Don’t Ban James Hardie Directors; No One Hurt
On April 23rd, 2009, Justice I Gzell, presiding over a civil action brought by Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) against James Hardie and its directors…
Tag: "corporate social responsibility (CSR)"
July 29, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post
Esse Quam Videri Swire
Reputation is a very fragile thing. Really, it doesn’t matter what you claim your company to be, what you are will be revealed regardless. So why is the Queensland Government now locked in a battle to force Swire…
July 24, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Was it an Offer or an Ask?
You know, I’m the last person I would expect to be defending brown paper bag transactions, but I find myself questioning a certain righteousness flavouring the reporting of certain recent events. Let’s go to Rio…
Supply Chain CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is so much more than corporate philanthropy or indulging in CSR reporting. If you truly want to be seen as a socially responsible organisation (surely the true meaning and ultimate goal of CSR programs?) then socially responsible behaviour; those values you claim to be so important to you, have to become part of the corporate DNA. News Limited’s One Degree program is a good example of a company reducing its carbon footprint and expanding the impact of this by taking the message to its customers. I applaud the initiative: Every person, every company, everywhere, just making one small change at a time, could result in some very big outcomes worldwide.
Just do it
In the hot seat we have David Liddy, CEO of the biggest of the second-tier banks in Australia, Bank of Queensland, and his head of Group Strategy, Tarryn McMullen.
June 3, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
