Revelations about the PR firm Bell Pottinger, again raise the issue of what exactly is an ethical business leader? Reports suggest this firm earned £100,000 a month in fees, running a secret campaign to stir up racial tension on behalf of its billionaire clients. Now the firm’s own future is […]
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When culture and values fail—what next?
The fall of John Stumpf, long serving CEO of Wells Fargo makes good headlines. Some 5,000 or so employees fired for abusing the trust of the banks’ customers sounds even better. It seems to show a management on the war path. Is this the top team riding to the rescue […]
Reputation: perception or reality, does it really matter?
Does reputation really matter? Is this a will o’ the wisp? Quite simply, is reputation so intangible as to be irrelevant? These are no idle questions, as we watch the shredding of the reputations of such diverse organisations as the Bank of England, the BBC, most banks, the Catholic Church, […]
Making greedy bankers more ethical–route to virtuous banking
Summer’s seldom prime time to offer thought leadership. Even worthwhile thinking may be given insufficient attention. This could be the summer fate destined for a challenging new paper called Virtuous Banking from the independent think tank ResPublica. That would be a pity as Virtuous Banking takes an insightful look at the […]