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From Benevolence to Transparency: The Role of CEO in Tax Disclosures
From Benevolence to Transparency: The Role of CEO in Tax DisclosuresThe latest research on voluntary tax transparency and the association with corporate leader benevolence.
corporate reputation
reputation
Are you at risk of a slowly eroding reputation?
Billy Partridge, GraylingWhen most people think about lost reputations, they recall infamous, cliff-edge disasters—those lost-in-a-heartbeat crises we all see unfold in the media. These events cause irreparable damage through sudden, unexpected occurrences. But what if those are actually in the minority? What if there is another, less...
corporate reputation
Dealing with Volatility, while delivering Value. 2024 Corporate Affairs Report
Tim Johnson, Mark Hutcheon and Hannah Shattock, DeloitteA study of corporate affairs strategies, structures and operations in times of uncertainty.
corporate reputation
socio political environment
Should brands take a stance on social and political issues?
Geetanjali Saluja and Nitika Garg, The ConversationGetting political is nothing new for brands, but it is not clear whether engaging in brand activism actually helps companies overall, leaving many marketers and chief executives hesitant to do so.
corporate reputation
Inside Qantas’s turbulent week of lawsuits, Qatar Airways questions, Senate hearings and flight credit backflips
Kate Ainsworth, Nassim Khadem, ABC News, 04 September 2023Looming questions about Qatar Airlines, a class action about flight credits, heated questioning in a Senate inquiry and a lawsuit by the competition and consumer watchdog trouble Qantas over the past weeks.
corporate reputation
How companies reckon with past wrongdoing
HBR IdeaCasr, Harvard Business Review, 18 January 2022Assistant professor Sarah Federman of the University of Baltimore discusses how companies handle their historical misdeeds, and what that means for employees and customers. From firms that backed slave owners to companies that transported Holocaust victims, many legacy companies can find they played a role in past transgressions. Federman makes...
corporate reputation
Woolworths’ reputation to play a role in executive bonuses
Sue Mitchell, The Australian Financial Review, 29 September 2021Woolworths is replacing a key measure of retail productivity with a reputation score in its formula for setting executive bonuses in a bid to rebuild trust. Following a review conducted by PwC, Woolworths plans to replace the sales per square metre metric with a reputation metric measured externally by...
corporate reputation
Facebook steps up fight against climate misinformation - but critics say effort falls short
Kari Paul, The Guardian, 17 September 2021Facebook has announced new efforts to combat climate crisis misinformation on its platform, including by expanding its climate science centre to provide more reliable information, investing in organisations that fight misinformation, and launching a video series to highlight young climate advocates on Facebook and Instagram. But critics say...
corporate reputation
socio political environment
Amazon’s biggest, hardest-to-solve ESG issue may be its own workers
Todd Wasserman, CNBC, 29 August 2021The US National Council on Occupational Safety and Health has included Amazon in its “Dirty Dozen” list of the most dangerous employers in America. Earlier this year New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazon for inadequately protecting workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Workplace issues are being factored into...
corporate responsibility
socio political environment
corporate reputation