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Ben & Jerry’s serves up rocky road to the UK government
David Meyer, Fortune, 09 August 2020The UK Government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson is arguing with ice cream following Twitter posts by Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s, a long-time advocate for refugees and racial equity. The ice cream maker criticised Home Secretary, Priti Patel’s pledge to make migrant boat crossings from France to the United Kingdom “unviable”....
socio political environment
advocacy
Apple, Ford, McDonald’s, Microsoft Among This Summer’s Climate Leaders
Tom Murray, Forbes, 22 July 2020The challenges facing the world over the past few months have redefined corporate leadership, calling on businesses to help rebuild a more sustainable, equitable and resilient future. The main call for change comes as a growing number of voices demand a goal of achieving net zero emissions. In response, nine leading companies have announced a...
csr
advocacy
Investors pivot to conscious investing in 2020: How markets are adapting
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Steve Chiavarone and Martin Jarzebowski, CNBC, July 3, 2020, 07 July 2020 Investors are becoming more socially conscious in choosing where to put their money. How the public and private sectors react to the issues surrounding racial disparity and a collective response to COVID-19 will have an impact on redefining our social contract, according to Steve Chiavarone and Martin Jarzebowski, from asset management firm,...
advocacy
corporate responsibility
Brands backing Black Lives Matter: it might be a marketing ploy, but it also shows leadership
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Bree Hurst, The Conversation, June 4, 2020., 05 June 2020Brands supporting socio-political movements must embrace ‘political corporate social responsibility (or PCSR), according to Bree Hurst from the Queensland University of Technology Business School. Since corporations taking a stand on social issues is a relatively new phenomenon, this new form of corporate responsibility arises out of a wider...
advocacy
socio political environment
U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Laura Morgan Roberts & Ella F. Washington, Harvard Business Review, June 1, 2020, 28 May 2020The United States is in full-blown crisis as videos of racial violence and racist threats toward Black people in America flood social media channels, and public demonstrations against injustice are happening in at least 30 localities. During these non-violent protests, other parties have engaged in vandalism and looting; several cities are...
advocacy
socio political environment
Green lawyers launch complaint over BP ad campaign amid ‘climate emergency’
Emily Beament, Belfast Telegraph UK, Tuesday December 3, 2019, 26 November 2019 Environmental legal charity ClimateEarth has triggered an official complaint against BP, claiming the company is misleading consumers about its low carbon credentials in advertising campaigns in the UK and elsewhere. The lawyers behind the complaint also said fossil fuel adverts should be banned unless they carry a planetary and person health...
advocacy
corporate responsibility
Activists Build a Grass-Roots Alliance Against Amazon
David Streitfeld, The New York Times, Tuesday November 26, 2019, 23 November 2019Athena, the grass-roots alliance formed to influence and rein in Amazon’s power, is now looking to unify the resistance movement against the tech giant. The coalition comprises three dozen grass-roots groups that are involved in issues like digital surveillance, antitrust and working conditions in warehouses. Pressure on Amazon’s practices have...
advocacy
Exxon accused of misleading investors on climate change
BBC News, Tuesday October 22, 2019, 13 October 2019American oil giant Exxon is set to face an unprecedented climate change lawsuit in New York this week after years of investigations into the company’s corporate practices. The state of New York is bringing forward a lawsuit in accusing the company of misleading investors about the potential costs of climate change regulation on its business. In...
advocacy
BHP boss Andrew Mackenzie most outspoken CEO on social issues, analysis finds
Dominic Powell, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday October 21, 2019, 11 October 2019BHP CEO Andrew Mackenzie’s stance on climate change makes him the most vocal corporate leader in Australia, according to media researcher Streem. The research – tracked from October 2018 to September 2019 – has Mr Mackenzie as the most quoted CEO in the media with 156 mentions with 112 of these relating to climate change. Some of the issues...
leadership communications
advocacy
reputation
Technostress and Commitment to Change: The Moderating Role of Internal Communication
–, International Journal of Public Administration, 09 October 2019This study assesses the moderating role of internal communication in the technostress and commitment to change relationship. Internal communication was found to moderate the relationship between techno-uncertainty and commitment to change.
leadership communications
executive education
advocacy