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  • Inside AICD Policy Update High priority policy issues

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2009

    An outline of some of the issues addressed by AICD’s policy department, committees and taskforces over the last month. High priority policy issues AICD has over 24,000 individual members from a wide range of corporations: publicly listed companies, private companies, not-for-profit organisatio...

  • CSR

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2006

    Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become part of the business lexicon but what does it really mean? Helen McCombie canvasses a range of views and outlines some implications of CSR for directors. Defining your social responsibilities Corporate social responsibility or CSR is no longer a...

  • News and Views

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jul 2006

    News & Views Increased risk of prosecution for directors According to Gadens Lawyers, directors now face increased risks of being personally prosecuted for environmental offences because the ‘no knowledge defence’ has been abolished. Directors and managers face serious jail time – up to seven y...

  • cover story the good corporate citizen

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2006

      The good corporate citizen Expectations of what it takes for a company to be considered a ‘good corporate citizen’ have gone well beyond the simple signing of a cheque. Katrina Clifford explores the ethical and legal tensions of the debate on ‘corporate social responsibility’.  From an ...

  • inside aicd change is inevitable

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2006

      Change is inevitable…adapting is crucial Change has never more been apparent than in today’s corporate arena. People, and the businesses they run, are no longer constrained by the four walls of their corporate headquarters. The phenomena of globalisation, emerging technologies, cultural shift...

  • counterpoint the quest for the the common good

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2006

      The quest for the ‘the common good’ Ian Dunlop makes the case for Australian businesses to integrate corporate responsibility into their organisational culture if they are to reclaim public trust. Pressure for re-assessment of corporate responsibility has been building for some years, trigger...

  • industry focus power to peddle

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jan 2006

    Power to peddle Australia’s gas and energy sectors have attracted media attention for a surfeit of reasons – from conflict over price regulation to sustainable development and the re-emerging debate over nuclear power. Joe Parkes takes a closer look at the industry at the heart of the headlines.&nbs...

  • the spoken word profits and principles

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jan 2006

      Profits and principles Michael Chaney maps the changing attitudes towards business involvement in the community in a speech recently delivered to mark the launch of a new publication 'Promoting Best Practice Corporate Social Responsibility'. Minister, distinguished guests, ladies and gentleme...

  • CSRs ethical obligations and accountabilities To the Editor

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2005

    Bill Beerworth and Tom Bostock’s competing perspectives on corporate social responsibility (December) and its implications for business typify the legal perspective of the CSR debate dominating boardrooms and executive suites around the country. It is a narrow focus on what is essentially a societal...