Manmohan Singh Quotes

If a business is not ethical, it will fail, perhaps not right away but eventually.

If you want to find out how strong a company's ethics are, don't listen to what its people say, watch what they do.

Corporate leaders surely have their problems, I believe that most CEOs are doing their best to hew to the ethical line. The problem is that that line has gotten blurred and that our moral standard seems to be "if everybody else is doing it, it's okay". That's not good enough for me.

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to be carefully sown into the fabric of their companies.

It is vital to any organization, to be strong and effective, to be ethical.

I have nothing else to say other than I wasn't corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn't greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.

Every organization does good and bad things.

I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience, but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.

It turns out that doing the right thing, treating people right, is also the right thing for the company.

In matters of business, no woman stops at integrity.

Strong ethics keep corporations healthy . Poor ethics make companies sick. Values are the immune system of every organisation.

In every company which I have done strategic planning, the number-one value people choose is always integrity. The second values may be quality of products and services, caring about people, excellent customer service, profitability , innovation, entrepreneurship, and others. But integrity always comes first.

If you pretend that business is beyond morality, that's the kind of morality you get.

I sometimes wonder how some people can live with themselves in some of the big companies today. So many far-reaching decisions are based on how they will affect the next shareholders' meeting.

I believe no amount of business school training or work experience can teach what is ultimately a matter of personal character. Businesses are not dishonest or greedy, people are. Thus, a business, successful or not, is merely a reflection of the character of its leadership.

There is very little evidence that we give a hoot about profit.

Companies and leaders are role models - not just with the business community - but in the broader world.

Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long-term social values.

Businesspeople get a little bit of bad press sometimes. There are a lot of normal and ethical people.

History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.

We have to raise the bar on corporate governance. Shareholders want ethical behavior and honesty.

You're used to seeing values listed on waiting-room walls. Communication, integrity, excellence, and respect. Those were actually Enron's values.

Our core values and business ethics will always be paramount in all that we do, and we are always looking to do the right thing and settle claims fairly and accurately.