The campaign group the European Coalition for Corporate Justice wants the European Union to force firms to do human rights due diligence on their supply chains. And not a moment too soon. Amnesty International for example, recently asked 29 companies about their use of the mineral cobalt in their products. Almost […]
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Transparency in business: Time for leaders to fall in love with making it happen
Thieves recently stole 143 million consumer records from credit reporting company Equifax. Claimed to be the worst data breach ever, the company’s response met widespread disdain. Regarded as dishonest, and lacking in transparency in business , one critic labels it “Full of vague cover-your-ass statements at the exact moment when […]
When competence is an ethical issue–Iain Duncan Smith must go
If Iain Duncan Smith led a large commercial organisation he would now be looking for another job. How long can this inept, discredited leader survive as head of the so-called Universal Benefits project? A supposedly sensible rationalisation of the welfare system started three years ago has constantly run into the […]