Compliance and the oversight role of the board are there to protect a company’s most valuable asset: its reputation.

The most basic principle in business is that nothing happens until somebody sells something. Yes, business is all about sales to generate revenue, whether it’s the sale of a product or a service.

A few years ago, digital integration company EOH was collapsing. Now it has returned to profit. Arthur Goldstuck asks Stephen van Coller how he did it.

We are gradually growing accustomed to unethical conduct, and are learning to simply accept it as normal business practice.

KPMG SA received a great deal of negative publicity after the firm was associated with state capture activities. However, the auditing firm has made ethics and integrity one of its major priorities in an effort to regain public trust.

How though does one ensure that ethical standards prevail in an organisation, when people are not present on company premises, but are working remotely?

What happens to an organisation when good governance and warning signs are ignored?

South Africa has seen a flurry of corporate scandals. All this leaves people wondering whether the system is failing.

Many product manufacturers are guilty of "greenwashing" - misleading consumers into believing they are purchasing green products, when in fact they are buying into marketing claims.

We should interrogate those who aided and abetted state capture. But what about the numerous "smaller" players?