Results for Governance
Have we lost it?
December 01, 2001 How should the socially responsible company think about, and actually implement, ethics? Philippa Foster Back, new director of the Institute of Business Ethics, calls on companies to ensure their social responsibility is more than skin-deep. Read more >
Enterprising Solutions in the Region
October 01, 1998 TECs, chambers of commerce and Business Links have been trying to improve their support services for small firms locally. Now a government review is underway. It's time for business to insist on a regional solution. Read more >
The ‘good management’ index shows results
August 01, 1998 A year ago in Issue 33, Alastair Bruce described a new best practice model, to compare performance and improve management of corporate community involvement. Here he sets out the results from a group of leading companies. Read more >
Holding the stewards to account
April 01, 1998 Back in the news are plans to improve the way modern companies are governed, with management giving a more inclusive account of their stewardship of the business. Read more >
Enhancing support for small business
December 01, 1997 The role large companies can play in assisting small and growing businesses is in the spotlight again, as the new government announces its plans for the Business Link Network. Read more >
Companies get tough
October 01, 1997 Over the summer, several multinationals had the confidence, to defend their shareholders' interests by engaging vigorously with the wider community. In the UK, the Hampel Committee missed the point. Read more >
Little and large: partnerships for jobs
August 01, 1997 As concern about unemployment rises up the public policy agenda across Europe, the European Round Table has taken a timely look at what large companies can do to help small firms create jobs. Read more >
Sir Ronnie to the rescue
February 01, 1997 Will the Hampel committee on corporate governance break new ground in the debate about to whom companies are accountable and for what? Read more >
Stakeholding: what’s in a word?
June 01, 1996 The great debate about stakeholding continues: is it a means to an end, or end in itself? Read more >