We desperately need to instil a positive culture - not box-ticking exercises

By James Wates2018-11-06T11:46:00

We need to think differently about corporate governance to regain public trust – a realistic set of principles will help companies achieve this

We in the built environment sector need to be particularly sensitive to issues of public trust. In the past year or so, major developments such as the collapse of Carillion and the Grenfell Tower disaster have shone the spotlight on us. Whether one believes those developments are symptomatic of problems in our sector, or just anomalies, is irrelevant. We must respond to public perception.

More will be accomplished by changing the underlying nature of how we do business than by naming and shamin

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