Results for Governance
Disappearing Shareholders
March 01, 2005 Shareholders in public companies are losing their grip on companies, as more and more of the economy is gobbled up by private equity investors, accountable to few. Roger Cowe argues it's time for socially responsible private equity. Read more >
Business Accountability
March 01, 2005 The new chair of BITC argues the great businesses of the 21st century will not only be the most responsible and transparent, but also the most accountable. Read more >
News round-up (Feb/Mar)
March 01, 2005 Initiatives to improve governance focus on empowering investors by providing better information. After all, the best governance system in the world won't work without active investors. Read more >
International: responsible competitiveness
March 01, 2004 The spread of corporate social responsibility around the world is raising the prospect that individual countries can gain a competitive advantage. Governments are starting to take notice. Read more >
A one pager on . . . bribery, corruption and whistleblowing
November 01, 2003 With the UN declaring December 9 as the international day for anti-corruption, Briefing provides a short overview on the subject. Read more >
International News Round Up Sept 2003
September 01, 2003 International News Round Up Sept 2003 Read more >
Roger Cowe: are CSR managers in line for a promotion?
July 01, 2003 The recent furore over executive pay demonstrates that the inner sanctum of many corporate boardrooms still remain beyond the bounds of the humble CSR manager. Here Roger Cowe makes the case for CSR considerations to be promoted onto the corporate governance agenda. Read more >
Never the twain should meet?
July 01, 2003 Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility experts rarely have occasion to speak with one another. But the time is nigh for the two to talk, argues Rob Lake, and where better to start than inviting CSR specialists into the boardroom. Read more >
Governance: performance, not probity, must be the top priority
February 01, 2003 Corporate governance has only recently been seen as a social responsibility issue at all. In fact, the debate about recent scandals raises fundamental questions about how companies are run and what they are for. Read more >