March 19,
2018 8158 8158 
By Dr Dicky Els and Jene’ Palmer, and reviewed by Terrance M. Booysen
The Board is responsible for overseeing and monitoring the execution of the organisation’s strategic plan by, inter alia, driving a culture of accountability through appropriate and transparent reporting and disclosure. In today’s increasingly competitive business environment, stakeholders are demanding more information on the social and ethics risks facing the organisation.
July 17,
2017 10578 10578
By Dr Dicky Els and Jené Palmer
Culture shapes the wellness of individuals, businesses, communities and nations. Although it is not static and can change, it generally manifests itself in the behaviour of a group of people at any given point in time. Culture is a collective identity that is based on a set of unspoken rules that underpin personal values and interpersonal relationships.
April 12,
2017 9163 9163
By Dr Dicky Els and Terrance M. Booysen
It is imperative that the impact of work-related stress and the negative impact of distress be incorporated into the organisation’s enterprise-wide risk management framework. A Bloomberg study conducted in 2013 revealed that South Africa is the second-most ‘stressed’ country out of a study of 74 countries.
November 7,
2016 9408 9408
Article by Dr Dicky Els and Terrance M. Booysen
With the accelerated pace of global development, fuelled by South Africa’s socio-economic and political uncertainty, there are obvious knock-on business implications that increase business risks, not least of which includes dampening the mood for local investment. It is therefore not surprising to see many organisations downsizing, restructuring and even being forced to shrink their trading operations in the face of declining revenue and higher cost pressures. Since the 2007-2008 global financial market crisis, organisations are operating in turbulent markets and have to constantly adapt to increasing business uncertainty and changing circumstances.
October 6,
2015 11327 11327
Article by Dr Dicky Els and Terrance M. Booysen
In a globalised economy excesses and imbalances in one part of the world inevitably affects the economies of another, and this is typically played out between developed and developing countries. With the accelerated pace of global development, expectedly there is a knock-on implication to increased business risk through aggressive competition and more pressure on increasing profit margins.
August 7,
2015 12349 12349
Employee wellness and disease management issues and their effects on the workforce have become not only a national issue for most employers, but a global priority too. The continued increase in preventable chronic non-occupational (and non-communicable) diseases has expanded to become a growing corporate concern.