by Charlie Helps FRSA | Apr 11, 2022 | Articles, Conduct, Conflict of Interest, Governance, Leadership
Conservative Cabinet Minister, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Honourable Rishi Sunak MP refers himself to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner over Conflict of Interest Claims What happened to Sunak? In a row about Conflicts of Interest accompanied by...
by Charlie Helps FRSA | Apr 16, 2021 | Articles, Governance, Political
How’s your Reputation Looking? In business, openness, transparency, and communication are the building blocks of trust. Trust is the foundation of your reputation. Whether your organisation is public sector or a listed company, openness, transparency, and trust...
by Charlie Helps FRSA | Jan 4, 2021 | Book Review, Governance, Guest Author, Political
1,000,000 adults with a learning disability in the UK have suffered because of government ‘austerity’ measures Guest author Neil Carpenter exposes the reality, describing in detail the lives of five men living in Cornwall. Their income, below the relative...
by Charlie Helps FRSA | Oct 26, 2020 | Articles, Governance, Political
The Seven Principles of Public Life outline the ethical standards that people working in the public sector are required to demonstrate. The Principles were first set out in the Committee on Standards in Public Life’s first report by Lord Nolan in 1995, and they are...
by Charlie Helps FRSA | Sep 3, 2020 | Articles, Governance, Political
The Committee on Standards in Public Life is maintaining a close watch on standards issues arising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chair of the Committee’s Research Advisory Board, Professor Mark Philp, discusses how the Nolan Principles can be used to help...
by Charlie Helps FRSA | Jan 21, 2018 | Articles, Consulting and Advisory, Insight, Leadership
With corporate failures prominent in the headlines, the words “corporate governance” have entered the mainstream media. The expression “failure of corporate governance” has become commonplace, and the names of culprit companies and directors have become all too...