Issues and Trends in Professional Communication

Establishing Guidelines for Ethical Workplace Communication – “Five Questions that Corporate Directors Should Ask” (UBC – The W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, Larry Colero)
www.ethics.ubc.ca/papers/invited/5questions.html

Considering Privacy - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s Fact Sheet on Social Insurance Numbers
www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/sins-and-drivers-licences/social-insurance-numbers/protecting-your-social-insurance-number/

Land Acknowledgement – Whose Land
www.whose.land/en/

Land Acknowledgement – Native Land
https://native-land.ca/

Best Practices of Leading Communicators – International Association of Business Communicators Toronto’s Communicator of the Year Award
http://toronto.iabc.com/awards/communicator-of-the-year/

Innovation and Entrepreneurship – The Digital Media Zone (DMZ) at Ryerson University
https://dmz.ryerson.ca

Innovation and Entrepreneurship – MaRs Discovery District
www.marsdd.com

Employability Skills Quiz – Job Bank Canada
www.jobbank.gc.ca/workpreference

Corporate Mission Statements – Canadian Tire
https://corp.canadiantire.ca/English/about-us/default.aspx

Corporate Mission Statements – Gildan Activewear Inc.
www.genuinegildan.com/en/company/our-approach/

Corporate Mission Statements – Lush
www.lush.ca/en/story?cid=article_we-believe-statement

Corporate Mission Statements – McCain Foods
www.mccain.com/about-us/our-purpose-values/

Corporate Mission Statements – RBC
www.rbc.com/aboutus/visionandvalues.html

Corporate Mission Statements – Shopify
www.shopify.ca/about

Corporate Mission Statements – Suncor Energy
www.suncor.com/about-us/our-mission-vision-and-values

Corporate Mission Statements – Wattpad
https://company.wattpad.com/press

Corporate Mission Statements – WestJet
www.westjet.com/en-ca/about-us/index

Corporate Mission Statements: Engaging with Indigenous Business – Manitobah Mukluks
www.manitobah.ca/

Corporate Mission Statements: Engaging with Indigenous Business – Leaders International
https://leadersinternational.com/about

Corporate Mission Statements: Engaging with Indigenous Business – Nk’Mip Cellars
www.nkmipcellars.com/About-Us

Corporate Social Responsibility – BMO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeJzs2RxjvU

Corporate Social Responsibility – Magna
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArTZ1lPbSgs

Corporate Social Responsibility – Detour Gold
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyf4OSlX07s

Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility – Canada’s Top Employers
www.canadastop100.com/national/

Accolades for Social and Environmental Accountability – Mountain Equipment Co-Op (MEC)
www.mec.ca/en/explore/sustainability-innovation

Canada’s Best Diversity Employers
www.canadastop100.com/diversity/

Factors in Employee Engagement – Glassdoor
www.glassdoor.ca/Award/Best-Places-to-Work-Canada-LST_KQ0,26.htm

Company Ethics Codes – BMO
www.bmo.com/home/about/banking/corporate-information/codeofconduct

Company Ethics Codes – RBC
https://www.rbc.com/our-company/_assets-custom/pdf/Code-Of-Conduct.pdf

Privacy and Your Workplace – PIPEDA Privacy Principles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwoN8e9stEI

PIDEDA – Overview
www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/privacy-laws-in-canada/the-personal-information-protection-and-electronic-documents-act-pipeda/pipeda-compliance-help/bus_pipeda_intro/bus_101_04/

Privacy Quiz – Privacy Commissioner of Canada
https://services.priv.gc.ca/quiz/index_e.asp

Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz – Pew Research Centre
www.pewinternet.org/quiz/cybersecurity-knowledge/

Responsible Business Practices – The Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR)
http://cbsr.ca/

Corporate Social Responsibility – TEDx Talk: The Era of Corporate Social Responsibility is Ending (Rachel Hutchisson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8dXNzCIVxg

Professionalism – Frustrated TD Bank Customer Stunned after Service Rep Bites Back Online (CBC News Toronto, Shannon Martin)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/td-bank-customer-service-online-review-1.5341579

Indigenous Economic Empowerment – Indigenous Urban Business Initiatives Growing as Demographics Shift (Canadian Business, Ian Bickis)
https://www.canadianbusiness.com/business-news/indigenous-urban-business-initiatives-growing-as-demographics-shift/

Sustainability – Why Do (or Don't) Companies Go Green? (Canadian Business, Chris MacDonald)
https://www.canadianbusiness.com/blogs-and-comment/why-do-or-dont-companies-go-green-chris-macdonald/

Personal and Professional Boundaries – Beer-throwing Suspect at Blue Jays Game No Longer with Postmedia (The Globe and Mail, Mark Blinch)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/beer-throwing-suspect-no-longer-with-postmedia/article32386540/

Supporting Employees – At Startups, Burnout Is as Common as Communal Workspaces (Maclean’s, Erin Davis)
https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/at-startups-burnout-is-as-common-as-communal-workspaces/

Millennial Workforce – Millennials Don't Want to Work for the Man (The Toronto Star, Lisa Wright)
https://www.thestar.com/business/small_business/2016/01/20/millennials-dont-want-to-work-for-the-man.html

Corporate Social Responsibility – Starbucks: Social Impact
https://www.starbucks.ca/responsibility

Corporate Culture – Shopify’s Corporate Culture
https://www.shopify.com/careers/culture

Land Acknowledgement – Whose Land: FAQ
https://www.whose.land/en/faq

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