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Is Your Company as Ethical as It Seems?

Harvard Business Review

The onus for ethical behavior falls first to the employee. But it’s also the responsibility of the company to cultivate a culture that shuns corner-cutting and prevents it from accumulating into major scandals, ones that damage the credibility of the business, endanger jobs, and threaten the entire enterprise.

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The Best Ways to Discuss Ethics

Harvard Business Review

Companies can take a wide variety of approaches to how to discuss ethics. At one end of the spectrum are companies that rely on their code of ethics or on the exemplary behavior of people at the top. Still, this leaves open the question of what actually works in guiding employees' ethical behavior. Setting the right example.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

Development of core business supplier relationships. Running the business. Objective analysis of how the organization has operated to date. Communicate policies and procedures to employees. Written, consistent policies with payables and receivables are followed. Make investments toward quality controls.

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What is HR Analytics?

HR Digest

HR analytics enables organizations to align their workforce with business objectives, minimize recruitment costs, and optimize resource allocation. To ensure data quality, organizations should establish data governance policies and processes, including data validation, cleaning, and security measures.

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The Guru's Guide to Creating Thought Leadership

Harvard Business Review

effectively connected their ideas to the particular national moods aroused by Thatcher's economic policies. In particular, our research revealed that HBR's authors consistently took aim at one of three core business objectives: improved efficiency, greater effectiveness, or innovation of products and processes. More >>.

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

Strategy Driven

Doing what you started in business to do…what you tell the customers that you do. Processes, policies and procedures to make better widgets and a better organization. Advancing conditions in which core business is delivered. Walking the Talk: ethics, values, quality, vision. Making the widget itself.

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The Big Picture of Business – Planning and Budgeting in Downsized Times

Strategy Driven

7 Stages in Making a Case for Business Funding: Link to a strategic business objective. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Adopt a policy of strategic planning. Strategic goals and objectives must filter downward throughout all the organization. Add value via internal services. Training is vital.