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Lego pulls ads on Facebook over ‘hate speech’
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Jane Wakefield, BBC, July 1, 2020., 06 July 2020Lego has joined Target, Ford, Adidas, Coca Cola, Starbucks and Unilever in pulling its advertising from Facebook. The company will pause paid advertising for at least 30 days as part of the ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign. This comes after a pledge to join the fast-growing advertising boycott to end hate speech across social media, following...
socio political environment
15 key considerations for businesses when commenting on political or social matters
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Expert Panel, Forbes, June 30, 2020, 03 July 2020Traditionally, the rule of thumb for businesses when it came to political or social issues was to ignore them. However, as the world becomes more politically aware of situations that influence everyday life, socio-political issues have now become a major aspect of a company’s public relations effort. An expert panel from the Forbes Agency...
socio political environment
Corporate America’s Work in Fighting Racism is Just Beginning
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Ella Washington, Harvard Business Review, June 9, 2020, 12 June 2020Ella Washington, an organisational psychologist at Georgetown University, argues that US private sector businesses have a big role to play in maintaining the fight for racial justice. Washington says that widespread protests should mark a shift in how companies and corporate leaders push for government policy changes, how they think about...
socio political environment
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
Working Through COVID-19 Together
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 23 April 2020Rethinking Sustainability in the Middle of a Pandemic
socio political environment
governance
Social licence to operate in 2020 with Wayne Burns
04 March 2020The Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns talks about what it means for an organisation to have a social licence to operate: how it is has changed over time, how it's measured and lost, and the relation social licence has to corporate responsibility.
socio political environment
reputation
corporate reputation
How ‘ordinary’ people became heroes during the bushfires
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Fiona Smith and the Ethics Alliance, Ethics, March 2, 2020, 23 February 2020The Australian bushfires which lasted for several months over the 2019-20 summer were an unforgettable reminder about what leadership in a crisis looks like, with “ordinary” people becoming the unforeseen heroes. Leadership can include “ordinary” people as many jumped into action, into their cars and boats as a means to protect their...
socio political environment
Misinformation and morality with Dr Daniel Effron
05 February 2020Dr Daniel Effron, Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School, shares his views about how encountering fake news headlines make them less unethical to share.
socio political environment
leadership communications
community relations
Corporate Public Affairs Predictions for 2020
The Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns lists his top five public affairs predictions for 2020.
socio political environment
leadership communications