Tag Archives: Ethics
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Dealing with a hostile brand environment
With consumers searching for reasons to call out brands for unethical behaviour, companies are constantly on a knife edge when it comes to reputational risk
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When politics and leadership collide
The old adage, ‘a principle is not a principle until it costs you something’, has never been more relevant. So, what happens when the ‘right’ decision hits the bottom line or impacts a business? It’s a question CEOs are increasingly having to answer
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Shaping the conscience of business
Forget pure financials, corporate purpose is now the number-one priority for businesses and human resources is driving the change
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Goodbye to tokenism: the fight for gender equality
There has been some progress in addressing gender imbalance in the workplace, such as public diversity reports. But data only goes so far and must lead to corporate action if companies want to end tokenism for good
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Human rights falter in grey areas of procurement policy
Workers are often the victims when there are gaps in legal procurement and ethical procurement, but businesses nowadays have a lot to lose as the lines between profit and social conscience are no longer so easily defined
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Cobalt: the dark side of a clean future
An estimated 35,000 children work in perilous conditions to extract cobalt from the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo. So what will the impact be on these exploited workers from rapid advances in electric cars, which are heavily reliant on this conflict mineral?
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What B2B brands can learn from conscious consumerism
Consumer-facing brands are reaping the benefits of brand loyalty and retention through their efforts to become responsible businesses, so is there an opportunity to be had in responsible marketing for business-to-business companies?
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Four ways AI is being used for social good
Beyond efficiency savings in the business world, organisations are using artificial intelligence to tackle some of the world’s most pressing social issues