Articles & features
Why mentoring matters
- Aug 2024
- ICAEW Insights
The core value of any firm is the quality of its professionals. Fostering a mentoring culture ensures the soft skills needed for the job are passed to the next generation of new management, says Andy Lopata.
Insight: mentoring corporate financiers
- Jul 2024
- Andy Lopata
The core value of an advisory firm is the quality of its professionals. Fostering a mentoring culture ensures soft skills needed for the job are passed to the next generation of new management, says Andy Lopata.
Why the tone of whistleblowing policies matters
- Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Staff need support to speak up about unethical practices in the workplace – we look at how to create effective whistleblowing policies that break down barriers.
Updated internal audit code to boost corporate governance
- Mar 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Revised Internal Audit Code of Practice aims to empower internal audit by acting as a practical guide to supporting board disclosure on risk management and internal control frameworks.
How the Board can make the most of culture surveys
- Sep 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Board members play a crucial role in setting and maintaining the right culture, and surveys are an important part of that effort. We explore what boards should expect from management when deploying and using culture surveys, and how to use the data.
Guidance
Ethics and AI
- Report
- Oct 2024
- PDF (1,006kb)
In 2024, ICAEW’s Trust and Ethics Team hosted roundtables on shaping guidance for the accountancy profession on the ethical use of artificial intelligence. Read an overview of the discussions, offering insights into real-life use cases and the risks that must be managed.
Why accountants need to align sustainability and finance data
- Helpsheets and support
- Jul 2024
For a sustainable shift in corporate behaviours to succeed, finance professionals must ensure meaningful connections are being made between sustainability and financial information.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
How boards of accounting and finance firms can benefit from shadow boards
- Helpsheets and support
- May 2024
Shadow boards can be considered as a tool for navigating a turbulent and ever-changing business landscape. Find out how accountancy businesses can see the same benefits from setting up a shadow board that other sectors are already experiencing.
Sharpening the focus on corporate fraud: an audit committee perspective
- Report
- May 2023
- PDF (803kb)
This is the second of two interview-based publications about fraud. In this report, the Audit and Assurance Faculty considers audit committee perspectives on corporate fraud and how it can be better prevented and detected.
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BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FACULTY
Why culture is important and the power of culture metrics
- Helpsheets and support
- Nov 2020
- PDF (207kb)
This guide, written by Jenny Jones, explains the importance of organisational culture and why businesses must get it right. It considers the benefits of a new metrics-based approach to measuring culture, and how the data gathered can support the organisation as it evolves.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
How whistleblowing helps companies
- Thought leadership report
- Apr 2019
- PDF (775kb)
The latest ICAEW Connect and Reflect report shows how whistleblowing can help companies and provides an action plan for boards. We explore the five benefits of whistleblowing for companies and then outline the five-point action plan that boards can implement in order to maintain their systems of checks and balances.
AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY
How to audit culture
- Helpsheets and support
- Mar 2018
This practical guide outlines the eight steps to follow to conduct a successful internal audit of culture.
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TECHNICAL ADVISORY SERVICES
Disclosure of confidential information to the police and other enforcement agencies
- Helpsheets and support
- Jun 2017
Technical helpsheet issued to help ICAEW members consider confidentiality requirements in the context of disclosure of confidential information to the police and other enforcement agencies such as HMRC and the National Crime Agency.
Webinars and other recordings
Merging firms made simple: culture, tech, and introducing Capium 365
- Webinar
- Oct 2024
Insight into merging accountancy firms and the practicalities of bringing together cultures and technology.
ETHICS
'Whistle blowing' and 'Speaking up'
- Video
- Jul 2023
A discussion on the concept of “psychological safety”; the positive benefits of a speak up culture and how to normalise the speak up process within organisations.
How a board should balance major strategic issues with staff retention and wellbeing
- Podcast
- Nov 2022
In the second of two Insights In Focus special episodes an experienced panel discuss a dilemma facing a fictional UK-based food manufacturer.
How a board should maintain the right culture during periods of fast growth
- Podcast
- Nov 2022
In the first of two Insights In Focus special episodes an experienced panel discuss a dilemma facing a fictional software company.
Bloomsbury Accounting and Tax Service
Eligible firms have free access to Bloomsbury Professional's comprehensive online library, comprising around 80 titles from some of the country's leading tax and accounting subject matter experts. Find out who is eligible and how you can access the Accounting and Tax Service.
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Culture, ethics and the board
- eBook chapter
- 01 Jan 2020
- Andrew Chambers
- Bloomsbury Professional
- Corporate Governance Handbook
A chapter focusing on the board's role in reviewing their company's culture, ethics and behaviour.
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'Quiet quitting' and 'quiet thriving' - Flourishing in the modern organisation
- Article
- 01 Aug 2023
- Cam Caldwell, Laura Ellera, Dima Rachid Jamali
- Valparaiso University Press
A look at what employers and employees can do to create healthier organization cultures - so that organizations and employees can flourish in today’s challenging economic times. Drawing upon research about the modern organization, the authors identify ten recommendations to help organizations create healthier and thriving work cultures. They also identify ten action steps which employees can proactively take to help themselves and their organizations to thrive.
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The silent risk - Never take 'K(no)w' for an answer! Embracing emergent conversations for change and innovation in business meetings
- Article
- 01 Apr 2023
- Robert Lengel
- HR.com, Inc
Dr. Robert H. Lengel discusses a way to host strategic conversations bringing stakeholders together in pursuit of changing organizational culture. He describes a method he has developed called 'conversation walls', which involves collating anonymous phrases used by staff in both their public and private conversations. This aims to reveal pent-up negativity and emotions which are not given space for expression in traditional business meetings.
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Innovation-driven culture
- Article
- 01 Jan 2023
- Mark L.Frigo, Terry E.Groff, Hans Laessoe, Darren Snellgrove
- Institute of Management Accountants
Developing a culture that prioritizes innovation is the key to creating long-term sustainable value, say the authors. They use three companies as case studies - Reading Bakery Systems, Johnson & Johnson, and the LEGO Group.
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Company culture and team creativity
- Article
- 01 Aug 2022
- Isabella Grabner, Aleksandra Klein, Gerhard Speckbacher
- Institute of Management Accountants
Companies that actively communicate shared core values are in a better position to achieve high creativity within project teams. The authors suggest designing projects so that team members have highly interdependent tasks but teams as a whole also have the ability to self-manage, without a team manager restricting their creative autonomy.
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Useful links
Four Ways to Avoid the Pitfalls of Motivated Moral Reasoning
- 14 May 2024
The article defines motivated reasoning, offering example from the business world, and offers strategies to mitigate its effects.
How Leaders Fake Psychological Safety
- 05 Dec 2023
Article describing misguided methods that leaders use to fake psychological safety within their teams. It provides strategies for fostering work environments that encourage dissent.
Bias Busters Collection
- 13 Nov 2023
Series of articles on common cognitive and organisational biases. Each article sets out a dilemma, then outlines the research on the type of bias being encountered and puts forward a remedy.
Corporate culture (FRC)
- 03 Oct 2023
FRC resources on corporate culture. Publications, podcasts and case studies.
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