Why providing consultancy with integrity is more important than ever

Consultants. They often get a bad rap, particularly in the marketing industry. I work with many clients in a consultative capacity, across anything from bespoke vision or structural alignment projects, through contractual and remuneration assessment, to market pitches or agency selection work. I’ve also worked with many consultants in my agency days. The majority of the clients we work with are pretty happy. I would like to say that the majority of agencies we’ve worked with are – well, at least not unhappy – with the way in which we handle them.

Ethics in Procurement

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The Ethics Alliance have prepared this new 30-page report on Ethics In Procurement. Find out more about how it came to fruition and what is in the report.

Can brands behave more ethically?

Quarternity P4 (my due apologies to Trinity P3) or put simply, the foursome of Product, Price, Place and Promotion has been the foundation of Marketing for eons. It may have become somewhat out-dated in today’s context, but I was drawn back to it after reading a piece from The Ethics Centre that Darren Woolley shared with me recently. Titled “Trust, Legitimacy & the Ethical Foundations of the Market Economy”, the paper by Simon Longstaff and Victoria Whitaker is a compelling narrative on the origins of the market economy, its apocalyptic decline and possible ways to help restore the legitimacy of our market institutions.