Tagged: ethical leadership

Episode 109 — The Business Roundtable Restatement of Corporate Purposes and the Importance of Ethical Leadership

In a significant development, the Business Roundtable issued a restatement of general corporate purpose.  The restatement embraces a number of important social trends and awareness of ethical culture and broader principles.  While the statement is laudatory, the proof will be in tangible actions taken to implement the broad and important purposes.   In this Episode, Michael Volkov examines the Business Roundtable Restatement and reflects on the...

Ethical Culture Begins with Senior Management

I tend to repeat myself and when it comes to corporate cultured and ethics, I admit it.  A company without an ethical culture, or at least a commitment to an ethical culture, will be unable to achieve an effective ethics and compliance program. NAVEX Global’s recent benchmarking report was an important confirmation that successful compliance programs often have two strong characteristics – senior level buy...