Corporate Governance & Accountability

Anita my heroine, and to see her daughter Sam on television this morning speaking movingly about how her mother was, on a personal level so careful about her health and what went into her body, and on a business level was concerned with corporate governance, accountability, social responsibility (which was where I met her) that she should become a victim of the "infected blood scandal" due to a blood transfusion whilst giving birth.

Corporate Governance & Accountability

I met Anita at a CBI Conference in Birmingham in the 1990's - I was introduced to her personally and felt I knew her immediately. She was so warm, definitely a "make a difference" person. She asked me what did I want to do, how, why, what, when and said I must pick up the phone if I needed someone to talk to. 

She understood what was my challenge and it was a big vision that even after 25+ years I am still "banging" on about corporate governance, leadership etc. She was one of the founder members of The Centre for Tomorrows Company and one of the people who inspired me from that era.   I spent 5 years working there  - collaborating with people like Anita, Charles Handy, Prue Leith, John Neil and all the other great inspirators who were our founder members of CTC.  

I was in awe of Anita, as a person, as a colleague, as a messenger wanting to "make a difference" and that later she herself should have her life cut short by the negligence of those who thought their actions in using blood from anywhere & everywhere; and moreover it was OK  years later not to be held accountable for their actions even now in 2024;  this makes me sad (I should be angry, very angry) but perhaps its an age thing and I am getting tired, so tired of seeing so much injustice to those who spend years of their lives campaigning for what should be their right (and havent we seen so much of that lately?)

And on the same day we learn more of the scandal of water pollution and resultant disease in the South of England.  Again accountability for spillages (seems a strange word as though its just a little drop, but it isnt, its millions of gallons poured into our rivers, lakes etc where people go to relax, bathe, enjoy life)

So its important from another level for US to be aware of OUR actions and how they impinge on others, should one day we become accountable.

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