be – on every procurement professional’s mind. Supply Management looks at what it means for procurement. Leo Martin contributed to the discussion. “Contractual requirements The new regulation requires much tougher controls over what an organisation’s suppliers…
While the Criminal Finances Act (CFA) makes no changes to the definition of tax evasion and avoidance, it does place a new burden on corporates, through the failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion offence. This will oblige companies to pay much closer attention to their tax and payment structures to ensure that they…
What red lines need to be crossed before companies retreat from foreign markets? Does it depend on the size of the investment and do companies in different sectors play by different rules? What are the reputational risks of getting this wrong? In Business talks to Leo Martin about the pros and cons of staying in…
The government’s plans to revise the UK’s data protection laws, announced this month, will effectively ensure that the UK remains compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is applicable from May 2018. This announcement is helpful for businesses and should clarify some of the confusion around the need or otherwise to prepare…
