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City Says: 'Link Directors' Pay To Company Performance'
Virtually all City analysts and investors (94%) agree that directors' pay should be linked more clearly to company performance, according to a report by MORI and the Investor Relations Society (IRS). Furthermore, almost three-quarters (73%) agree that 'fat-cat CEO packages are seriously harming the image of big business in this country'.
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Ethical Companies
Three-quarters of the British population (74%) say more information on a company's social and ethical behaviour would influence their purchasing decisions, according to MORI's latest research.
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British Businesses Cannot Rule Out 'UK Enron'
One in 10 (eight per cent) senior managers of private and public sector organisations believe that it is not possible to foresee an 'Enron' ever happening in the UK. These are the findings of a new MORI survey commissioned by business advisors RSM Robson Rhodes. The survey shows more than four-fifths (82%) think the UK is vulnerable to an Enron-style accounting scandal.
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Changing Values (2): Work & Leisure
Some further comparisons of British attitudes half-a-century ago, around the time of the coronation, with the way we think today, this time concentrating on work and leisure. (As before, for the 1950s we are heavily reliant on surveys from Gallup, the only pollster then publishing regular public opinion surveys, the findings of which survive in book form - George H Gallup, The Gallup International Public Opinion Polls: Great Britain 1937-1975, New York: Random House, 1976, and Anthony King and Robert Wybrow, British Political Opinion 1937-2000: The Gallup Polls, London: Politico's, 2001.)
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Trust In Business
Eight people in ten disagree that "Directors of large companies can be trusted to tell the truth", according to the MORI poll conducted for the Financial Times last week.
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New Law Of 'Corporate Killing'
Two-thirds of the British public (65%) support the introduction of a new law of 'corporate killing' with directors being made personally responsible for breaking health and safety laws, according to new research from MORI's Social Research Institute. One-fifth (19%) oppose the introduction of such a law. The research also provides some wider context into public attitudes towards and experiences in the workplace today.
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Does Ebusiness Mean Good Business?
European companies leading in the take-up of ebusiness are more likely to engage on social and environmental issues, according to a MORI survey. The research was commissioned by Forum for the Future for the European Commission-funded project Digital Europe. For the survey, Corporate Social Responsibility practitioners and IT practitioners in large UK and Northern European companies were interviewed. This was to evaluate their ebusiness practices and performance in sustainable development, and then used statistical techniques such as factor analysis and cluster analysis to identify a link between the two.
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City Judges Companies On Honesty And Performance
City analysts and investors are increasingly judging companies on their honesty and integrity, according to a new report by MORI. The report, commissioned by the Investor Relations Society (IRS) shows one third (34%) of analysts and almost half (46%) of investors judge senior management on these criteria, a rise of 11 percentage points and three percentage points on last year respectively.
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Is Industry Socially Responsible?
Corporate responsibility continues to be an important influence on the opinions and behaviour of stakeholders including consumers towards companies, according to new research by MORI. The results are from MORI's annual Corporate Social Responsibility survey, which is sponsored by a number of organisations.
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Collaborative Trading Is Key To Sell-Side Service Improvement
Sell-side organisations that invest in technology to promote collaborative working can achieve increased responsiveness to clients and service improvement, according to a new survey by MORI.