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The Big Picture of Business – Ethics… Good for Business

Strategy Driven

In order to succeed and thrive in modern society, all private and public sector entities must live by codes of ethics. Corporate Responsibility is more than just a statement that a committee whips together. Ethics and profits are not conflicting goals. We must learn to benefit from change management, not to become victims of it.

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The Big Picture of Business – Diversity is Important for Business

Strategy Driven

I was on the committee that wrote that legislation. Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. Holds benchmarks for Continuous Quality Improvement. This year is the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

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How Companies Can Take a Stand Against Bribery

Harvard Business Review

Companies usually manage bribery and corruption risk through a mix of internal processes, certification requirements, and basic good practices throughout their operations — including with suppliers and vendors. It covers bribery in all of its forms — direct and indirect, inbound and outbound.

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The Big Picture of Business: Putting Budgeting Into Perspective, The Bigger Picture of Strategic Planning

Strategy Driven

Are budgeting measures used to manage performance? Is the performance management system focused upon outcomes? Can the benchmarking information be accessed regularly? How well can management interpret and apply findings to the decision process? How diverse is the planning committee? Collaborate with others.

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Your Company Needs a More-Radical Board of Directors

Harvard Business Review

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? I’m not against benchmarking and norming. While benchmarks are useful inputs for compensation decisions, they shouldn’t be a straitjacket. Let’s take pay.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

Strategy Driven

These pointers are offered to help manage time and resources. They staff committees and events, hoping to generate more leads. Inevitably, when high-level forums are organized, the juniors, mid-managers and self-marketers infiltrate and take over… which chases us away. Business organizations are like trees. You Once Did _.