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The Grand Sham (and how it was enabled) In the old days, writes ethics expert Jane Arnott, a ‘C’ on a school report was often accompanied by the comment ‘more effort needed’. When the NZX issued their initial discussion document…
When CEOs don’t give a damn Headlines grab attention, says ethics expert Jane Arnott, and that’s needed when 70% of NZX50 CEO’s neither formally nor personally champion their Code of Ethics – such a code being a requirement of listing.…
Speaking up often comes down to managing loyalty. And if loyalty was an animal it would be unpredictable at best. At once nimble and intuitive but under pressure transformed to snarl and spit. That’s because at the heart of being…
The case for implementing an independent hotline facility at your business. In an uncertain world, a whistleblowing hotline is a key tool for reducing risk and building trust. Not only do whistleblowing hotlines provide a useful conduit for feedback and…
Ethics expert Jane Arnott on how better speak up culture could have prevented New Zealand’s Covid-19 border failures… Never has a full-scale investigation into system failure started with a review of speak up processes. Maybe it should. Let’s start with…
Business ethics expert Jane Arnott on the New Zealand media’s baffling attitude towards truth-tellers… Covid-19 presents a new context for speaking up. But while Governments around the world place emphasis and encourage people to report rule breaking and breaches of…
Business ethics expert Jane Arnott on the difficulty – and necessity – of having ‘courageous conversations’… When misleading and deceptive conduct, along with misrepresentation of entitlements, occurred at the scale and frequency that was recently exposed within a crown-owned earthquake…
Few would have been surprised when it surfaced that complaints logged as early as 2014, about the improper allocation of expenses by former ANZ CEO David Hisco, weren’t investigated. The story goes that while the whistleblowers had anonymity by virtue…
Business ethics expert and IBE NZ representative Jane Arnott on the challenges of creating a ‘speak up culture’… Encouraging information flow and being prepared to listen to concerns should be straightforward. It’s one thing however to have a policy along…