Corporate ethics
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Productivity isn’t working, so why not try being more ethical?
Ethics is a set of beliefs about the right way for people – and organisations - to behave. But what’s that got to do with the economy?
- by Ross Gittins
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Woke corporatism has started to implode
If companies can get back to making decent products at a fair price, and paying their staff and customers on time, the system will be a lot stronger.
- by Matthew Lynn
Opinion
Workplace culture
Most company values suck, so is it time we ditched them altogether?
Claiming “integrity” as a value and writing it on your office walls isn’t a fraud prevention mechanism, so is it time we ditched this corporate snoozefest?
- by Shelley Johnson
‘Has to be genuine’: Corporate Australia urged to hold firm on Indigenous reconciliation
Despite the defeat of the Voice, Australian companies and their business leaders have been urged to stay the course on Indigenous reconciliation.
- by Jessica Yun
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Everyone is saying sorry. If only they actually meant it
It used to be the hardest word, but now “sorry” is uttered with ease - especially when it’s an apology for other people’s mistakes.
- by Malcolm Knox
Opinion
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Corporate lawbreakers should be jailed. Imagine what their spouses would say
Why have chief executives been so confident their misdeeds would go undiscovered and unpunished? Because for a long time, it was largely true.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Qantas
Big business should serve us, not enslave us
Qantas is just the latest and most egregious case of Big Business Behaving Badly.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
The fat cat myth: Who should we really blame for high inflation?
The argument that companies took advantage of the pandemic to drive up their prices has been popular. But we may need to point the finger elsewhere.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘Seriously concerning and disturbing’: Sydney counsellor barred over breaches
Martin Francis Virgara told two boys he would help “get some petrol” to burn down their school and had a sexual relationship with their mother, a tribunal found.
- by Sarah Keoghan
‘A lot of nonsense’: It’s time to call out LinkedIn
The self-congratulatory world of LinkedIn throws an upbeat veneer over the corporate world’s lack of virtue.
- by Lucinda Holdforth
Cyrus sold a stake in his company for $100 that was soon worth millions. He says he was tricked
Cyrus Hodes says he was led to believe by a fellow Stability AI co-founder that his 15 per cent stake was worthless months before the start-up hit a $US1 billion valuation.
- by Mark Bergen