Glasshouse Partnership » Ethics

Anwar Ibrahim

James Thellusson — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:01:13 +0000

Glasshouse had the privilege of working with Dr Anwar Ibrahim this week on behalf of our client Accountability. The former deputy prime minister of Malaysia was over in Europe giving a series of high profile speeches – the OECD in Brussels on improving governance and fighting corruption; the LSE and the Cambridge Union. His visit provoked substantial media interest (see FT.com and Guardian) amid speculation about his ‘re-entry’ into Malaysia politics and a submission, written as Hon. President of Accountability, to Mark Pieth, chair of the OECD’s ‘anti-bribery and corruption’ working group on the negative impact on Britain’s international reputation of the decision to pull the SFO enquiry into BAE Systems. Those interested in thrust of the submission should read this.

Material Girl

Site Administrator — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:12:58 +0000

With the new Glasshouse site up and running, it’s great to be able to share some of the work we’re doing with our clients.

We recently recorded this podcast with Deborah Evans from LRQA for the BusinessAssurance.com website.

She talks about the need for better corporate reporting, and argues that organisations need to be more open minded about the issues which might affect their performance â€” industrial relations, environmental impact and ethical considerations can have critical impact on the profitability of a company, but far too many of them simply ignore these factors in their reports.

Companies which address these issues, she reasons, are likely to be more successful, and better corporate citizens â€” perhaps it’s no surprise that the materiality approach is already in use at BT, Ford and Nike.

It’s an exciting development in business ethics, and Deborah has everything you need to know…

Download the podcast (MP3)

Style Will Save Us

Site Administrator — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:13:52 +0000

Style Will Save Us (via this entry on the green.tv blog) is the latest in a series of attempts to persuade us to jump on the eco-gift bandwagon, but it takes a slightly different approach to the likes of Oxfam Unwrapped and Practical Presents.

Instead of focusing on baby alpacas, Style Will Save Us is a digital magazine which points to a range of organic and ethically sourced cosmetics, food and clothing â€” think of the shopping sections of Wallpaper, but with traceability.

Will style save us? Will traceable and transparent luxury be the driver behind a wider adoption of transparent supply chain practices?

CSR meet CRM

Tim Kitchin — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:01:00 +0000

I’m increasingly obsessing about the merger between person-centric thinking, and the demands of sustainable and ethical consumption.

Technology (especially web 2.0) innovation, is, as ever, the bridge, whether through commerce, content-organisation and social interaction. The missing link as ever – is really smart context management – whether through brands, smart visualisations, or web dialogue.

Two new(ish) sites point the way…

Zaadz a purposeful (and heavily tag-driven) social community site.

and

Etsy the buyer-driven arts and crafts community.

Commerce, community, conscience…