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Why stakeholder citizenship should prioritise young employees: five steps to improve social corporate responsibility in your company
Karina Ochis, ForbesThe youngest generational group of employees is often not treated as a priority in companies. The next generation of employees represents major stakeholders and should be prioritised under stakeholder capitalism, given the potential of stakeholder theory to improve ethical managerial and stakeholder...
corporate responsibility
csr
“The Biggest Fight” – behind the scenes of The Pharmacy Guild’s putsch on 60-day scripts
Stephanie Tran, Michael West Media, 12 December 2023“665 pharmacies to close”? Stephanie Tran investigates the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s “biggest fight”, the scare campaign over 60-day scripts, hidden payments to Liberal and Labor parties and a sneaky carve-out from lobbyist rules.
government relations
Australia has a worse work-life balance than the US. What are we doing wrong?
Zoe Ferguson, Sophie Kesteven and Lisa Leong, ABC This Working LifeAccording to an OECD survey, 13 per cent of employees in Australia work very long hours, which is above the OECD average. And our work-life balance is worse than many other countries.
managing yourself
Internet Cults, Disinformation, and Democracy
From Gamergate to Pizzagate and beyond to QAnon, internet manipulation and disinformation campaigns have grown to a geopolitical scale and spilled into real life with devastating consequences, entangling everyone from politicians to Hollywood celebrities.
media relations
communication
How to measure the value of public affairs
Doug Pinkham, Public Affairs CouncilBusiness functions such as manufacturing, logistics, purchasing, or sales are data-driven, which makes them ideal candidates for using performance...
reputation
measurement
Return of the ‘consultocracy’ – how cutting public service jobs to save costs usually backfires
Barbara Allen, Karl Lofgren, and Michael Macaulay, The ConversationIt has been clear that change is coming to the New Zealand public service since the election campaign. Just what impact that change will have is less easy to predict now the new government is installed.
public policy
A solicitor’s guide to responsible use of artificial intelligence
Law Society JournalAI systems are powerful tools and can be of great assistance in legal practice if used correctly and within the goalposts of solicitors’ ethical and professional obligations. For solicitors to be able to gauge and assess whether AI is being used within these goal posts, its recommended they have a general...
ai
governance
Keeping a weather eye on COP28
Cat Woods, Law Society Journal, 06 December 2023On 30 November, COP28 welcomed world leaders and representatives in Dubai to discuss the most pressing global climate change concerns. The Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will proceed intensively until 12 December. The core work of COP28 is the same as it has been in previous years:...
geo political environment
AI is testing the limits of corporate governance
Roberto Tallarita, Harvard Business ReviewCan AI safety shed any light on old corporate governance problems? And can the law and economics of corporate governance help us frame the new problems of AI safety?
governance