Coaching and mentoring

Coaching is certainly a buzz word in the workplace and with good reason – it delivers great results. The CIPD defines coaching as ‘development techniques based on the use of one-to-one discussions to enhance an individual’s skill...


Competence

The Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of the relevant aspects of competent is: • suitable, appropriate; • sufficient or adequate in amount, or degree; • legally authorised or qualified, able to take cognisance (of a witn...


Corporate manslaughter

The passing of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, to introduce a statutory offence of ‘Corporate manslaughter’ (called ‘Corporate Homicide’ in Scotland) followed many years of promises by the UK Gov...


Corporate responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is used by leading companies as a strategic framework, through which all company activities are viewed. It is also known as Corporate Responsibility (CR) and sometimes as Corporate Citizenship. CSR is not a r...