September 12th 2019
Post Meeting Notes: Responsible Business: How can HR Drive the Agenda?
Following our event on 10th September 2019, these post meeting notes summarise the key messages from the day. We were joined by speakers including Nick Dalton, Unilever, Dee Corrigan, Blueprint for Better Business, David Grayson, Cranfield School of Management, and our own Carmen von Rohr. Each had their own take on responsible business and how it is impacted by HR. What is HR's role in developing and implementing a responsible business strategy and what is a purpose led business? Read the notes to find out more.
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September 10th 2019
Responsible Business - Unilever
Unilever's Vice President HR Business Transformation gave this presentation explaining his view on Unilever's responsible business strategy. He adopts an approach including the seven great waves of HR: paternalism, power, process, profit, people, paradox and planet. How has the HR function changed over the years, starting from industrial relations to personnel to human resources, and how is responsibility linked to this?
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September 10th 2019
A Blueprint for Better Business
This presentation was given by Dee Corrigan, Head of Corporate Engagement at Blueprint for Better Business, at our latest CRF event, Responsible Business: How does HR Drive the Agenda? She explores the power of purpose and the way we view other people.
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March 14th 2017
Webinar: Optimising HR's Business Contribution
In today's rapidly changing business environment, it's more important than ever for HR to be commercial, close to the business, and clearly aligned to business strategy. However, the reality for many organisations is that HR is often disconnected from business priorities, and HR's contribution to critical strategic and commercial objectives is not always clear.
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May 17th 2012
Key Trends in Employment Law – Bird & Bird
In this presentation, Bird & Bird explored changes to the employment law in 2012 in relation to unfair dismissal and explored some of the future changes.
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August 27th 2010
Executive Summary: Managing the People Dimension of Risk
This executive summary outlines the main themes and recommendations from the full research report, Managing the People Dimension of Risk, which highlights the role that HR should play in risk management. This is in the context of significant trends in corporate governance to recognise the importance of behaviour, rather than the historic tendency of risk management to rely mainly on controls and quantitative analysis.
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