Tag: corporate responsibility
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The ethics of catastrophic risk
The tortuous path of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) through Federal Parliament represents an absolute low point in the development of Australian...
An Australian focus for the Global Compact
To commemorate the launch of the United Nations Global Compact Network in Australia Georg Kell, Executive Director of the United Nations Global...
The ethics of the global financial crisis
As the leaders of the G20 group of countries sat down to discuss their response to the world’s economic woes, Simon Longstaff asked that they...
Reporting corporate responsibility
May 2008 saw the completion of the fifth Corporate Responsibility Index (CRI) in Australia and New Zealand. Forty companies participated in the...
A new era of responsible business
Managed by St James Ethics Centre in partnership with The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Ernst & Young, the Corporate Responsibility Index is...
September 11: six months on
Six months after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, much of the discussion about how best to respond to the evolving situation has focussed...
The concept of 'sustainability'
Recent years have seen a growing interest in the concept of 'sustainability' – not least because business leaders and canny advocates for the...
Balancing shareholders' needs with corporate philanthropy
Some people think that it is wrong for public companies to donate money to charities. Or more precisely, they object to corporate philanthropy unless...
So how will we choose?
My topic is about a search of sorts that began in Cambridge in 1990. On hearing of my decision to return to Australia to head up an ethics centre...
Excesses of the 1980s
I am about half way through reading Trevor Sykes' excellent, disturbing book The Bold Riders. Sykes' challenges the reader a number of ways. Whilst...
Pausing on the road to OK Tedi
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. As far as proverbs go, this one has a particularly unnerving quality as it seems to deny any saving...
The 'knowledge society'
In recent times there has been growing argument in favour of developing organisations, and in particular corporations, that can harness the power of...
Ethics and the control of crime against business
Contents: An oblique reference Two brief scenarios Maintaining legitimacy The valid exceptions Conclusion An oblique reference The explosion of...
2005 Corporate Responsibility Index
The views expressed in this article by Simon Longstaff are solely those of St James Ethics Centre and explicitly are not those of, or endorsed by,...
Corporate social responsibility
One of the most significant changes to affect the business environment, in recent years, has been the growing interest in questions to do with the...
Allocation of responsibility
A correspondent recently faxed to me the details of a 'loyalty' scheme which allows its members to secure substantial discounts at participating...
Responsibility and accountability
What should we make of a 'loyalty' scheme which, amongst other things, generates receipts for an amount that exceeds the real cost to members when...
Applied corporate governance
A minimalist view Until recently, the most conventional response to a question about the purpose of a company was a paraphrase of Milton Friedman...
Ethics and corporate performance
Q: What part do ethics play in an organisation's responsibility to 'perform' for its stakeholders? In companies today, maximum performance will only...
Wring out the golden handshake
The recent decision by AMP to pay its former managing director George Trumbull AU$13.2 million as a 'golden goodbye' has rammed the issue of...
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