So many of the factors influencing low wages growth for Australian workers are also an important influence on CEO pay, although not necessarily in the same way.
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Data shows that growth in total CEO pay has outstripped average Australian wage growth in every year of the last five years. But perhaps we need to look more closely.
The sentiment of business leaders has remained positive and improved over the past 12 months according to our analysis.
President Donald Trump reacts before speaking at a recent rally in Arizona. Trump, a politician who came from the business world, is facing intense criticism about his leadership abilities.
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Is it time to put a moratorium on the meaningless word ‘leadership?’ In the business world, leadership now often simply means performing mundane managerial duties.
Advertising through online influencers is shaping consumer law, business models and people’s careers.
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Even though online influencers might not be overtly endorsing a product, advertisers will still pay a lot to have something featured, even subtly, in a post.
Humble CEOs may be the new prize, but they are in short supply and face distinctive challenges.
Phone manufacturers, like the Dutch company Fairphone, require suppliers of raw materials used in their phones to improve employment conditions for their workers.
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Businesses can use their purchasing power to change the actions of their suppliers and help to eradicate slavery - both in Australia and across the world.
South Africa’s Finance Minister, Malusi Gigaba, needs more than the 14-point plan to revive the economy.
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The Gupta email leaks have exposed the involvement of some big private corporations. in the unfolding corruption scandal thus challenging the private sector to do some introspection.
Blockchain technology is familiar to us in the form of digital currency bitcoin. And if it makes it way to the mainstream, could it change the way the world does business forever?
Nearly one-third of tropical animal species face extinction if humans do not curb our growing appetites for beef, pork and other land-intensive meats. The Panamanian golden frog bred by the Vancouver Aquarium in this 2014 file photo may be extinct in its natural habitat.
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As much as one-third of animal species in the tropics could be eradicated if their habitats continue to be converted for monoculture farming. We can all do something to make a difference.
When rowdy shareholders start battering at the door, CEOs should take a leaf from their playbook.
Refugee Talent, a digital matching platform to assist refugees in finding work in Australia, emerged out of one of the Techfugee Sydney Hackathon events.
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Social enterprises set up by refugees are also helping countries to overcome some of the challenges of economic and social integration of new arrivals.
The crunch for platforms will come when labour market conditions improve and workers have more alternatives.
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Africa should be concerned about news that the World Bank is looking to migrate from the model that largely relies on funding member states to become a broker of private capital.