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Anglo-American Capitalism and the Ethics of Business

Norman Barry defends the morality of Anglo-American business, a form of which is practised in New Zealand, against critics who argue that market morality has to be imposed from outside. He claims that proposals to impose wider forms of ‘social responsibility’ on firms would be bad for business and, therefore, for society. Read more

Norman Barry
New Zealand Business Roundtable
1 June, 1999
Submission The 1998 Review of the Statutory Minimum Wage

Submission: The 1998 Review of the Statutory Minimum Wage

In broad terms the argument for raising the adult and youth statutory minimum wage rates is that it would increase the incomes of low-wage employees and produce a fairer distribution of income. People higher up the wage scale may also enjoy smaller wage gains as a consequence of increased demand for substitutes for low-productivity labour. Read more

New Zealand Business Roundtable
1 October, 1998
Submission Accident Insurance Bill

Submission: Accident Insurance Bill

The NZBR welcome the key reform set out in the Bill. Opening up the Employers' Account to competition is a step in the direction that the NZBR has advocated since 1987. Read more

New Zealand Business Roundtable
1 October, 1998
Submission Annual Review of the Minimum Wage

Submission: Annual Review of The Minimum Wage

Under Section 5 of the Minimum Wage Act, the Minister of Labour is required to review the minimum wage rate(s) prescribed under the Act each year. This is the NZBR's submission to the 1997 review of the minimum wage. Read more

New Zealand Business Roundtable
1 October, 1997
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Time for reappraisal

The purpose of this paper is to introduce business people, lawyers and public servants unfamiliar with the international protection of human rights to a potentially important matter which receives little public consideration and on which surprisingly little detailed analysis has been published. The discussion about international protection of human rights tends to be confined to a small group of academics, lawyers and diplomats who have interested themselves in these matters. Read more

Bernard Robertson
New Zealand Business Roundtable
1 September, 1997
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Paying for Pensions: The Case of Chile

Reform of pension systems has become a serious policy issue in many countries, including New Zealand. The Chilean scheme provided a model for similar reforms of state pensions in countries such as Argentina, Mexico, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. Read more

Veronica Jacobsen
New Zealand Business Roundtable
1 August, 1997

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