Launch of Oxford-GlobeScan Corporate Affairs Report 2020
Session
Jun 24 '20 12:55pm–Jun 24 '20, 2:40pm GMT
Summary of Discussion
1. What lessons has your organization learnt through the current COVID-19 crisis?
- Readiness to address climate change and/or other issues
- Increasing importance of effective employee engagement
- Increasing centrality of the Corporate Affairs function
- Importance of knowing your stakeholders
2. To what extent has the Corporate Affairs function been able to embed a reputation ethos in other corporate functions’ plans and activities?
- Positioning purpose as a North Star
- Reinforced the importance of Corporate Affairs function
- More communication and collaboration with strategic alliances
- To identify strategic needs
3. How are you measuring the impact that of corporate affairs activities on delivering value to the business?
- Looking at stakeholders' perspectives/views
- Employee engagement pulse checks
- By the use of KPIs and/or dashboards
- Using a good mix of qualitative and quantitative data
4. What is the most important thing companies should focus on in the post-COVID context to truly be trusted leaders?
- Delivering on promises. Actions have to match words
- Clear view on how to make tradeoff decisions
- Transparency, effective communication, and connection with stakeholders
- Supporting communities, more education around sustainability
- Bringing in a purpose on sustainable practices
Polls
1 of 2
How much do you think that COVID-19 is fundamentally changing the relationship between business and society?
To what extent is the corporate affairs function embedded across other functions in your organization?
Highly siloed and not at all embedded
0%
Siloed but with some horizontal cooperation
12%
Siloed but with good collaboration across other functions
56%
Somewhat embedded into other functions
25%
Fully embedded into other functions
6%
16 votes
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Meet our Guest Contributors
Claire Dixon
Chief Communications Officer
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation
Bob Eccles
Visiting Professor of Manag...
Oxford University
Oxford University
Anik Michaud
Group Director, Corporate R...
Anglo American
Anglo American
Stewart Prosser
Associate Fellow
Oxford University
Oxford University
Rupert Younger
Director, Oxford University...
Oxford University
Oxford University
Session Moderator
Chris Coulter
CEO, GlobeScan
Canada
Canada