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All Briefs
2019
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What Executives Think About Data Privacy, Security, and Regulation
March 22 | Alex Parkinson, Former Communications Institute Co-Leader, The Conference Board | Comments (0)In the face of data privacy compliance, do you take the easy route and do the bare minimum, or do you innovate? New research from The Conference Board Marketing and Communications Center has found that while 58 percent of the US marketing, tech, and compliance executives we surveyed agreed that regulatory compliance offers an opportunity for innovation, most haven’t yet taken the next step to actually turning customer privacy concerns into a competitive advantage.
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Materiality Assessment: Crucial in Developing a Sustainable Strategy
March 22 | Minji Xie, Senior Researcher, China Center for Economics and Business, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Companies conduct materiality assessment to identify, refine and assess potential environmental, social and governance issues which are sufficiently important that they should inform corporate sustainability strategy and reporting. The Conference Board surveyed 50 senior sustainability executives to examine the current trends of materiality practices.
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LeaderXXchange Study: How’s Women Leadership Faring Worldwide?
March 21 | ESG Center | Comments (0)When it comes to gender diversity on public company boards, there is good news and bad news, according to LeaderXXchange. Among the world’s largest public companies gender leadership scores are climbing and most companies have formal diversity policies. However, there is a lot more that must be done.
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New Research from WPI Highlights Race and Gender Variables in Giving
March 20 | Kiersten Marek, Founder, Philanthropy Women | Comments (0)Is the philanthropy industry on its way to solving its diversity and inclusion problem? New research from the Women's Philanthropy institute identifies ways that donors differ across race and ways they appear to behave in a relatively similar fashion, pointing to the fact that philanthropy is growing more aware of its diversity and funders and nonprofits would do well to find ways to maximize engagement with donors of all backgrounds.
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Los Angeles: Tale of Two Cities
March 13 | Jeff Hoffman, Institute Leader, Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy, ESG Center, The Conference Board | Comments (0)What do you think of when you hear "Los Angeles"? For many, it's Hollywood, beaches, and palm trees. But the booming metropolis faces a large homeless population, is on the frontline of the immigration issue, and has a troubled school district and aging infrastructure. Companies can help solve some of these issues by collaborating with the local government and nonprofits delivering innovative solutions.
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Developing The Next Generation Of Leaders
March 12 | Rebecca L. Ray, PhD, Former Executive Vice President, Human Capital, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Each day in the U.S., about 10,000 baby boomers retire. On the upside, this exodus opens considerable opportunities for young, rising stars to climb the corporate ladder. At the same time, their rapid advancement highlights the need for company leadership to often re-examine their strategies for developing future leaders.
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Teleworking continues to rapidly expand
March 11 | Gad Levanon, PhD, Former Vice President, Labor Markets, The Conference Board | Frank Steemers, Former Senior Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Employers are facing a prolonged tight labor market for the first time in an era when advanced remote working technologies are available. To address talent shortages, companies can use teleworking to broaden the pool of potential workers. Teleworking is especially playing an important role in addressing talent shortages in white-collar occupations, but less so among blue-collar and low-paid service occupations.
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On Governance: How the SEC can Help Mitigate the ‘Proactive’ Agency Costs of Agency Capitalism
March 08 | Bernard Sharfman, Associate Fellow, R Street Institute | Comments (1)The proactive agency costs generated by mutual fund advisers that hold large concentrations of delegated voting power can be partially mitigated by the SEC.
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Off the Shelf Podcast: Diversity in Public Relations and Corporate Communications
March 08 | Alex Parkinson, Former Communications Institute Co-Leader, The Conference Board | Comments (0)If an industry reported in 2017 that it was 81 percent Caucasian, would you say there’s a problem? The public relations and corporate communications industry says yes and it's fighting to improve those numbers. This interview with Joe Cohen, Chief Communications Officer, Axis Capital and President, PRSA Foundation, and Judith Harrison, SVP of Diversity and Inclusion at Weber Shandwick, dives into a new book, Diverse Voices: Profiles in Leadership.