Comments on: UK government fails corporate responsibility test http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/05/13/uk-government-fails-corporate-responsibility-test/ Richard Murphy on tax and corporate accountability Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:28:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Tax Research LLP http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/05/13/uk-government-fails-corporate-responsibility-test/#comment-57102 Tax Research LLP Mon, 14 May 2007 07:44:17 +0000 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/05/13/uk-government-fails-corporate-responsibility-test/#comment-57102 The UK government did, of course, duck this recently. Gordon Brown was to blame. The UK government did, of course, duck this recently. Gordon Brown was to blame.

]]> By: A Marshall http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/05/13/uk-government-fails-corporate-responsibility-test/#comment-56772 A Marshall Mon, 14 May 2007 00:01:10 +0000 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/05/13/uk-government-fails-corporate-responsibility-test/#comment-56772 :?: It would be interesting to see how other countries fair in the area of social responsibilty. Scandinavian ones seem to have the lowest incidents of corruption and probably score higher than others on minimising the economic, social and environmental impacts of their activities. It is probably no co-incidence that they have had long periods of social democratic governance and a strong sense of civic duty, one element of which is paying tax. We clearly need to have an intelligent and informed debate about the best way to measure corporate responsibility in the UK and how best to get companies to think and act responsibly. Our government then will probably have to bring in some legislative measures to get it to work. :?: It would be interesting to see how other countries fair in the area of social responsibilty. Scandinavian ones seem to have the lowest incidents of corruption and probably score higher than others on minimising the economic, social and environmental impacts of their activities. It is probably no co-incidence that they have had long periods of social democratic governance and a strong sense of civic duty, one element of which is paying tax.

We clearly need to have an intelligent and informed debate about the best way to measure corporate responsibility in the UK and how best to get companies to think and act responsibly. Our government then will probably have to bring in some legislative measures to get it to work.

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