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Qantas mandates full COVID-19 vaccination for all its employees
Elias Visontay & Paul Karp, The Guardian, 18 August 2021Qantas will require all of its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, as debate about mandatory vaccination in Australian workplaces intensifies. By November 15, all frontline employees, including cabin crew, pilots, and airport workers, will need to be fully vaccinated. Remaining employees will have until March 31, 2022, to get...
socio political environment
adaptive leadership
Why the worst part of work can’t easily change
Josie Cox, BBC, 18 August 2021The pandemic was a golden opportunity to fix the most toxic parts of work culture. Yet, in some instances, it has made it worse. In early 2020, as the pandemic started spreading aggressively around the world, almost every industry was forced to adapt its way of working, in many cases, overnight. But as businesses reopen and companies begin to...
socio political environment
BHP to exit oil and gas in Woodside mega-deal as climate pressure heats up
Nick Toscano, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 August 2021BHP, the world’s top mining company, is accelerating its retreat from fossil fuels with a deal to sell its global oil and gas assets to Australian energy giant Woodside Petroleum. Following months of speculation, the companies announced an all-stock merger of BHP’s entire petroleum division spanning Australia, the Americas, and North Africa,...
socio political environment
governance
Bonds Australia gives all employees COVID lockdown mental health day-off
Sarah Sharples, news.com.au, 16 August 2021Clothing company Bonds has been applauded on social media after announcing it was giving its employees a day off to support their mental health. In a post shared on Facebook, the company said its support and distribution centres would be closed for one day to give staff a well-earned rest, and to help those struggling with...
socio political environment
adaptive leadership
More consumers are holding brands accountable to sustainability promises
Shawn Lim, The Drum, 16 August 2021More than 80 per cent of people agree that clearly demonstrating a commitment to sustainability adds value to a brand, with 79 per cent saying sustainable practices and commitments are an important consideration when making purchase decisions. Research by BBC News Global found that from 27 brands surveyed across three sectors, about half of...
measurement
stakeholder
Is climate change inaction morally corrupt?
Big Ideas Podcast, ABC, 16 August 2021This episode of Big Ideas discusses the idea of making our governments and institutions legally compelled to act for future generations. Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington, Stephen Gardiner, also explains why some people are distorting reality to disguise an unethical stance, leaving the problem to future...
socio political environment
corporate responsibility
Bitcoin: silly speculation or the future of finance?
Future Tense Podcast, ABC, 15 August 2021In this episode of the Future Tense podcast, Edwina Stott unpacks some of the biggest headlines in Bitcoin to get to the bottom of what’s really going on and what it means for the future. The podcast also explains how a proliferation of stories surrounding Bitcoin has made it...
socio political environment
Social responsibility of business: the limit on a good corporation’s good intentions
Bill Conerly, Forbes, 14 August 2021When assessing what businesses can do to be socially responsible, their actions are ultimately minimal. This is true even if corporate leadership is committed to a mission of improving the world. Two constraints limit potential results: return on capital and corporate capabilities. As such, the real social value of business remains in providing...
corporate responsibility
csr
No more excuses: how four leading companies diversified their Boards
Jason Wingard, Forbes, 12 August 2021A recent Deloitte report reveals that not a single Fortune 500 board is representative of the US population in terms of gender and ethnicity, and, in 2020, minorities held just 18 per cent of Fortune 500 board seats. In the face of an increasingly strong business case for diverse boards, as well as mounting pressure from institutional...
governance
corporate responsibility
Can Australian employers make you get a COVID-19 vaccine?
Joo-Cheong Tham, The Conversation, 11 August 2021Australia’s official policy on vaccines is they be voluntary and free. But the federal government hasn’t shut the door completely on employers pursuing mandatory policies of their own. So far just two Australian companies, regional air carrier Alliance Airlines and canning company SPC, have declared they will make a COVID-19 vaccination...
socio political environment