Here’s a list of annual publications that rank top companies who are trying to do the right thing: – America’s Most Trustworthy Companies www.trustacrossamerica.com – World’s Most Admired Companies – Fortune www.fortune.com (This ranking includes a list of the best & worst in social responsibility) – Green Rankings (environmental performance) – Newsweek www.newsweek.com – Global … Continue reading
Trust Across America™, a think tank dedicated to unraveling the complexities of trustworthy business behavior, announced the results of its second annual study of almost 2500 public companies on December 19, 2011, naming Smithfield Foods as the Most Trustworthy Public Company for 2011. The Trust Across America study independently analyzes over 200 data points with … Continue reading
I’m reading a 2004 book on trust, “Building Trust: leading CEOs speak out: how they create it, strengthen it, and sustain it,” a publication of the Arthur W. Page Society. The following template for building trust was developed in the 1930’s, “another time of dismay about corporate performance and economic uncertainty.” Arthur W. Page, the … Continue reading
In the 1/19/10 issue of Forbes.com, Don Kraus, CEO, Clorox, discussed how an organization can influence customers with the way it conducts its business. “Influence comes from integrity and trust,” says Mr. Kraus. “Integrity, to me, is the foundation of trust, and trust is the grease of commerce.” To build and maintain trust with customers: … Continue reading
A 2/16/10 article in Ethisphere magazine, Cheating: You Have to Sweat the Small Stuff, reports that cheating is widespread in our culture. Rushworth Kidder, the founder of the Institute for Global Ethics and author of books including Moral Courage. found that people consistently tend to cite truth-telling or honesty as one of their five most … Continue reading
Ethisphere announced its annual List of 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics on December 16, 2009. The year 2009 saw increased scrutiny of corporate transparency, oversight and ethics. “This year we not only saw the catastrophic consequences that ethical failings can have on an organization and industry at large, but we were also able … Continue reading
In his book, Trust or Consequences, Al Golin, founder and chairman of Golin/Harris, describes what he calls the ten commandments of organizational trust: 1. Focus on building trust first and restoring it second. 2. Hold leadership accountable for trust-building efforts. 3. Make trust bank deposits even if you’re the most ethical company in the world. … Continue reading
An article published by the American Management Association (AMA) referenced a global survey on business ethics conducted by the Human Resource Institute (HRI) and commissioned by the AMA. The survey highlighted the fact that business ethics has both bottom-line and moral implications for business professionals. Survey respondents predicted that factors such as protecting a company’s … Continue reading
The October Carnival of Trust includes an interesting post from KDPaine’s Measurement Standard, Greater Transparency Is the Key to Building Greater Trust. The article talks about research by Brad Rawlins, Measurement Maven of the Month, that shows that doing things right isn’t nearly as important as doing the right thing. The overall conclusion of the … Continue reading
I attended a seminar and workshop over the weekend with Andrew Cohen, twenty-first century spiritual teacher and pioneer of Evolutionary Enlightenment. Cohen defines integrity as the relationship between our deepest philosophical spiritual beliefs and our relationship to life. There is a profound correlation between the two. Integrity is about embodying those higher principles. In the … Continue reading