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| Ignorance Is No Defense in Integrity-Based Organizations |
 In many organizations, there is a distinct gap between the lofty principles espoused by leaders and the reality faced in the trenches at the end of every quarter. There are three traits of leaders of integrity-based organizations that help close that gap.
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| In the News |
Companies Are Taking Short-Term Approach to SOX Compliance
Despite an extension in the deadline from June 15, 2004, to November 15, 2004, half of large U.S. companies polled are still less than 60 percent complete in meeting their Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 filing requirements.
KPMG Creates Ethics Global Center
KPMG International announced the establishment of the Global Center for Leadership & Business Ethics, an independent entity designed to recognize those individuals who exhibit extraordinary business ethics and leadership qualities.
Companies Accused of Fraud Have Fewer Independent Directors
As the proportion of independent, outside directors on a board and its oversight committees increases, the likelihood of corporate fraud decreases, according to a study of U.S. companies.
First Sarbanes Whistleblower Decision Sides With CFO
An administrative law judge with the Department of Labor ruled that Virginia-based bank Cardinal Bankshares Corporation fired its CFO in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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| Spotlight |
| The Integrity Alignment Process |
 The Integrity Alignment Process is a compliance and ethics framework for building integrity-based organizations and managing risks to your company's reputation.
Learn more about the Integrity Alignment Process and discover how to develop an integrity-based culture engaged in best practices that promotes ethics awareness, open culture, ethical leadership and effective corporate governance. | |
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About Working Values
Working Values Ltd., a SmartPros company, has been a proponent of the truly ethical workplace, promoting values-based ethics since its founding in 1993. Working Values contends that while articulation of standards can set goals, standards alone cannot change behaviors. To achieve this necessary change and ensure systems that will propagate continuing ethical behavior, companies must evolve from rules-based – or end-result focused – ethics to values-based ethics, where ethics as an ongoing process, with an emphasis on an integrity-based control environment.
Working Values helps organizations change employee behavior through the Integrity Alignment Process and Integrity Toolkit. The Integrity Alignment Process is a comprehensive integrity assessment and planning process. One of the key elements of the Integrity Alignment Process is the Integrity Toolkit, which provides a company's leaders with tools for building comprehensive integrity programs. The Toolkit includes corporate communications templates, training and development programs for employees, managers, and senior leaders, and guidance on business process improvement. Through these unique offerings, Working Values serves as an integrity coach to its clients, helping them to narrow their Behavior-Standards Gap.
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