Quite often, companies are publicly embarrassed, face legal scrutiny and reputational damages when one of their third parties engages in unethical or criminal behavior. In April this year, five subsidiaries of Dutch conglomerate SHV settled for 41.6 million Euro to avoid further prosecution by the Dutch justice department.
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Australia’s rapidly evolving geostrategic neighbourhood is setting the scene for a major challenge to the nation’s traditional approach to strategic policy development. Recognising this, Professor John Blaxland explains the growing need for a geostrategic SWOT analysis to inform the nation’s strategic direction.