The UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has just released its much-anticipated report – Corporate Culture and the Role of Boards. Described by the FT as ‘good stuff’, it is a valuable summary of a year-long project capturing the views of market practitioners on the ‘increasing importance which corporate culture plays in delivering long-term business and
There may seem little in common between Galileo and company secretaries and other governance professionals, but bear with me! Galileo (1564 – 1642) lived towards the end of the Renaissance period, a time of social and cultural change which produced other great cultural polymaths such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Galileo was known as
The Leadership Development Programme*, under the guidance of Ashridge Business School, recently discussed how company secretaries can support the delivery of a successful ethics policy – and, in so doing, establish their credibility as the ‘go to’ expert on governance issues. It is important to have a simple definition of ethical behaviour which resonates with work colleagues,
