Soaring and crashing stock prices, resigning CEOs and out of control labour practices: what is going on with Australian businesses? Award-winning labour relations lawyer and author of Working for the Brand: how corporations are destroying free speech, Josh Bornstein and award-winning senior business writer and investigative journalist Adele Ferguson join host Richard Holden to consider the state of business. Get your head around the latest scandals, analyse business-employee relations and discover the ethical challenges shaping the future of corporate Australia. 

This event was presented by the Sydney Writers' Festival and supported by UNSW Sydney. Presented in partnership with the State Library of NSW.

Soaring and crashing stock prices, resigning CEOs and out of control labour practices: what is going on with Australian businesses? Award-winning labour relations lawyer and author of Working for the Brand: how corporations are destroying free speech, Josh Bornstein and award-winning senior business writer and investigative journalist Adele Ferguson join host Richard Holden to consider the state of business. Get your head around the latest scandals, analyse business-employee relations and discover the ethical challenges shaping the future of corporate Australia. 
This event was presented by the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.swf.org.au/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.swf.org.au/">Sydney Writers' Festival&nbsp;</a>and supported by UNSW Sydney. Presented in partnership with the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/">State Library of NSW.</a>

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Business Behaving Badly

Raji Ambikairajah has had a very successful career. She was awarded NSW Woman of the Year for her work with Room to Read, she has a PhD in electrical engineering from UNSW, she’s been the CEO of several start-ups, and she’s been on company boards since she was in her 20s. But if you asked her right after graduating what she wanted to do, she wouldn’t have been able to tell you. In fact, she was one of the few graduates in her year without a job lined up. What makes Raji stand out has been a clear moral compass that has guided her across careers, companies and boardrooms.

On this episode of We built this thing, Raji chats with host Justine Rogers about letting your moral compass guide your career decisions. Tune in to hear how she committed to donating her time, treasure or talent from the very beginning of her career. Don’t miss her advice for dealing with an uncertain future and building a career that may not be linear but makes sense to you.

For more episodes from We built this thing, visit unsw.to/wbtt.

Raji Ambikairajah has had a very successful career. She was awarded NSW Woman of the Year for her work with Room to Read, she has a PhD in electrical engineering from UNSW, she&rsquo;s been the CEO of several start-ups, and she&rsquo;s been on company boards since she was in her 20s. But if you asked her right after graduating what she wanted to do, she wouldn&rsquo;t have been able to tell you. In fact, she was one of the few graduates in her year without a job lined up. What makes Raji stand out has been a clear moral compass that has guided her across careers, companies and boardrooms.
On this episode of&nbsp;We built this thing, Raji chats with host Justine Rogers about letting your moral compass guide your career decisions. Tune in to hear how she committed to donating her time, treasure or talent from the very beginning of her career. Don&rsquo;t miss her advice for dealing with an uncertain future and building a career that may not be linear but makes sense to you.
For more episodes from We built this thing, visit <a href="https://unswcentreforideas.com/article/wbtt">unsw.to/wbtt</a>.

We built this thing Ep4: The ethical executive: when your moral compass guides your career decisions with Raji Ambikairajah

From a family story rooted in Yarrabah, to the lawns of the White House in Washington DC, hear the incredible story of Daniel Joinbee, a proud Gunggandji man, Royal Australian Air Force veteran, and founder of Australia’s first and only 100% Aboriginal-owned aerospace consultancy and Indigenous youth program. Daniel and host Jonathan Webb will also discuss enabling Indigenous communities to blaze their own trails through empowering programs like Raising Horizons. 

For more UNSW Centre for Ideas podcasts, visit unsw.to/cfi-podcast

From a family story rooted in&nbsp;Yarrabah,&nbsp;to the&nbsp;lawns&nbsp;of the White House in Washington DC,&nbsp;hear the incredible story of Daniel Joinbee, a proud&nbsp;Gunggandji&nbsp;man, Royal Australian Air Force veteran, and founder of Australia&rsquo;s first and only 100% Aboriginal-owned aerospace consultancy and Indigenous youth program.&nbsp;Daniel and host Jonathan Webb will also discuss enabling Indigenous communities to blaze their own trails through empowering programs like Raising Horizons.&nbsp;
For more UNSW Centre for Ideas podcasts, visit <a href="https://unswcentreforideas.com/podcasts">unsw.to/cfi-podcast</a>

Daniel Joinbee: Indigenous aerospace trailblazer

What happens when a master of the stage turns to the page? 

Acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, artistic director and now novelist Andrew Upton has never been one to stay in his lane. Across theatre, film, television and fiction, his many creative pursuits are united by one calling: storytelling. 

In this compelling conversation with Michaela Kalowski, recorded live at Belvoir St Theatre, Upton discusses his debut novel, Krank Fuss – a modern-day fable set against the gathering darkness of Europe in 1937. Moving from the stage to the page, he explores the craft behind the novel, the inspiration that drives his work and the different possibilities that emerge when creating for theatre and fiction. Their conversation travels across creativity, culture, technology, power and freedom – and considers the enduring ability of storytelling to help us see familiar questions from entirely new perspectives. 

For more UNSW Centre for Ideas podcasts, visit unsw.to/cfi-podcast

What happens when a master of the stage turns to the page?&nbsp;
Acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, artistic director and now novelist Andrew Upton has never been one to stay in his lane. Across theatre, film, television and fiction, his many creative pursuits are united by one calling: storytelling.&nbsp;
In this compelling conversation with Michaela Kalowski, recorded live at Belvoir St Theatre, Upton discusses his debut novel,&nbsp;Krank Fuss&nbsp;&ndash; a modern-day fable set against the gathering darkness of Europe in 1937. Moving from the stage to the page, he explores the craft behind the novel, the inspiration that drives his work and the different possibilities that&nbsp;emerge&nbsp;when creating for theatre and fiction. Their conversation travels across creativity, culture, technology,&nbsp;power&nbsp;and freedom &ndash; and considers the enduring ability of storytelling to help us see familiar questions from entirely new perspectives.&nbsp;
For more UNSW Centre for Ideas podcasts, visit <a href="https://unswcentreforideas.com/podcasts">unsw.to/cfi-podcast</a>

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