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Penalizing companies without women at the top
 The Glass-Ceiling continues to be a more marked phenomenon in business than in the public sector. That fact raises questions about the causes and the solutions. If you don't think it is an ethical problem, don't read on. If you do …. < Click for more> |
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Legalised collusion?
In January, 2007, the Coalition Government instituted reforms to the Trade Practices Act which provided an easier pathway for small businesses in the same market to bargain collectively with larger firms. < Click for more> |
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Maternity leave
 In 2003, the EOWA Annual Survey found that the retention rate of female employees that had taken maternity leave was 67% at organisations where paid maternity leave was provided. This retention rate was only 56% at organisations where no paid maternity leave provisions were offered. < Click for more> |
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Business models that ask for trouble
 Some business models can provide spectacular gains under particular market conditions but at the cost of high risk, especially if those market conditions change. When those risks are not well-understood by all the stakeholders in the business, which is increasingly more often the case as the complexity of financing grows, there is good reason to suspect that those people have been dealt with unethically, perhaps even illegally. John Sweeney, Leader Edmund Rice Business Ethics Initiative < Click for more> |
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