Ethical Corporation - Opinionen-gb Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:16:17 GMThttp://www.ethicalcorp.com Integrated sustainability and financial reporting is an ethical obligation, argue Robert G. Eccles and Michael P. Krzus http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6831&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6831&rss=72.xml Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Eric Dezenhall considers some different ways to approach modern business crises and the ensuing reputational threats http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6828&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6828&rss=72.xml Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Andrea Bonime-Blanc looks at what 2010 holds for enforcement of the 1977 US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6829&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6829&rss=72.xml Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The hysteria is unnervingly consistent - Toyota put profit before safety. But did it? Jon Entine investigates http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6819&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6819&rss=72.xml Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT City life is the focus of China's next giant international event. Paul French, China editor, will be there http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6803&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6803&rss=72.xml Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Peter Knight says that the economic crisis should have been the chance to really change US corporate behaviour, but the reset never came http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6806&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6806&rss=72.xml Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Martyn Day considers the power of mediation in international claims, and how it can bring governments and companies to the table http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6808&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6808&rss=72.xml Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT As physicists know, if you measure something you change it. In the case of your relationship with customers, you'll probably spoil it, says Mallen Baker http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6798&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6798&rss=72.xml Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The ongoing climate science furore, largely cooked up by the media and dinosaur lobby groups, has revealed how much people desperately don`t want the facts to be true, argues Toby Webb http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6795&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6795&rss=72.xml Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Whilst responsible business is more visible than ever, it's lost a good deal of its power and potency, argue Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breen http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6789&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6789&rss=72.xml Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT To make climate change a material factor in investment analysis and decision-making, pension funds really need to raise their game, argues Rory Sullivan http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6784&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6784&rss=72.xml Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Mallen Baker looks at some basic rules of crisis management http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6785&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6785&rss=72.xml Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT While in Mongolia, China editor Paul French discovers a lucrative vein of mineral wealth - but can the locals benefit from its exploitation? http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6763&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6763&rss=72.xml Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Mallen Baker has been down the aisles with his iPhone http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6766&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6766&rss=72.xml Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Electronics in the Greenpeace spotlight, some responsible business leaders and why climate change is still not big (enough) news http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6767&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6767&rss=72.xml Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Brendan May examines the trade-offs in judging corporate green claims and explains why certification is the best guide for consumers http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6752&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6752&rss=72.xml Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Peter Knight laments the passing of the caring corporate responsibility professional http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6756&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6756&rss=72.xml Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT It`s time to inject a dose of reality and integrity into corporate social responsibility and sustainability reports, argues Prakash Sethi http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6750&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6750&rss=72.xml Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Jon Entine considers what the rejection of a ban on Bisphenol A, a commonly used chemical, means for business, society, and science-based decision making http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6746&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6746&rss=72.xml Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Somit Varma heads the World Bank Group's fiercely-debated energy, mining and chemicals work. Daniel Litvin asks some key questions http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6742&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6742&rss=72.xml Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT We should not over-rely on corporate self-regulation to deliver the absolute emissions reductions needed to avert the most serious consequences of climate change, argues Rory Sullivan http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6741&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6741&rss=72.xml Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Sean Ansett and Richard Feinberg explore how supply chain labour partnerships in developing countries can make everyone's lives easier http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6740&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6740&rss=72.xml Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT It is completely impossible to prove that a commitment to corporate social responsibility has any effect whatsoever to a company`s share price. I wish we would agree that, and move on to more interesting territory, argues Mallen Baker http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6739&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6739&rss=72.xml Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Paul Hohnen says that a clear passage for the long awaited ISO 26000 guidance standard is far from certain http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6736&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6736&rss=72.xml Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Companies in central Europe can use the economic crisis to turn corporate responsibility from philanthropy to systemic management practice, says Robert Braun http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6738&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6738&rss=72.xml Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Peter Knight compares purchases with Warren Buffett http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6720&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6720&rss=72.xml Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT