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Rapid rise and fall of trust during the pandemic
Anna Patty, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 November 2021The Governance Institute of Australia’s sixth annual snapshot of perceptions of ethical conduct shows trust in society and institutions fell from a record high of 52 last year to 45 in 2021 after governments fumbled the vaccination rollout and squabbled over border closures. However, the index score that measures how ethical Australia is as a...
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Shell plans to move headquarters to the UK
BBC, BBC, 16 November 2021Upending decades of dual nationality, Royal Dutch Shell announced a plan to move its headquarters to the UK as part of proposals to simplify the company's structure. The oil giant will ask shareholders to vote on shifting its tax residence from the Netherlands to the UK. It also wants to do away with its dual share structure in favour of...
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Lisa Wilkinson and the gender pay gap
Pru Goward, Australian Financial Review, 16 November 2021The public furore over Wilkinson's complaint that she was paid less than her previous Channel Nine co-host, Karl Stefanovic, for effectively the same job, and, disappointingly, the failure of labour market economists to defend her, confirms again just why the gender pay gap is so difficult to close. So difficult, you can’t even complain about...
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Procter & Gamble sets the corporate standard with purpose-driven storytelling
Jordan Kelley, Forbes, 16 November 2021Today’s consumer base is the most discerning it’s ever been. A combination of unprecedented advertising exposure and a current events cycle loaded with unavoidable and difficult social, political, and environmental issues has led to a marketing and advertising landscape in which the issues of the day and brands are inextricably linked. Procter...
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Healthy boardroom, healthy workplace
This Working Life Podcast, ABC, 15 November 2021In this episode of the This Working Life podcast, Samantha McGolrick, organisational culture and governance strategist, and Deborah Coram, CEO of Safetrac, discuss how board member education is vital to directors asking the right questions and understanding how the Board's mindset and decisions affect organisational workplace culture...
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How do you fix an ‘information disorder’?
Joshua Benton, NiemanLab, 15 November 2021Understanding the root problems of information disorder requires understanding hard-wired human behaviours, economic and political policy, group psychology and ideologies, and the relationship to people’s sense of individual and community identity. Misinformation and disinformation do not exist in a vacuum. The spread of false and misleading...
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Data-led innovation can help deliver sustainability for all stakeholders
Peter herweck, Harvard Business Review, 15 November 2021Shareholders, employees, and customers are holding business leaders accountable to actively respond to climate change. Consumers and companies are choosing to do business with organisations that advance sustainability, and digital solutions have an important role to play in helping businesses develop strategies to address this. Digital tools...
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General Electric to split into three public companies
Michelle Chapman, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 November 2021The storied American company General Electric, which struggled under its own weight after growing to become a sprawling conglomerate, will divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, healthcare, and energy. GE hopes to find more centralised growth and profit, whilst also…
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Are people lying more since the rise of social media and smartphones?
David Markowitz, NiemanLab, 10 November 2021Technology has given people more ways to connect, but it has also given them more opportunities to lie. Back in 2004, communication researcher Jeff Hancock and his colleagues had 28 students report the number of social interactions they had via face-to-face communication, the phone, instant messaging and email over seven days. Students also...
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Facebook changing its name to Meta damaged its already battered reputation, study finds
Isobel Asher Hamilton, Business Insider, 09 November 2021Facebook’s rebrand to Meta had the exact opposite effect most rebrands are meant to have, according to a new report on brand trust from The Harris Poll. Public trust in Meta dropped 5 per cent after the rebrand. Meta was in a reputation crisis before it announced its new name...
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