Results for 2004

Suppliers: a growing risk aversion?

Suppliers: a growing risk aversion?

May 01, 2004 While impressive steps are being made down the road of compliance, future debate about responsible supply chain management must begin to centre on good relationships, not risk. Read more >
Disability: the rights stuff

Disability: the rights stuff

May 01, 2004 Moves to merge existing equal opportunity commissions may dilute a strong focus on disability. But companies and some campaigners support the plan, which raises questions also about what human rights really mean in the corporate context. Read more >
Shell scandal raises reservations about CSR

Shell scandal raises reservations about CSR

May 01, 2004 The Anglo-Dutch oil major has been at the forefront of the corporate social responsibility and sustainable development debate since the movement’s explosion in the late 1990s. Ellen West asks what Shell’s reserves crisis tells us about CSR’s poster child and – more importantly – what it reveals about the CSR movement itself Read more >
Budget 2004: Cowe on the case

Budget 2004: Cowe on the case

May 01, 2004 The iron chancellor's passion for 'upskilling' the UK economy may grab the headlines, but Roger Cowe finds other employment innovations in the small print of the latest budget. Read more >
New beginnings: the disability discrimination act

New beginnings: the disability discrimination act

May 01, 2004 From October this year, the Disability Discrimination Act will apply to all UK companies, including businesses which employ fewer than 15 people. For larger UK companies, already governed by the Act, these legislative changes provide an ideal opportunity to review best practice. Read more >