In the present environment of corporate governance brought on by high-profile executive scandals, Corporate Integrity makes a strong case for encouraging business leaders to manage beyond compliance. Achieving the bare minimum of compliance isn’t enough. By making corporate responsibility and integrity a strategic priority – rather than something companies are forced to comply with – companies can realize tangible financial returns and benefits. This book provides practical advice, effective tools, and time-tested best practices for approaching corporate integrity strategically and managing an integrity program on a day-to-day basis.
There is a growing realization that compliance with the rules is only a minimum standard of performance, and an increasing demand from stakeholders at every level – shareholders, employees, customers along the entire supply chain, consumers, advocacy groups, and the local community at large – for more transparency and accountability from corporations. But most businesses have little experience and few tools to deal with the urgent demand to increase corporate responsibility. Corporate Integrity provides practical tools and proven processes to manage complex integrity dilemmas and support implementation. This book:
- Explains how to create a culture of integrity in your organization and how to motivate the appropriate corporate behaviors.
- Coverage includes: how to assess and measure integrity; how to align corporate integrity commitments and actions; how to design and implement dependable and strategic corporate accountability systems and processes; how to develop corporate integrity standards and report on them, and much more.
- Includes a wealth of practical business tools and best practices that readers can apply to improve the level of corporate integrity in their own company.
- Features three detailed case studies and numerous other examples that illustrate corporate integrity dilemmas and solutions in action.
- Shows how managing corporate responsibility strategically and proactively can go beyond a mere public relations exercise to foster a corporate “win” in the court of popular opinion and in the marketplace.
- Bridges the gaps between corporations, governments, employees, interest groups, and consumers.
- Offers tools and solutions that apply to both for-profit corporations and non-profit organizations.
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Testimonials:
“Managing beyond compliance demonstrates vision and leadership, key indicators in measuring the elusive ‘quality of management’, which investors strive to define and invest in. Companies that demonstrate leading-edge thinking and climb the integrity ladder are those that will provide superior returns to shareholders over the long-term. This book provides some practical tools to help companies get where they need to be in the 21st century.”
~ Michael Jantzi, Jantzi Research Inc. ~
“Even as corporations today rile at the thought of further compliance, the unavoidable reality looms…they absolutely require a millennium sherpa to guide them through the rapidly shifting obstacle course of global change to ensure their footing. Donna Kennedy-Glans is one of those rare creatures, with the vision, expertise and knowledge to guide corporations upwards, through these moving targets to make their place as tomorrow’s corporate leaders.”
~ Ellis Kirkland, Chairman and CEO, Kirkland Group of Companies ~
“With this book, Donna Kennedy-Glans provides valuable insight into the topic of corporate integrity, as well as practical tools to manage it. The audience, from corporate executives to those affected by business everyday, should find this book extremely helpful in encouraging and creating better business practices. As someone who works with companies daily to support greater understanding of their impact on, and ability to manage their effects on, human rights, I recommend this book highly and will refer to it often!”
~ Krista Hendry, Director, Human Rights & Business Roundtable, Fund for Peace, Washington D.C. ~
“This book touches on a very important issue for both corporations and governments. We, in many countries of the developing world, suffer from corruption and a shortage of integrity. The blame is often directed to the governments because their civil service salaries are low and as a result they accept bribes from companies to top up their salaries, and the companies get their business done. To achieve integrity across a society is the responsibility of all governments, corporations, and individuals. I congratulate you for an excellent work.”
~ H.E. Dr. Abdulla Nasher, Republic of Yemen Ambassador to Canada ~
“The management tools provided in this book outline a proactive approach to regulatory compliance that all but guarantees improved public perception, greater risk reduction, improved regulatory compliance and greater profitability.”
~ Steve Potter, Director, Bureau of Resource Management and Development, Division of Mineral Resources, New York State Department ~
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