Above the Board: How Ethical CEOs Create Honest Corporations

by Patrizia Porrini, Lorene Hiris, Gina Poncini

Overview

In recent years, a string of corporate scandals have sent shockwaves throughout the business world, resulting in the fracture of public trust in corporations. Now more than ever, corporate honesty and integrity are directly connected to success and growth. Above the Board provides strategies and methods to help you build a solid foundation of ethical corporate values into your organization.

Inside, you'll find key advice from CEOs who have put corporate ethics at the forefront. The common message is that business ethics should not be viewed as an “add-on” to a company's operations; rather, it must be a key element in an overall strategy for success. “Organizations across a range of industries are faced with the challenge of fostering an ethical environment that goes beyond compliance,” the authors write. “Above all, it is the CEOs who are in a position to set the ethical tone and climate of their organization.” Above the Board offers concrete practices, procedures, and personalized approaches used by such companies as Whirlpool, Xerox, Walgreen Co., Texas Instruments, and P&G to help you

• Make integrity a core value for every employee
• Integrate ethics into the heart of your corporate strategy
• Create wide-scale transparency throughout your company
• Harness ethical energy and make ethics messages far reaching
• Build a system of ethics that will remain relevant well into the future

Above the Board provides insight, best practices, and success stories from CEOs who began building upon their corporations' foundational principles early on, and it sheds light on how these initiatives have benefited shareholders, customers, and other stakeholders alike. This insightful look at the new way of doing business is an invaluable blueprint for nurturing ethics within your company, creating a permanent foundation of fresh corporate values, and putting your company in a solid lead against the competition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071641456
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	07/20/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	483 KB

About the Author

Patrizia Porrini, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Management at Long Island University.

Lorene Hiris, D.P.S. is Professor of Finance at Long Island University.

Gina Poncini, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at the University of Milan.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introducing the Ethical CEO

Chapter 2. Keeping history, traditions and values alive

Chapter 3. Facing Challenges

Chapter 4. Taking Tangible Steps

Chapter 5. Bringing Ethics to the Individual

Chapter 6. Spreading the Word Creatively

Chapter 7. Addressing Industry-related Issues

Chapter 8. Looking Forward

Ch. 9 Making Ethics Contagious