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Partnerships between government, business and civil society are often tense: 3 tips on how to manage them

Partnerships need to grapple with the tension between what to preserve and what to change rather than be paralysed by it.
World Day of Social Justice is a reminder of the need to promote social justice at work. Rawpixel/Shutterstock

Why without value sharing, there is no social justice

Our report analyses both monetary and non-monetary value sharing schemes within companies and whether they are a way of avoiding social conflicts in the workplace.
Fishing boats leave Zhoushan, China, on Aug. 1, 2024. Many ships like these stay at sea for months, often far from home. Zou Xunyong/VCG via Getty Images

Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy

The expansion of Arctic shipping, scramble for seafloor mining and overfishing are all straining international relationships. But the powers of diplomacy go beyond ocean treaties.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, apologizes at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about social media safety on Jan. 31, 2024. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Investors prefer ‘I’ over ‘we’ when CEOs apologize

New research on 224 corporate apologies suggests investors reward leaders who take personal responsibility – with one key exception.
As the latest EU non-financial reporting (NFR) regulations come into force, they are being applied to companies’ full value chains. This photograph of the Eramine lithium extraction plant, which is linked to the French mining group Eramet, was taken in Salta province, Argentina on July 4, 2024. Luis Robayo/AFP

EU efforts to measure companies’ environmental impacts have global effects. Here’s how to make them more just

Regulations on sustainability reporting must be crafted with stakeholders across value chains to minimise harm to vulnerable communities.
Cyberattacks have become a significant risk for businesses. After they occur, companies need to communicate well. vectorfusionart/Shutterstock

Cyberattacks: how companies can communicate effectively after being hit

An effective communication strategy after a cyberattack can help a company position itself as a victim – if the strategy includes a commitment to affected consumers and employees.
A ‘pirate organization’ must acquire legitimacy to gain more mainstream acceptance. Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock

‘Piracy’ to legitimacy: how companies like French ride‑hailing platform Heetch can make their mark

The case of the start-up can be seen as an example of how a ‘pirate organization’ operating in legal limbo transitions to a more established company.
Amazon partnered with Dominion Energy to build solar farms in Virginia to power its cloud-computing service. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Companies will still face pressure to manage for climate change, even as government rolls back US climate policy

Corporate decisions made in boardrooms and through initiatives with nonprofits have created an important kind of private climate governance.

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