Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil and D'Arcy Carden from The Good Place. The TV series’ navigation of ethics shares touch points with Australia’s banking royal commission.
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American fantasy-comedy The Good Place has covered some surprisingly similar ground to Australia’s banking royal commission.
Under pressure, young entrepreneurs would tend to forget to take into account the effects of their ambitions on their surroundings.
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The enthusiasm for business creation is not without negative consequences, especially for the many who fail. However, the “all entrepreneurs” discourse remains predominant.
Shareholders appear to achieve greater returns from corporations which are less aggressive tax planners and pay a greater percentage of tax, according to a new pilot study.
Few would argue that exchanging cultural ideas could be construed negatively. But what happens when the influence and origins of that culture go unacknowledged and ignored?
Ethical dilemmas arise not because someone did not know the ethical rules. Instead, they arise when individuals are unable to identify the relevant ethical principle at the time of crisis.
Companies must work hard to keep their data safe.
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New standards and regulations are beginning to govern how companies protect customers’ data. Companies ignore this vital issue at their peril, both financially and legally.
Turning its back on global talent?
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The president-elect doesn’t think his extensive business and other conflicts will be a problem when he’s president. Research suggests it’s because of a behavioral bias that affects us all.
Bone-marrow transplants to treat leukaemia are one of the miniscule number of stem-cell treatments that have a strong evidence base.
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Australians clinics are offering stem-cell-based anti-ageing and cosmetic therapies that have not been clinically tested. Here’s what we need to do to ensure consumers don’t get ripped off, or worse.
Volkswagen’s corporate strategy reveals a weakness that may lead to future scandals.
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Volkswagen’s emissions deception and a case of alleged price-gouging around pharmaceuticals are part of a troubling trend of businesspeople who operate with little regard for ethics.
The sensational confessions of the car-manufacturing giant have sent shockwaves through the industry and have wider implications for the whole corporate sector.
Farm workers tend to a tobacco crop in Zimbabwe in 2014. The push to establish a business and human rights treaty is fraught with problems.
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Traditionally human rights are viewed as being indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. The notion that a company may need to choose which human rights it will protect is antithetical.
Double act. Jain and Fitschen at a Deutsche press conference.
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Taking ultimate responsibility for your company’s actions hasn’t been a popular choice for bosses, but Jain and Fitscher have now set a strong example.
Push and pull factors. How bankers lose direction.
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