Abstract
How ethical investors can show leadership by promoting a corporate social conscience.
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of millions of UK workers employed on zero-hours contracts or within the gig economy. For them, self-isolation means a sudden loss of income, often without access to redundancy payments, sick pay or universal credit.
Covid-19 has highlighted the economic reality of working conditions for employees in insecure, precarious, low-paying and temporary jobs. According to the Office of National Statistics, a record 974,000 people had zero-hour contracts as their main job at the end of 2019 -- some 130,000 more than one year earlier.
The challenge to ethical investors is clear -- how can they encourage powerful corporations to offer fair conditions of employment for honest work?
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of millions of UK workers employed on zero-hours contracts or within the gig economy. For them, self-isolation means a sudden loss of income, often without access to redundancy payments, sick pay or universal credit.
Covid-19 has highlighted the economic reality of working conditions for employees in insecure, precarious, low-paying and temporary jobs. According to the Office of National Statistics, a record 974,000 people had zero-hour contracts as their main job at the end of 2019 -- some 130,000 more than one year earlier.
The challenge to ethical investors is clear -- how can they encourage powerful corporations to offer fair conditions of employment for honest work?
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Specialist publication | The Journal Magazine - CII |
| Publisher | Redactive Publishing |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Sep 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Q120ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Social Sciences(all)