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What causes dishonesty in businesses? It’s an important question, with one survey showing that a whopping 41% of staff in a particular company had observed unethical behaviour over a 12 month period. That despite the common perception that most people are inherently honest.
Of course a lack of ethical or unlawful conduct is the last thing you want in your own business, but in reality you may - however innocently and inadvertently - actually be encouraging it.
We identify and discuss four ways in which management could be doing this, and we share some suggestions on how to remedy a dangerous situation.
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As a director, you are held by the Companies Act to high standards of conduct, not to be taken lightly.
Now the CIPC, despite often being perceived as having no more than an administrative and recording function, is showing that it has teeth and that it will use them.
We look at how the CIPC has now issued a Compliance Notice to the Public Investment Corporation, instructing it to recover a R4.3bn investment in AYO Technology Solutions. What is a Compliance Notice and what are the implications for you as a director? Read on for the answers…
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South Africa’s “Sugar Tax” has been around for a year now, and although it was at the time widely welcomed by the health lobby, there were rumblings about its possible negative effects on our economy and employment levels.
Whilst it is still too early to gauge the tax’s impact on our healthcare costs and on the health and lifespan of our citizens, several clear trends have emerged as to its effect on the sugar industry and on revenue collections by SARS.
We examine these trends, the UK’s experience with their own version of the tax, and the question of how likely or unlikely it is that government will agree to reduce the tax at the instance of a sugar industry that is suffering and asking for relief.
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