South Africa
The private sector needs to move beyond compliance and understand its responsibility to society through operating ethically
How widespread is corruption in the private sector, and what impact does it have on the economy and other stakeholders? SA has growing expectations that corruption in both the public and private sectors will be dealt with decisively, but scandals linked to public sector and corporate dishonesty continue to occur ...
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More protection needed for whistle-blowers
SA needs better protection for whistle-blowers if the country is to win the fight against corruption. Times Live quotes advocate Shamila Batohi, national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) as saying, 'We need to have a really robust whistle-blower protection framework to protect those who stand up and speak out ...
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Health and ethics are priorities for business
Health and ethics seem to be attracting the attention of business in 2020. These are the findings of a survey that was done amongst the chairpersons of the Social and Ethics Committees of 75 organisations who participated in the first ever Social and Ethics Committee Trend Survey of 2020.
The ...
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Intentional integrity
International
Recommended – Ethics beyond leadership: Can ethics survive bad leadership?
Ana Roque, José Manuel Moreira, José Dias Figueiredo, Rosana Albuquerque, Helena Gonçalves in the Journal of Global Responsibility
'The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the relaxion on what can be done to develop ethical cultures that may be less permeable and more resilient to changes in leadership from an ethical point ...
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