{"id":14276,"date":"2012-02-24T15:51:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T15:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=14276"},"modified":"2012-02-24T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T15:52:43","slug":"whats-a-responsible-business-try-this-list-david-cameron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2012\/02\/24\/whats-a-responsible-business-try-this-list-david-cameron\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s a responsible business? Try this list David Cameron"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Left\u00a0Economic\u00a0Advisory\u00a0Panel<\/a>\u00a0have\u00a0reminded me that in\u00a0The Courageous State<\/a>\u00a0there is a riposte to Mr Cameron to 'responsible\u00a0business'. It's a 20-point charter setting out that \"a good business\":<\/p>\n

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  1. Makes clear who it is so people know who they are dealing with<\/li>\n
  2. Makes clear who runs it<\/li>\n
  3. Makes clear who owns it<\/li>\n
  4. Makes clear the rules by which it is managed<\/li>\n
  5. Puts its accounts on public record if it enjoys limited liability, and does so wherever it is incorporated whether required to by law or not<\/li>\n
  6. Seeks to comply with all regulation that applies to it<\/li>\n
  7. Seeks to pay the right amount of tax due on the profits it makes in the place where they are really earned and at the time they really arise<\/li>\n
  8. Seeks to pay a living wage or more to all who work for it<\/li>\n
  9. Recognises trade union rights<\/li>\n
  10. Operates a fair pay policy so that the pay differential between the highest and lowest paid in the company cannot exceed an agreed ratio that should never exceed twenty<\/li>\n
  11. Makes fair pension provision for all employees<\/li>\n
  12. Does not discriminate between employers on the basis of race, nationality, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, and similar such issues<\/li>\n
  13. Does not abuse the environment<\/li>\n
  14. Has a clear code of ethics that it publishes and is seen to uphold<\/li>\n
  15. Is transparent in its dealings with customers<\/li>\n
  16. Seeks at all times to minimise risk to those it deals with and takes all steps to ensure they know what those risks are<\/li>\n
  17. Accepts responsibility for its failings and remedies them<\/li>\n
  18. Works in partnership with its suppliers and does not abuse them<\/li>\n
  19. Advertises responsibly<\/li>\n
  20. Creates and supplies products meeting real human need<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I don't expect Cameron to be writing this charter into corporate law any time soon. But he should.<\/p>\n

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    The Left\u00a0Economic\u00a0Advisory\u00a0Panel\u00a0have\u00a0reminded me that in\u00a0The Courageous State\u00a0there is a riposte to Mr Cameron to ‘responsible\u00a0business’. It’s a 20-point charter setting out that “a good business”:
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