Corporate Purpose

The days of narrow corporate purposes based purely on increasing shareholder value are over. Investors, employees, consumers, and politicians all expect more. So how can your company define a higher purpose, and instill it among your workers around the world? Our contributors discuss what it means to be a purpose-driven business in the 21st century.

Values-Based Leadership from Our Community

By |2020-04-08T16:45:41+00:00April 8th, 2020|Corporate Purpose, COVID-19|

Dear readers, The selections for the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, and the content from them for this issue of Ethisphere Magazine, came together months before the coronavirus pandemic reached its current scale. The achievements of these companies are significant, and we want to devote most of this issue to recognizing their good work. However, ...

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Hasbro: A High Bar Across Brands

By |2020-04-20T22:59:38+00:00April 8th, 2020|Corporate Purpose, World's Most Ethical Companies Insights|

Brian Goldner, Chairman & CEO, Hasbro As CEO of global play and entertainment company Hasbro, Inc. since 2008 and chairman since 2015, Brian Goldner has weathered the changing global retail environment and shepherded Hasbro’s stable of beloved brands, all while maintaining the company’s spot as a nine-time World’s Most Ethical Companies® honoree. ...

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GM’s Ann Chaplin: Transformation with Integrity

By |2020-04-08T20:23:13+00:00April 8th, 2020|Corporate Purpose, World's Most Ethical Companies Insights|

Even as the global auto industry has been rocked by the rise of hybrids and electric vehicles, and the tantalizing promise of autonomous cars just around the corner, GM has doubled down on ethics to earn a spot on the World’s Most Ethical Companies® list this year for the first time. The company’s chief ...

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Stagwell’s Ray Day: Next Steps on Purpose

By |2020-04-13T21:35:18+00:00April 8th, 2020|Corporate Purpose|

Ray Day, Stagwell Corporate purpose today is the buzz of the business community. From board rooms and C-suites to Davos and magazine covers, it’s clear something fundamental and profound has changed in the way business leaders now approach their jobs. CEOs at leading companies have realized the mounting societal pressures their organizations ...

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ACC: Trust – Critical to Society and Business

By |2020-04-08T14:27:35+00:00April 8th, 2020|Corporate Purpose|

Trust: It’s a value we’re all familiar with in our relationships with family and friends, but is easy to overlook in the impersonal world of business. And yet trust in an organization, consciously or unconsciously, underlies every aspect of business. Trust is a social glue. It’s no hyperbole to ...

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VF Corp: Leading with Purpose in a Leaner Organization

By |2020-03-02T22:25:15+00:00December 30th, 2019|Corporate Purpose|

Following a year that saw VF Corporation streamline its portfolio of brands and move its headquarters, Ethisphere Magazine took the chance to ask a few questions to the company’s General Counsel Laura Meagher about leading the legal function through these shifts. In this conversation, she discusses preserving culture, new regulations and cross-company collaboration at ...

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The Next Step? Companies Evolving from Ethical to Purpose-Driven

By |2019-12-31T21:46:41+00:00August 16th, 2019|Corporate Culture, Corporate Purpose|

At Ethisphere, our mission over the past decade has been “defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.” At first glance, it seems entirely possible that a company can be ethical—doing business the right way, following the rules, and generally doing the right thing—and still not be driven by anything other than maximizing ...

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Boeing’s Senior Vice President on Building Engagement

By |2019-12-31T21:10:11+00:00August 15th, 2019|Corporate Purpose, South Asia|

How can companies continue to drive excellence in ethics and compliance in today’s dynamic, global environment? Through collaboration, ethical leadership and a commitment to building and sustaining the right culture. This was one of the key takeaways during an industry roundtable in May when Ethisphere and The Boeing Company ...

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South Asia Ethics Summit: India in the Age of Good Governance and Purpose

By |2019-12-03T19:14:18+00:00November 3rd, 2018|Corporate Purpose, South Asia|

Whether in the private or public sectors, addressing the growing trust deficit around the world has been a challenge. Almost every study shows that consumers and investors, regardless of region, are becoming increasingly aware of those companies that adhere to a set of values shared by the community – and those that do not. ...

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Legal Leads on Purpose: Corporate Counsel in Conversation

By |2019-12-03T18:37:01+00:00November 3rd, 2018|Corporate Purpose|

The evolution of the legal department’s role inside the company over the last few years has turned a function once seen as peripheral to the business into a valuable center for strategic insight. That shift has put general counsels and chief legal officers right in the middle of conversations about purpose, responsibility and more. ...

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