It's Time to Shatter the Corporate Responsibility Façade

Social responsibility has long been a buzzword for many big corporations' marketing teams, with many well-intentioned but poorly executed pledges being made to help solve the world's problems. But in a world of hyper-transparency and employee activism, is the pretence of CSR finally dissipating?

Andrew and Cindy are joined by corporate responsibility specialist and campaigner, Alison Taylor, Executive Director of Ethical Systems, to discuss her arguments made in a range of publications that the corporate responsibility façade is crumbling.

There is rapid realisation within business and industry that the world's environmental crisis is real, and the biggest and most powerful corporations are finally being held very publicly accountable for their decisions. Global pandemic and economic crisis has refocused societies’ priorities and big business is being forced to take substantial action against social injustice, the climate crisis and corruption, understanding that if they don’t, they risk being remembered for all the wrong reasons. Alison argues that ethical leadership is necessary for businesses to thrive and leaders must listen to their employees who are major drivers of change. There is still a way to go, but we are heading in the right direction.

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This episode is being released to coincide Consort Strategy's sustainability initiative IGNITE. We aim to start a social justice fire by sparking an all important discussion in the association sector and beyond.

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