Ethical Consulting Services

12/08/2026

NZ’s conservatives are showing their hatred for accommodating the views of others – different electoral system, but intolerance manifest + contempt for negotiation, so rig the voting system!

https://theconversation.com/coalition-leadership-is-hard-luxons-nuclear-option-of-electoral-reform-is-not-the-answer-289223

11/08/2026

Public interest lobbying: I’m talking with Mike Holt on his podcast

https://rumble.com/v7dwl92-mike-smith-lobbyist-returns.html

07/08/2026

Lobbying regulation reforms - small steps, positive steps, much more to be done
https://ethicalconsulting.com/lobbying-reform-incomplete/

05/08/2026

The greatest threat for all of us – the overtaking of democratic institutions by autocratic regimes & their supporters … and what are WE doing about it?

https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/the-rise-of-authoritarian-cooperation-a-new-illiberal-order

04/08/2026

How the slide into unethical can happen

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-do-people-act-against-what-know-value-believe-sanela-osmic-gaicd-5mi8c/



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30/07/2026

29/07/2026

If you don't know where the policy process is up to, your lobbying can be in vain

https://ethicalconsulting.com/lobbying-vase-becomes-pitcher/

28/07/2026

https://betterboards.net/governance/from-boardroom-to-break-room-embedding-governance-in-daily-practice Embedding Governance in Daily Practice case study: shared accountability, an agenda for every meeting, papers circulated well ahead, and much more

23/07/2026

Because it wasn't told cheating or theft were banned, an AI/LLM program undergoing testing broke itself out of a computer allegedly isolated from the internet, and hacked another site to steal the test answer - no human involved. But sure, they're safe to use on important jobs https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/openai-agent-goes-rogue-in-unprecedented-hack.html