Tag: ethics

In February 2022, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana amended the maximum offshore investment limit for Regulation 28 retirement funds from 30% of assets to 45%. But data shows that most funds haven’t maximised their exposure to the new limit, begging the question: why?

In today's dynamic business landscape, repositioning has become increasingly significant for companies who want to maintain relevance, stay ahead of competitors, and adapt to evolving market demands. While "repositioning" and "rebranding" are often used interchangeably, understanding their distinctions is the key to unlocking the full potential of a brand's transformational journey.

Fancy seeing Pope “P. Diddy” Francis in a puffer jacket and King Charles and Queen Camilla rocking some slick moves at their coronation after-party? It’s all in an Artificial Intelligence’s work for today’s clever image-generation bots, which are offering a fun artistic outlet for some while others ponder the ethics of creating deep-fake images from scratch.

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the first skill business leaders need to apply when turning things around.

ChatGPT has conjured up feelings of dread and excitement, depending on who one speaks to, precisely because it has brought home just how far machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) has come. Despite very real risks, AI presents exciting opportunities for marketing communications professionals.

The Consumer Protection Act (68 of 2008) was launched in 2008 and provides South Africans with key protections against the ambiguous wording and vague language traditionally associated with some contracts and professional literature.

In this two-part series, I outline the skills that will be required by present-day HR Professionals – for now and into the future. Due to the increasing automated and digitised world in which HR professionals need to serve their stakeholders, as well as the added intricacy of a VUCA environment, all HR professionals will need to upskill and reskill themselves to meet the challenges of this Future World of Work. 

Amidst the disruptive changes brought on by industry 4.0, the past two years has seen the world being faced with the worst global pandemic in just over a century - plunging both individuals and organisations into a state of chaos, uncertainty and instability whilst radically reshaping life as we knew it.

For most South Africans, talking to a financial adviser is something they do when they get married, or reach retirement age and need advice on what to do with their pension. But the fact is that financial advice can help at any stage of your life, and building a long-term relationship with an adviser can help you reach your financial goals faster.

The ANC government continues to ride roughshod over the interests of the country without consequence. All their opponents in politics, in business, in churches, and in civil society, wail and weep without noticeable effect. Ramaphosa and his minions are masters of realpolitik - how to prevail over all opposition, how to pull the levers of influence, how to whisper veiled threats in the right ears.