What's hot in London's West End, an old friend wins Greenwasher of the Year, and a new UK corruption bill inches nearer http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6723&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6723&rss=72.xml Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Environmental awareness is rising in China, but the problems remain hard to crack, says Paul French, China editor http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6724&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6724&rss=72.xml Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT In the second of her regular series of articles on bribery and corruption issues, Andrea Bonime-Blanc considers the thorny issue of facilitation payments, how they are used, and if they are acceptable http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6714&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6714&rss=72.xml Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Leading sustainable investors have spent two years considering the investment implications of climate change adaptation for the electricity, oil and gas, real estate and water sectors. In this short article they report on their conclusions http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6707&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6707&rss=72.xml Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Jon Entine argues that the US risks wasting the green jobs stimulus without better focus from the top http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6708&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6708&rss=72.xml Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Too much business intelligence is of poor quality, argues Mallen Baker http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6703&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6703&rss=72.xml Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT As corporate responsibility becomes ever more complex and wide-ranging, issue-specific comparisons of companies are a much better way to go than the overall `green` rankings and `responsible` indexes, argues Toby Webb http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6699&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6699&rss=72.xml Mon, 7 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Mallen Baker considers some communication pitfalls, and how to avoid them http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6697&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6697&rss=72.xml Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT China editor Paul French offers some thoughts on books about China to read this holiday season http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6698&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6698&rss=72.xml Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Mark Rose, chief executive of pioneering international conservation organisation Fauna and Flora International, answers the critics of plans for the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation mechanism and explains why it must be given a chance to work if we are to avert catastrophic climate change http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6692&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6692&rss=72.xml Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Mallen Baker looks at how companies can be more original and engaging in corporate responsibility reporting. Supposing you put to one side the rules about how you`re supposed to produce a CSR or sustainability report. Supposing you started with almost a blank page and focused on what might make the people you most want to communicate with actually read your report. What would that look like? http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6689&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6689&rss=72.xml Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Christine Arena asks if the SRI industry is doing its job properly http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6681&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6681&rss=72.xml Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT China's initiative on removing corruption in tendering for public contracts are a victory for transparency, says Paul French, China editor http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6682&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6682&rss=72.xml Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Is oil from tar sands a climate crime, as activists claim? It's an argument at the heart of debate between energy security and environmental security, says Jon Entine http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6672&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6672&rss=72.xml Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT A new report has suggested that global leaders in sustainability are failing to make the most of the potential of the web for their CSR reporting and general communications. Mallen Baker considers the report`s findings and implications http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6677&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6677&rss=72.xml Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT When the going gets tough working with people and communities makes it easier to keep going without major conflict says Giles Gibbons http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6678&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6678&rss=72.xml Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Mallen Baker argues that environmental rankings often fail to seek out innovation http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6667&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6667&rss=72.xml Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT It would be nice to believe the economic crisis had jolted business into better ways of thinking, but there is plenty of evidence that silliness still abounds, says Peter Knight http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6659&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6659&rss=72.xml Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT There are flaws with carbon labelling, but it's a way of getting a clear message on a company's sustainability efforts into the hands of the consumer http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6649&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6649&rss=72.xml Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT For technology to provide climate change solutions that are economic requires energy to become more expensive, which Americans won't stand for, argues Peter Knight http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6650&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6650&rss=72.xml Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Locust dissects a proposed new rule from the US financial watchdog to counter corruption from public pension fund investing http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6644&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6644&rss=72.xml Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Andrea Bonime-Blanc begins a new regular series on corporate ethics and compliance issues by looking at the overall risks of corruption and bribery http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6637&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6637&rss=72.xml Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT UK investors are waking up to climate risk, but many lag behind, argues Louise Rouse http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6632&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6632&rss=72.xml Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Jon Entine asks if plastic bags are really the problem they are made out to be http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6619&rss=72.xml http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=6619&rss=72.xml Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT