Work / Life balance
With evidence mounting to suggest that offering flexible working practices can have significant benefits for the bottom line and with an increasing number of organisations subscribing to 'work-life balance' initiatives, Carbon explores the debate.
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We also talk to Professor Cary L Cooper, author of Work-Life Integration: Case Studies of Organisational Change".
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Today, any leadership team hoping to deliver profitable returns to their investors understands the importance of emphasising their organisation's environmental and social performance. Carbon asks how best practice with regard to CSR can be achieved. read article…

Click here to read an interview with Lord Joffe of Liddington, former chairman of Oxfam and joint managing director and deputy chairman of Allied Dunbar, about his experiences of CSR in both the corporate and not-for-profit sectors.
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Appointing Britons with Disabilities
Too few people with disabilities serve on the boards of public bodies. Alison Maitland talks to Jane Campbell, disability campaigner and former chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, about "the next civil rights movement". read article…

David Grayson examines a neglected area of the diversity debate - the lack of disabled people who serve on boards. He suggests that the way to start redressing the balance is in public sector boardrooms. read article…