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Accounting for human rights

Monday, April 25, 2016

The Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal (AAAJ) has published a special issue entitled The Past, The Present and The Future of Social Accounting for Human Rights co-edited by Ken McPhail, Professor of Accounting at Alliance MBS.

Are doctors fit to practice? Research shows the impact of government reforms to professional regulation

Friday, April 22, 2016

Most people think that doctors already go through some kind of regular check that they are up to date and fit to practice – like airline pilots, for example. But in fact, a system to do this (called “medical revalidation”) was only introduced in 2012, after more than a decade of debate between government, the General Medical Council and the medical profession.

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Expert commentary, Research
elaine-ferneley-listing

Monday, April 18, 2016

Shanghai Daily sat down with Prof. Elaine Ferneley, Global & MBA Director of MBS, to discuss the globalisation of the MBA programme and future development.

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School
One per cent of fathers take up Shared Parental Leave

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

In April 2015, Shared Parental Leave was introduced to allow new parents to split up to 52 weeks of shared parental leave between them. Parents would also have the opportunity to take up to 39 weeks of statutory shared parental pay.

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Research
ken mcphail director of research

Monday, April 11, 2016

MPs recently had their first chance to debate The Investigatory Powers bill, legislation that will force internet companies to store records of our online activity and – it is claimed – enshrine mass surveillance into law. The bill has raised a number of questions, not least about the need for targeted rather than mass surveillance, robust oversight mechanisms, and proportionality.

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