The UK government's ongoing review of corporate governance and the uncertainty around Brexit have made this year a turbulent one for those in the field.

William Lever founded Unilever with a clear purpose: to make cleanliness commonplace and rid Victorian slums of deadly diseases such as cholera.

There have been three particularly interesting corporate governance developments this month: the publication by the government of the snappily titled Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) ...

On 3 October, I attended ProShare's 26th annual employee share plans conference in London.

It is for directors to decide whether the accounts give a true and fair view without specific disclosure of distributable profits

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) published new guidance in June this year regarding best practice for the induction of new directors into companies.

Organisational ethics are on the front line, and being responsive to shifts in circumstance, context and culture is vital.

There's still work to be done to prioritise customers over shareholders

'There needs to be a concerted effort to improve trust in the motivations and integrity of business,' says Chairman of the UK's Financial Reporting Council Sir Winfried Bischoff in his foreword...

Reading about the row over governance at the BBC, I am struck by how right Herodotus was – that so many of us believe our views to be right and those of others to be wrong.

I'm not a football fan but I was struck by images of dedicated volunteers who responded to an urgent call from Bury Football Club

Legal & General, the UK's largest asset manager, has announced it will end quarterly reporting next year to focus on the long-term goals of the company.

The huge salaries paid to the top executives at some of England's biggest academy schools are not justified by the poor results of their pupils, according to watchdog Ofsted.

So-called ‘bad apple' traders – those who quickly jump from job to job in the City of London – could have their bonuses amended after they move, under proposals from the Bank of England.

Just 40% of the 10,000 businesses that qualified for the Government's Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) were compliant by the 29 January deadline...

There will be an independent review into tennis' anti-corruption practices after recent claims of match-fixing.

This was the conclusion the media drew from a report by LCP, the actuarial consultancy, looking at how FTSE 100 companies manage their pension risks.

With headlines about off-field antics in tennis, athletics, rugby and football (to name a few) it could be assumed that sport has an endemic problem with ethics and good governance.

A survey of more than 1,200 professionals in the UK and US financial service sectors has found a worrying disregard for ethics and the protection of whistleblowers.

This week 11.5 million documents from legal firm Mossack Fonseca, based in Panama, were leaked to the media.