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Episode 9: The death of corporate greed

Are making money and acting ethically mutually exclusive? Find out why business success is now so dependent on ethical behaviour, in this episode of A Different Lens.

Michelle Welsh Professor & Head, Department Business Law and Taxation

Are making money and acting ethically mutually exclusive? Find out why business success is now so dependent on ethical behaviour, in this episode of A Different Lens.

Business and economy

Back from the brink

A sudden funding change plunged a youth service into an existential crisis. To survive required a radical shift in how it operated.

Paul Thambar Lecturer, Department of Accounting

A sudden funding change plunged a youth service into an existential crisis. To survive required a radical shift in how it operated.

Business and economy

Twice around the block

Life has come full circle for Malaysian professor and nation-building advocate Mahendhiran Nair.

Mahendhiran Nair Professor of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Malaysia

Life has come full circle for Malaysian professor and nation-building advocate Mahendhiran Nair.

Business and economy

Learning to live within our means

The credit debt trap is a honey pot for financial institutions, and that becomes a problem mostly for the poor, says John Vaz.

John Vaz Senior lecturer, banking and finance

The credit debt trap is a honey pot for financial institutions, and that becomes a problem mostly for the poor, says John Vaz.

Business and economy

GST double-dip risk

The complexity of GST reforms might jeopardise the necessary cooperation of overseas businesses, and place consumers at risk of being wrongly charged.

Kathryn James Senior Lecturer, Law Resources

The complexity of GST reforms might jeopardise the necessary cooperation of overseas businesses, and place consumers at risk of being wrongly charged.

Business and economy

Bank on no rate change

The RBA is expected to leave the cash rate unchanged for now, but pressure is mounting for a move upwards.

Mark Crosby Associate Professor, Director of Bachelor of International Business Program

The RBA is expected to leave the cash rate unchanged for now, but pressure is mounting for a move upwards.

Business and economy

Seeing stars in the food ratings game

As governments around the world try to curtail the global obesity crisis, do Australia’s Health Star ratings encourage people to choose healthy options?

Satheesh Seenivasan Lecturer, Department of Marketing, Monash Business School

As governments around the world try to curtail the global obesity crisis, do Australia’s Health Star ratings encourage people to choose healthy options?

Business and economy

Why CEOs need to embrace fear

Vulnerabilities are an occupational hazard for CEOs. Fear is the manifest human emotion that comes with it.

Mariano Heyden Associate Professor, Department of Management

Vulnerabilities are an occupational hazard for CEOs. Fear is the manifest human emotion that comes with it.

Business and economy

The look that can sell – and save – a brand

Celebrity endorsements can be a powerful marketing tool, but can also spectacularly backfire. The damage can, however, be limited through the right kind of facial expression.

Jasmina Ilicic Associate Professor, Department of Marketing

Celebrity endorsements can be a powerful marketing tool, but can also spectacularly backfire. The damage can, however, be limited through the right kind of facial expression.