Ethics in Action Stories - Paul Hargreaves of Cotswold Fayre

Rachel Eden is our new Mayor of Reading. In this interview, discover what the role of Mayor entails and Rachel's main aims for her time as Mayor. We explore the values that underpin Rachel in her many...

12 Jan 202222min

Our very own volunteer, Caroline Gratrix has been supporting Ethical Reading since we launched, as our official people and event photographer. Caroline shares her passion for capturing people looking ...

13 Des 202111min

Our very own ER volunteer and sustainability lead, Kathryn McCann, guides us through one of our most loved ER initiatives: Trees for Reading (TfR). She leads us through how it started, the benefits of...

15 Nov 202129min

Chris Williams tells the remarkable story of the family-owned Jennings Business Park and its unique values regarding tenants, with community at its heart. Since 2018 it’s been on a transformational su...

1 Nov 202129min

Kimmy of Style Nation, a successful, award-winning hairdressing business in Reading, found a natural fit with the Reading Ethical Recruitment Charter. In her recruitment practices, Kimmy looks for peo...

19 Okt 202111min

Reading Ethical Recruitment Charter Series: Rapid Personnel was set up as an alternative to exploitative recruitment agencies using unscrupulous practices. 20 years on and many sector challenges later...

5 Okt 202117min

Adele had a unique role as instigator of the Reading Ethical Recruitment Charter. She was told of several cases of totally unacceptable practices by employers in the recruitment process and saw red! S...

21 Sep 202123min

Tim was pressured at work to overlook large-scale financial impropriety, he refused and left. This led him to start Work in Confidence, a system where employees can raise a workplace problem, concern ...

6 Sep 202117min