Steven Mintz

Is there a Backlash on Reporting Sustainability Activities/ESG?

Sustainability / /

Does ESG Really Matter? Writing in their book, ESG Matters: How to Save the Planet, Empower People, and Outperform the Competition, Brown and Brown (2021) state that ESG makes sense because a responsible company that cares about its people, customers, and the environment is more likely to outperform competitors and be successful and resilient than one that does […]

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The Importance of Developing Soft Skills in the Workplace

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Cultivating Emotional Intelligence I have previously blogged about the importance of developing soft skills. In today’s blog I update the discussion by addressing ways to improve your soft skills. First, it’s important to understand the importance of developing these skills in the workplace. Developing Soft Skills in the Workplace I recently read an interesting article on Forbes Advisor online

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Does ESG Reporting Enhance the Understandability of Sustainability?

Sustainability / /

The Challenges of Reporting ESG reporting provides a specific framework for evaluating and measuring a company’s sustainability performance. It assesses a company’s ESG-related risks and opportunities by providing a standardized approach for stakeholders, including investors, creditors, regulators and society in general, to assess corporate sustainability. The Purpose of ESG Reporting The goal of reporting on

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What is Ethical Intelligence in the Workplace?

Ethical Culture / /

Reviewing What Others Say About It I’ve always been attracted to the concepts of Emotional Intelligence and Ethical Intelligence. They are character traits that make for healthy relationships. However, I haven’t given them enough coverage in my blogs as it pertains to ethics in the workplace. According to ethicist Bruce Weinstein: “Emotionally intelligent people are aware of how they and

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Are SPACs on the Way Out? New Regulations are on the Horizon

Accounting Profession / /

SEC Comes Down Hard on Marcum LLP On June 21, 2023, the PCAOB sanctioned Marcum LLP for violating PCAOB rules and quality control standards by failing to take sufficient steps to ensure that its system of quality control provided reasonable assurance that: (1) the firm would comply with the requirements regarding the acceptance of issuer

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What is the Relationship Between Conscious Capitalism, Stakeholder Capitalism, and ESG?

Stakeholder Capitalism / /

Operationalizing CSR I have previously blogged about “Conscious Capitalism” and pointed out that it is a relatively new concept but a natural part of the evolution of what it means to be committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Corporations need to embrace conscious capitalism if they want to be relevant as an engine for economic growth. The main

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Discrimination Against Seniors in the Workplace is a Growing Problem

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Protecting Seniors’ Rights We are facing economically turbulent times, which may include layoffs and companies downsizing. Unfortunately, older workers often endure the most of these cutbacks because employers use the opportunity to get rid of older workers who sometimes command the highest salaries or prevent the business from projecting a “younger” image. I have previously blogged about

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Clawback of Executive Compensation: Ethical Issues

Business Ethics / /

Accountability for Restated Financial Statements On October 26, 2022, the SEC issued a final rule aimed at ensuring that executive officers do not receive “excess compensation” if the financial results on which previous awards of compensation were based are subsequently restated because of material noncompliance with financial reporting requirements. Such restatements would include those correcting

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General Motors CEO Makes 362 Times the Median Employee

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Executive Pay Packages Are Out of Whack General Motors CEO Mary Barra, the highest-paid chief executive among the Big Three, made nearly $29 million in 2022. Securities and Exchange Commission filings show that this is 362 times the median GM employee’s paycheck. Publicly traded companies are required to disclose the ratio of their CEO’s pay

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