The importance of people in today's economy
The themes running through this issue of briefings are driven by some powerful tides in Australian and global affairs. The tremendous importance of people in today's economy - not only in driving company performance, but also in sustaining and enhancing national wealth - is highlighted in our feature story on Chris Corrigan and Patrick Corporate.
Innovation is another strong theme, both generally in our discussion of corporate sustainability, and more specifically in our article on the auto industry.
Corporate governance has become a major public issue, impacting on every company in Australia to an unprecedented extent. The link between this and our other themes emerges strongly in our special report.
In this issue
- The Corrigan factor
Patrick Corporation CEO Chris Corrigan talks to PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Margaret Gibson on how his views have emerged from his enterprise-building experiences, and why workplace culture remains a critical issue on the Australian business agenda.
- Good governance: good business
Our special report on the emerging corporate governance framework in Australia and around the world for Australia.
- Fighting corporate fraud
In the computer age, financial fraud is deceptively easy. Technology is helping the investigators, but prevention is better than cure: this article offers some useful and timely advice from PwC partner Malcolm Shackell and Detective Inspector Colin Dyson of the NSW Fraud Squad.
- The age of sustainability
The new challenge of sustainability is to devise and implement appropriate evaluative metrics on the critical sustainability issues. PwC global partner for thought leadership & innovation Joel Kurtzman discusses the issues with Marc Newson, project director for our Australian firm's Corporate Accountability Council.
- WMC Resources: A model for corporate sustainability reporting
WMC Resources' strong environmental and social performance is not only reducing regulatory impositions, it's also enabling it to access new resource opportunities.
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