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Holding corporations to account
Elise Bant | May 14, 2020The slippery concept of corporate guilt too often allows companies off the hook and Australian law needs reforming to ensure corporations are held responsible for their actions.
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Supporting worker wellbeing after COVID 19
Ebony Stansfield | May 12, 2020Business leaders should do these four things to help improve psychological resilience and employee wellbeing post-coronavirus, says the Associate Dean of Research at UNSW Business School.
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Managing supply chain risk in a post-COVID-19 world
Stephen Olson | May 7, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has called into question several assumptions which have underpinned global trade for decades. By the time the dust settles, the world’s approach to trade could look quite different.
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Human resources hold the key to business bouncing back
Open Forum | May 6, 2020As retrenchments continue to cloud the foreseeable future of businesses around the country, new Australian research pinpoints human resource management system as a key to success.
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We are not all in this together
Alysia Blackham | May 5, 2020Many Australians are facing potential unemployment, but the reality is some people, including older workers, are more likely to face discrimination and inequality in the workplace during COVID-19.
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Not waving but drowning
Joseph Cheer | April 22, 2020Cruise ships have been a major source of infection for COVID-19 and have been shunned by the world’s ports. They have few friends in high places, given their failure to adhere to national tax or safety systems, and may struggle to regain public trust.
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The end of the office?
Ben Knight | April 18, 2020The success of working from home could mark the end of the office as we know it, according to interior architect Iva Durakovic, who believes that remote working might become the new normal after the pandemic subsides.
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Just in time runs out of time
Evan Fraser | March 19, 2020Extra consumer demand has exposed the fragility of our supermarkets’ just-in-time ordering systems, but coronavirus is highlighting the modern world’s lack of resilience in many other ways.
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Learning from Singapore about the future of work
Conrad Guimaraes | March 17, 2020Australia needs to improve its future of work policies and Singapore’s approach offers a useful starting point for policymakers in Canberra.
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Women, age discrimination and work
Alysia Blackham | March 9, 2020Ageism and sexism are nothing new, but many countries are reporting an increase in age bias, particularly against women. So why are women less likely to make an age discrimination claim?
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The rise of gay marketing
Ebony Stansfield | March 2, 2020The LGBTIQ+ community has emerged as a major market, driving sales and revenue, and brands are coming out in droves to support the LGBTIQ+ community in turn.
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Job insecurity wears heavy on people’s lives
Open Forum | February 28, 2020New research shows employees exposed to job insecurity over more than four years became less emotionally stable, less agreeable, and less conscientious.