When we experience or learn about bullying around the boardroom table, we’re often taken aback, shocked and disbelieving. Surely, we rationalise, these are intelligent adults, eminently capable of conducting themselves in a manner that’s well above that of the schoolyard tyrant? And surely they appreciate that bullying is simply not on, that it breaks just about every workplace health and safety … [Read More...]
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Our states and their states of mind
I’ve often wondered whether we Australians are as parochial as we’re sometimes made out to be, whether our primary loyalty does indeed lie with our state, followed by our country. We’re said to be first and foremost South Aussies or Victorians, Tasmanians or New South Welshmen (and women!), Queenslanders or Western Australians – and let’s not forget our Territorian twins! … [Read More...]
The market failure of UK apprenticeships can’t be solved with a levy on employers
By Marc Goergen
Britain is on the hunt for new apprentices. George Osborne recently unveiled a levy on large employers to pay for an increase in the number of apprenticeships from 2m to 5m. And as he made the announcement, the chancellor signalled one of the key problems with workplace training, that while many companies do a brilliant job “there are too many large companies who … take a free ride on the system.” … [Read More...]
Having your cake and eating it too – Evolving Virtual Shareholder meetings
By Simon Bryan
While there has been a steady evolution of greater digitalisation/dematerialization in AGMs and shareholder meetings over the last couple of decades, the move to so-called virtual meetings has generated a lot of attention. The US has led the way, but other regions have seen growing interest, including adoption in the UK ( https://goo.gl/rcRmdA ) and Canada ( https://goo.gl/QFnfsb ), as well as … [Read More...]
A Prelude to Sustainable Governance
Corporate governance has experienced numerous changes in tandem with the exigencies of the time during which it has been introduced or the context in which it has been practiced and now it should shed its old skin and shape-shift again to a more mature concept, what I call “Sustainable Governance”. With the growing chaos and complexity in the business environment, the analytical approach that … [Read More...]
SEC to Companies: Come Clean on CEO vs. Worker Pay Gap
Half a century ago, the ratio of CEO-to-worker pay was around 20-to-1, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In 2013, it was 295.9-to-1. CEO compensation has increased by 937 percent just over the last three decades (since 1978). The rise compares with a dismal 10.2 percent hike for the average U.S. worker over the same period, putting into stark contrast the relative fortunes of the … [Read More...]
A Further Survey on Corporate Governance (July 2015)
By Robert Purse
“There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions.” ; Jairam Ramesh Introduction In common with our first survey (Conducted June 2015), this survey has its origins in the research for a book that we (Anil Kariwala, Robert Purse & Graham Smedley) … [Read More...]
A Survey on Corporate Governance
By Robert Purse
This survey has its origins in a book that we (Anil Kariwala, Robert Purse & Graham Smedley) are currently writing. Rather than simply relying upon anecdotal evidence and personal experience, we decided to undertake some survey-based research and hence the survey, which was open for responses during the first half of June 2015. The survey was intended to provide us with an understanding of … [Read More...]
Some Thoughts on Corporate Governance
By Robert Purse
It is my firm belief that every employee, in an organisation, has a part to play in ensuring effective corporate governance. I have quite deliberately introduced the qualifier ‘good’ into this article. Effective corporate governance does not, in and of itself, mean good corporate governance; good may well be implicit, but I have decided to make it explicit and use the ‘shorthand’ Good Governance. … [Read More...]
The sad results of the second gold rush of the Klondike
Prior to the 20th century, geologic discoveries were made by prospectors looking for gold. In the 20th century, geologists armed with the necessary knowledge and technology took the lead. They have provided the economy and industry with many different kinds of mineral raw materials: precious and rare metals, nuclear ore, hydrocarbons, rare earth ore, and other minerals. In the 21 century the … [Read More...]
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