Simon King

Santander UK causes £2.8m Damage to Employee

Allegations of race discrimination appear to have stuck on Santander UK in a high-profile legal battle that has made UK history on a number of accounts. Santander UK is the UK bank previously known as Abbey National and taken over in 2004 by Emilio Bot... Read >

Santander UK Risks Selling Opportunities

In a high-profile race discrimination situation that has made UK legal history on a number of accounts, Banco Santander UK has been demonstrating an astonishing level of appetite for risking alienating customers. Santander UK is the UK bank formerly kn... Read >

Santander UK Risks Corporate Image

Santander UK has been displaying an astonishing level of appetite for risking its reputation and corporate image in a high-profile employment dispute that has made UK legal history on several accounts. Santander UK is the UK financial services provider... Read >

What Drives Unethical Behaviour? Lessons from F1 McLaren Mercedes driver featuring Santander UK

The way organisations conduct themselves can affect lives. Organisations continually face ethical issues. Unethical behaviours can lead to highly visible and expensive consequences. Nevertheless, organisations and their staff at times do behave unethicall... Read >

Key Ethics Principles, from Lewis Hamilton F1 McLaren Mercedes driver featuring Santander UK

People, as individuals and as societies, expect organisations and their staff to behave ethically, because the way they go about their business can harm people both as individuals and/or as societies. But what are the principles at the heart of ethical b... Read >

Types of Ethical Issues, illustrated by Lewis Hamilton Formula One featuring Abbey Santander UK

The way in which organisations conduct their activities can affect people both individually and/or collectively as a society. Organisations constantly have to consider ethical issues in conducting their activities. But what types of ethical issues do they... Read >

The Price of Breaking the Rules, exemplified by Lewis Hamilton F1 Driver Abbey Santander UK

The UK Financial Services sector is highly regulated; banks and other financial institutions must comply with a wide range of legal and regulatory rules, as well as social and ethical standards. But why do all these rules and regulations exist? Well, the... Read >

Social Responsibility, demonstrated with Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 driver Abbey Santander UK

The spirit of corporate social responsibility is that organisations should behave like 'good citizens' in their communities. Good citizens think about others beside themselves, and try to exercise ethical judgements when deciding how to behave. This i... Read >

Taking On a Formidable Opponent, Clues from Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 Abbey Santander UK

When a worker and an employer are unable to settle an employment dispute informally by themselves, then the worker may take on the dispute through more formal channels. But what is it like to take on a powerful opponent? Clues can be found in the UK land... Read >

Employment Grievance Procedure illustrated with Chagger v Emilio Botin Abbey Banco Santander Group

An employment grievance is a complaint, concern or issue regarding employment rights that the employee flags to the attention of the employer. The grievance can be over such areas as employment terms and conditions, equal opportunities, health and safety,... Read >

Assessing Compensation for Loss: Rules from Chagger v Emilio Botin Abbey Santander share price

In November 2009, the Court of Appeal handed down its landmark rulings in the high-profile race discrimination case of Balbinder Chagger v Abbey National plc & Nigel Hopkins (2009) regarding the manner in which discrimination compensation is to be derived... Read >

Discrimination Compensation rulings in Chagger v Emilio Botin's Abbey Santander share price

The Court of Appeal has issued rulings (effective from 13 November 2009) on how employment discrimination compensation awards should be calculated, after hearing the employment race discrimination case Chagger v Abbey National & Hopkins (2009). Previou... Read >

Mitigating Loss illustrated with Chagger v Emilio Botin's Abbey Banco Santander share

An employee who has suffered infringements of his employment rights (such as unfairness, discrimination, victimisation, and so on) has a legal duty to mitigate his loss flowing from the infringements. If he fails to discharge that duty in full, then he i... Read >

Employers are liable for "Stigma Loss", established by Emilio Botin Abbey Banco Santander Group

Further to an Employment Tribunal ordering Abbey Santander Emilio Botin to pay Mr Chagger (a former employee) the record £2.8 million compensation in the racial discrimination case Chagger v Abbey National & Hopkins (2006), the UK Court of Appeal has est... Read >

The Case For Managing Equality and Diversity illustrated with Emilio Botin Santander shares price

An active approach to managing equality and diversity in the workplace can boost business performance and contribute towards the attainment of business targets; Rosabeth Moss Kanter, in 'The Change Masters: Corporate Entrepreneurs at Work' (1994) noted th... Read >