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Category Archives: CSR

Bob McIntyre on PWC’s Total Tax Contribution

05-Sep-06

I commented recently on PWC’s Total Tax Contribution.
A couple of days after doing so PWC asked me if I’d comment on behalf of civil society on the issue, on a more formal basis. They’d already asked Bob McIntyre of Citizens for Tax Justice in the USA his views. He declined, and now he’s said [...]

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The profession’s licence to operate

23-Aug-06

Professional bodies are unusual, at least in English law. They require a Privy Council charter to entitle them to operate. The ICAEW’s charter was granted in 1880. It’s latest summary of that charter says:
The ICAEW operates under a Royal Charter, working in the public interest. Its primary objectives are to educate and train Chartered Accountants, [...]

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Barclay’s CSR

01-Aug-06

The Ethical Corporation has done an interesting review of Barclay’s 2005 CSR Report. In it they note that:

In the foreword to Barclays’ most recent CSR report, group chief executive John Varley writes that he was surprised when he heard that the banking sector is regarded by many as a bit of a laggard on corporate [...]

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KPMG and CSR – or why we’ve moved on to corporate accountability

20-Jul-06

Sorry to bang on about KPMG, but there really is quite a lot in their report on the future of the taxation which is worthy of comment. One such issue is that of CSR. As they note:
Tax has come onto the CSR agenda in the last 12 to 18 months
Mike Kelly, Director [...]

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