Australians view big business, the banks and their politicians as unethical, a far-reaching new study of the nation’s ethics and corporate culture has found.

Governance Institute of Australia’s inaugural Ethics Index — the first survey of its kind conducted in Australia — also found that more people see company chairs, CEOs and senior executives as being unethical than not, despite playing a key role in setting standards within companies….

Lending and insurance brokerage firm Savvy Finance is the latest in a number of financial services organisations to integrate electronic signatures into its consent documents. In the last month alone, global e-signature provider and new entrant into the Australia market, eSignLive, the e-signature choice for business, has engaged with three companies in the financial services  sector with Savvy the latest customer to go live.…

The Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) is pleased that three of the major parties have advised they will commit to extra funding of frontline services, including women’s refuges, for women and children escaping domestic violence.

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