Responsible business is resilient business – UN Global Compact Chief Sanda Ojiambo | Daily FT
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Thursday Sep 03, 2026 Thursday, 13 August 2026 00:30 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} UN Assistant Secretary-General and UN Global Compact CEO and Executive Director Sanda Ojiambo By Shanika Sriyananda Ethical leadership is increasingly critical to long-term…
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What happened
Thursday Sep 03, 2026 Thursday, 13 August 2026 00:30 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} UN Assistant Secretary-General and UN Global Compact CEO and Executive Director Sanda Ojiambo By Shanika Sriyananda Ethical leadership is increasingly critical to long-term…
Why it matters
She stressed that corruption not only undermines fair competition but also drains resources that could otherwise support public services, investment and job creation.
Common ground
“If you want to be in business for the long term, ethical leadership simply has to be the way to go,” Ojiambo said in an exclusive interview with the Daily FT during her visit to Sri Lanka for Forward Faster Now | APAC 2026.
Perspective signals
The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.
Follow-up questions
- What new context would change how readers understand this Ethical Governance story?
- What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Ojiambo said in an exclusive interview with the Daily FT during her visit to Sri Lanka for Forward Faster Now | APAC 2026?
- How does this story connect Ethical Governance with Economic Recovery of Sri Lanka over the next few days?
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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.
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Loaded Language
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Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing loaded language helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.
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Glittering Generalities
70% confidence
Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing glittering generalities helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.
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Claim 1: “Ojiambo said in an exclusive interview with the Daily FT during her visit to Sri Lanka for Forward Faster Now | APAC 2026.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding a manga series, a sport, and a TV series. There is no evidence in the provided set confirming the visit to Sri Lanka or the interview with Daily FT.
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— Sanda (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki. It was serialized in Akita Shoten 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from July 2021 to Jul…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanda_(manga)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanda_(manga)
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— Sanda represents the modern development of Lei Tai contests, but with rules in place to reduce the chance of serious injury. Many Chinese martial art schools teach or work within the rule sets of Sand…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanda_(Sport)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanda_(Sport)
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— Set in future Japan, where declining birth rates give children higher social status than adults. Santa Claus has been sealed by a curse, leaving Christmas a legend. Sanda Kazushige realizes he has a c…
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt35127440/
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt35127440/
Claim 2: “I would encourage them to join the UNGC Network in Sri Lanka. It has 15 years of history in building strong business networks.”
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The evidence confirms the existence of the UNGC Network in Sri Lanka, but none of the provided sources mention a '15 years of history' timeline.
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— ASTARTA Holding (ASTARTA-KYIV, ASTARTA HOLDING PLC) is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding company in Ukraine, a public European company. It produces food products with a focus on global m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astarta_Holding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astarta_Holding
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— Aung Tun Thet (Burmese: အောင်ထွန်းသက်) is a Burmese economist, author, educator, and public speaker. He had worked in academia, government service, private sector and in the civil society. He has publ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_Tun_Thet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_Tun_Thet
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— The United Nations Global Compact is a non-binding United Nations (UN) pact to get businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their impleme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Global_Compact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Global_Compact
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Claim 3: “UN Assistant Secretary-General and UN Global Compact CEO and Executive Director Sanda Ojiambo”
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Both Wikipedia and the official UN Global Compact website confirm that Sanda Ojiambo is the Assistant Secretary-General and the CEO & Executive Director of the UN Global Compact.
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— Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) is an African non-governmental initiative launched in 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria. ASIS is co-convened by the United Nations in Nigeria and Sterling One Foundation alongs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Social_Impact_Summit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Social_Impact_Summit
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— Sanda Ojiambo is a Kenyan administrator who serves as the as assistant secretary-general of the United Nations Global Compact, effective April 2022. Before that, from 17 June 2020 until 22 April 2022,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanda_Ojiambo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanda_Ojiambo
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— The United Nations Global Compact is a non-binding United Nations (UN) pact to get businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their impleme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Global_Compact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Global_Compact
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Claim 4: “About half of the UN Global Compact’s participants are large companies and the other half are SMEs.”
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While evidence confirms that UN Global Compact participants represent 'every sector and size' and mentions SMEs, there is no specific data provided in the evidence to corroborate the 'half and half' (50/50) split between large companies and SMEs.
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— The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) stand…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc
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— The United Nations SDG Publishers Compact is a non-binding United Nations pact open to publishers, associations, booksellers and other organizations involved in the publishing industry, in support of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDG_Publishers_Compact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDG_Publishers_Compact
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— The United Nations Global Compact is a non-binding United Nations (UN) pact to get businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their impleme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Global_Compact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Global_Compact
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Claim 5: “We have a network here in Sri Lanka, while globally there are 68 other country networks, with businesses in more than 130 countries.”
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The evidence confirms the existence of the Sri Lanka network and the general nature of the UN Global Compact, but does not provide the specific numbers '68 other country networks' or 'more than 130 countries'.
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— The United Nations Global Compact is a voluntary initiative based on CEO commitments to implement universal sustainability principles and to undertake partnerships in support of UN goals.
https://unglobalcompact.org/
https://unglobalcompact.org/
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— Participation with Network Sri Lanka.“Network Sri Lanka has given us not only tools and guidance, but also a collaborative platform to transform climate ambition into measurable action,” says Ranagala…
https://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/leading-climate-resilience-f…
https://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/leading-climate-resilience-f…
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— @UN Global Compact The new Angola Country Network is a legitimate step. But a deeper question: to what extent do voluntary compliance initiatives risk creating isolated "green silos" – unable to trans…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/globalcompact_the-un-global-c…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/globalcompact_the-un-global-c…
Claim 6: “We have just launched the Responsible Business Coalition with the Colombo Stock Exchange.”
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Multiple independent web sources (Daily Mirror and other news reports) confirm the launch of the Responsible Business Coalition in partnership with the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE).
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— The Beijing Mofang (Chinese: 北京魔方), translated to Rubik's Cube in English sources, also known globally as the BAIC Beijing X55 or simply BAIC X55, is a compact SUV produced by the Chinese automaker BA…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Mofang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Mofang
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— Klaus M. Leisinger (born 6 February 1947 in Lörrach) is a social scientist and economist. He is founder and president of the Global Values Alliance in Basel. Until 2012 he was managing director and ch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_M._Leisinger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_M._Leisinger
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— The Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative promoting corporate investment in sustainable development. It is a project of the United Nations (UN) co-organized by the United Nations Conference on …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Stock_Exchanges_In…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Stock_Exchanges_In…
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