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Thursday, February 2, 2017
The reaction of the US business community to President Trump’s executive order barring citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for 90 days – and blocking Syrian refugees for an indefinite period – has been notable.
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- Business and human rights, Expert commentary, Research
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Business is often an imitation game. Every successful move sets competitors asking “can’t we do that too?” Sometimes they cannot. Coke, for instance, is so thoroughly identified in consumers’ minds with Father Christmas, that Pepsi doesn’t even try pushing back. Instead they stake out a completely different celebrity-oriented space.
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Thursday, November 10, 2016
Most people will have seen headlines about hospitals being rated “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission after an inspection, and put into “special measures”. It often results in changes in senior leadership, and even to takeovers by other, better performing hospitals. But how do we know that these very important judgements and ratings are right?
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- Expert commentary, Research
Thursday, October 13, 2016
The public debate on the issue of how we look after the older members of our society continues to rumble on with limited prospect of a solution and this week’s report from the Care Quality Commission highlighted the crisis we are facing in adult social care
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The positive impact of female leadership on diversity and governance
Friday, February 3, 2017
Female leadership can improve an organisation’s CSR, especially in the areas of diversity and governance, and gender based investment portfolio is now a new asset class, says Ser-Huang Poon