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25th February 2011

Remortgage Abbey

Currently Abbey is known as Santander and was formerly known as Abbey National, in full. In terms of market command, Abbey (now Santander) is among the top six banks in the UK and one of the largest providers of savings, mortgage and remortgages. Founded ...

06th May 2010

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...

30th April 2010

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...

19th April 2010

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...

22nd March 2010

Spain Keeps the Tourists Busy

People go on holiday because they want to forget the mundane busy office or business schedule. They want to enjoy and rejuvenate themselves. If you spend your vacation visiting Spain, you will not only forget your office or business, you will forget yours...

18th March 2010

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 unethic...

10th March 2010

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...

09th March 2010

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...

04th March 2010

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...

23rd February 2010

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...

17th February 2010

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...

18th December 2009

Fitch thinks of down rating Euro banks with too much commercial property exposure

European banks, including those in the U.K., Spain and Ireland, have high exposure to the crisis-hit commercial real estate sector, and some of them could face negative rating actions as loan losses peak next year, Fitch Ratings said in a report today. ...

18th December 2009

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...

15th December 2009

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...

20th August 2009

Abbey Santander Group advances UK Colour Discrimination Law

An employee alleging race discrimination on the ground of colour can have a case in UK law, according to the high-profile Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006) legal case, where the Tribunal made a ruling of racial discrimination and ordered Abbey...

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