Business Ethics: Compliance vs Conscience
On Saturday there was an interesting, provocative piece in the Telegraph by Charles Moore on the 'Crystal Methodist' Paul Flowers/Co-operative Bank scandal. He argued that...
CSR Hits the Headlines (as per usual…)
Aug 12, 2013
What do on-line bullying, zero-hours contracts, on-line porn filtering, the tax affairs of Starbucks, lads mags' covers, the tax affairs of Google, Page 3 of...
The Real Tragedy of Bangladesh
Apr 29, 2013
As I write, the official death toll from the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh has hit 380, hundreds remain unaccounted for, and the eponymous...
C.S.R? How about T.A.X?
Nov 12, 2012
Today some top honchos from Starbucks are up in front of MPs to explain how they organise their tax affairs. The papers have been full...
Taxi for Addison Lee!
Apr 23, 2012
Do the words "Gerald Ratner" not mean anything to boss of London taxi boss John Griffin? Jeweller Ratner famously described his own products as "crap",...
Anger, Activism, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Feb 29, 2012
As the Occupy tents get carted away from St Pauls Cathedral, my mind went back to the discussion we had at Tipping Point Newcastle last...
The Impact of “Deniergate” on Corporate Reputations
Feb 16, 2012
If you haven't heard the news, a leak from the US libertarian think tank the Heartland Institute has spelt out both a number of corporate...
Adam Smith’s Invisible Brain
Feb 1, 2012
I was watching BBC's Daily Politics on Monday to catch the latest on the RBS bonus affair that I had just blogged on, and, lo,...
Stephen Hester, The Bonus and CSR
Jan 30, 2012
The Stephen Hester Bonus saga reads like a really good episode of The West Wing - or indeed my current favourite political drama, Borgen. The...
Green Academy: CSR and Stakeholder Webinars
Nov 15, 2011
We will be holding two Green Academy on-line sessions on 7 December 2011. Each session lasts for one hour. You need access to a computer...