Corporate Integrity: A Toolkit for Managing Beyond Compliance - Hardcover

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Donna Kennedy-Glans's expertise is drawn from more than twenty years of experience as a lawyer and business executive, representing large international corporations struggling to manage integrity dilemmas at head office and on the ground. Ms. Kennedy-Glans has pioneered and implemented best practices in the field of business integrity in over thirty countries. More recently, she advises the voluntary sector on integrity, and bridges relationships between the private and voluntary sectors (www.integritybridges.com). She is a frequent speaker and workshop presenter at events and conferences around the world.
 
Dr. Bob Schulz is a professor of strategic management at Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, where he has coached business leaders and trained future business leaders for three decades. Dr. Schulz's award-winning teaching/learning style focuses on bridging academic theory and practical application. As a strategic planning consultant, he has worked closely with senior leaders in both the public and private sectors.

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Praise for Corporate Integrity

"The timing of this original book is perfect because public attention is focused on disregard of accepted rules of behavior by such corporate giants as Enron and Worldcom. Obeying the rules, as the expression goes, is necessary but not sufficient. In fact, the authors argue, the bottom line is enhanced when corporations are proactive in responding to stakeholder expectations on integrity of management. The book is replete with illustrations to help corporate leaders understand and effectively navigate the changing challenges of business frontiers." Sidney Weintraub, William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.

"A masterful guide to building corporate integrity in a way that is personal, practical, and pertinent in today s business environment. If you are committed to moving beyond the rhetoric and Pollyanna views of ethics and want to implement meaningful integrity management practices beyond compliance in your corporation, you will find enormous value in this book." David Irvine, Author of Accountability: Getting A Grip On Results and Becoming Real: Journey To Authenticity

"The drive for greater transparency means that businesses will become increasingly accountable to the standards and expectations of their stakeholder communities and any disconnects between what is being practiced and what is being preached will almost inevitably be exposed. This book will help business leaders to understand the values and principles that underpin business integrity and provides a range of useful management tools that can assist with the process of embedding a culture of integrity throughout an organization. What might now appear to be radical and cutting-edge will rapidly become mainstream practice. Business leaders cannot afford to ignore Corporate Integrity." John Christensen, New Economics Foundation, London

"I commend this book to the increasing number of professionals in corporations who are working to understand what corporate responsibility is, and making efforts to put its practice into place in their companies. Where this book exceeds many others is in its robust set of practical tools to help inform the process of transforming corporate commitment to integrity into action." George Greene, President, Stratos Inc.

"Having worked for multinational companies on risking issues for over twenty-five years, we believe that corporate integrity is fast becoming the hottest new risk, and that Donna Kennedy-Glans is in the vanguard of the movement. The toolkit that she has developed in this book for managing corporate integrity issues will be in the library of every serious company within the next few years. Why wait until then buy it now!" Dr. Charles Gurdon, Managing Director, Menas Associates Ltd.

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"The failure of ethics in business is front-page news. In response, regulatory agencies are drafting more integrity rules and most corporate managers I know are scrambling to comply. Managers are looking to strict compliance with rules and regulations, internal and external audits and insurance to reduce the impacts of integrity risks to their corporate bottom-line. Through work in the trenches with companies, it is my experience that compliance is not enough to navigate integrity dilemmas. The big rewards are in moving beyond compliance."
 
From the Preface
 
In the present environment of corporate governance and rule-making, this book makes a business case encouraging leaders to manage beyond compliance. By making corporate responsibility and integrity a strategic priority (instead of something they are forced to do or comply with), companies can realize tangible financial returns. This book provides practical advice, tools, and best practices on how to approach corporate integrity strategically, and how to manage it 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 "win" 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.