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Labour rights reporting: Is a new era in sight?

March 28 2023

MDX academic explains how British firms will have to comply with new EU corporate laws covering a range of social and environmental issues

How seriously are companies taking their reporting under the Modern Slavery Act?

February 10 2022

New research by MDX academics suggests companies focus on the risk to their reputation instead of labour rights when following laws on Modern Slavery

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MBA students need to be taught ‘information resilience’.

October 05 2020

Following the case of ANZ, Tim Evans, Professor of Business and Political Economy, highlights the importance of ‘information resilience’ for MBA students

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Hosting a successful writing boot-camp online

August 24 2020

Professor Anne-Wil Harzing is dedicated to research mentoring in the Business School at MDX. Here, she discusses how her annual writing boot-camp was taken online during COVID-19 and how a community was still maintained.

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Women on board: gender diversity in the banking sector

March 23 2020

Dr Sylvia Gottschalk and Dr Edward Bace explore how gender diversity in the banking sector can relate to a reduction of risk taking.

Unconscious bias: now you see it, now you don’t?

October 11 2019

Roger Kline examines a recent case of race discrimination in the workplace, in which unconscious bias was overlooked by the employer

Safeguarding Malaysia’s women migrant workers

July 25 2019

Dr Tim Freeman and Dr Lilian Miles report on their research into the rights of women migrant workers in Malaysia

CYGNA: Supporting Women in Academia

March 08 2019

Prof Anne-Wil Harzing explains how CYGNA was formed to support female academics

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The NHS Long Term Plan & toxic workplace culture

February 07 2019

Roger Kline examines the new NHS Long Term Plan and asks if it’s enough to change organisation’s future

Creating a supportive research culture

January 30 2019

Professor Anne-Wil Harzing shares the strategies Middlesex University Business School has been using to reach its research potential

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