Corporate Integrity

How good companies build a culture of integrity In the present environment of corporate governance brought on by high-profile executive scandals, this book 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: 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 "e;win"e; 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.

How good companies build a culture of integrityIn the present environment of corporate governance brought on byhigh-profile executive scandals, this book makes a strong case forencouraging business leaders to manage beyond compliance. Achievingthe bare minimum of compliance isn't enough. By making corporateresponsibility and integrity a strategic priority-rather thansomething companies are forced to comply with-companies can realizetangible financial returns and benefits. This book providespractical advice, effective tools, and time-tested best practicesfor approaching corporate integrity strategically and managing anintegrity program on a day-to-day basis.There is a growing realization that compliance with the rules isonly a minimum standard of performance, and an increasing demandfrom stakeholders at every level -- shareholders, employeescustomers along the entire supply chain, consumers, advocacygroups, and the local community at large -- for moretransparency and accountability from corporations.But most businesses have little experience and few tools to dealwith the urgent demand to increase corporate responsibility.Corporate Integrity provides practical tools and provenprocesses to manage complex integrity dilemmas and supportimplementation:* Explains how to create a culture of integrity in yourorganization and how to motivate the appropriate corporatebehaviors.* Coverage includes: How to assess and measure integrity; how toalign corporate integrity commitments and actions; how to designand implement dependable and strategic corporate accountabilitysystems and processes; how to develop corporate integrity standardsand report on them, and much more.* Includes a wealth of practical business tools and bestpractices that readers can apply to improve the level of corporateintegrity in their own company.* Features three detailed case studies and numerous otherexamples that illustrate corporate integrity dilemmas and solutionsin action.* Shows how managing corporate responsibility strategically andproactively can go beyond a mere public relations exercise tofoster a corporate "win" in the court of popular opinion and in themarketplace.* Bridges the gaps between corporations, governments, employeesinterest groups, and consumers.* Offers tools and solutions that apply to both for-profitcorporations and non-profit organizations.

Preface.Acknowledgments.Introduction.PART 1: NEW FRONTIERS IN MANAGING CORPORATE INTEGRITY.Chapter 1. New Frontiers in Managing Corporate Integrity.Chapter 2. Frontier 1: Understanding Perspectives Related toIntegrity and Corporations.Chapter 3. Frontier 2: Clarifying the Roles and Responsibilitiesof Corporations.Chapter 4. Frontier 3: Aligning Corporate Integrity ValuesCommitments, and Action within Individual Corporations.Chapter 5. Frontier 4: Explaining Difference BetweenCorporations Regarding Integrity Values, Commitment, andAction.Chapter 6. Frontier 5: Evaluating a Corporation's Accountabilityfor Business Integrity and Measuring Integrity Differences BetweenCorporations.PART 2: PROCESS FOR MANAGING CORPORATE INTEGRITY AND SCENARIOAPPLICATIONS.Chapter 7. Process for Proactive Management of CorporateIntegrity.Chapter 8. Scenario C: Applying Business Integrity Tools to aBusiness Development Opportunity for a European-based Investor inVietnam, an Emerging Market Economy.Chapter 9. Scenario B: Application of Business Integrity Toolsto Private Company Opportunity for a Family Farm Corporation inCanada, a Developed Market Economy.Chapter 10. Scenario: Applying Business Integrity ManagementTools to Community Stakeholders.PART 3: THE ROAD AHEAD FOR CORPORATE INTEGRITY.Chapter 11. The Horizon: The Finish Line Is Still Moving.Appendix : Business Tools.Index.