Hot topic: Corporate corruption

What is HR’s role in preventing corruption?

Revised corporate governance code proposes wider RemCo remit

The FRC consultation also includes plans to require firms to publish their executive gender balance and on worker representation on boards

Taylor: Gig economy must not grow unchecked

At The HR Dept’s annual conference Taylor spoke on the need for incremental change rather than public policy

Breaking the class ceiling

Class is Britain's forgotten strand of D&I. But we must ensure someone's background doesn't hinder their success

MPs publish draft Bill to close gig economy loopholes

?A new 'worker by default' status has been recommended by a joint draft Bill on ending gig economy exploitation from the Work and Pensions and Business Committees

Speaking up about sexual harassment

People are reluctant to talk if they don't trust the organisation, and trust comes from an overall policy and programme of ethics

HR has crucial role in ensuring "good work"

A CIPD annual conference panel discussed how to ensure good quality work in an age of automation, Brexit and gig working

HR must improve its digital understanding

In her CIPD conference keynote Martha Lane Fox spoke on the opportunities, dangers and diversity challenges of tech

Reflections on Harvey Weinstein: Do you have a bullying culture?

Wilful blindness means bullying and harassment is more common in business culture than many would expect

Half face ethical dilemmas at work

Junior managers particularly report discomfort with being asked to make unethical decisions or with witnessing poor treatment of colleagues

One in five women harassed at work

20% of women have been sexually harassed in the workplace, Opinium Research has found

Domestic violence and the workplace

Domestic abuse is under national scrutiny, but it doesn’t stay in the home