He finds that firms use disclosure to reduce tension between firms and their stakeholders – mainly employees and the trade unions. For example, disclosure aims to motivate employees, placate the trade unions, divert public attention from the social costs of termination and cultivate social awareness...
In terms of statistics we know that frequencies are better understood than percentages. But are these the kinds of numbers that we really want to be widely understood? All these statistics are used as slogans by charities to raise "awareness" and to fight their cause. The "one in four" ...
The article focuses on a report by Christopher Kelly, chair of the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, which criticized Age Concern England's Heyday membership scheme. According to the report, which was preceded by cr...