William Clay Ford Jr. Quotes

Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.

I think corporations and people are very different. People make corporations whatever it is that they're going to be.

The value of an aware is inextricably linked to the character of the organization presenting it.

Empty values statements create cynical and dispirited employees, alienate customers, and undermine managerial credibility.

I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.

I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.

I don't represent corporations.

It is no longer enough to have a good product. A company's purpose and the way it treats its employees and the global community to which it belongs is also of great importance.

I have not changed my position. It is the same exact thing. We can not let crazed, insane businessmen who put their bottom line ahead of the planet - And I'm talking about Rex Tillerson.

People should be encouraged by things like awards given for corporate governance practices.

Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public.

I don't do any corporate work.

The average member of the public thinks of 'business' as an impersonal corporate entity, owned by the very rich and managed by over-paid executives.

Only the corporation that shirks from the light would have anything to fear from government. About the welfare of such corporations we need not be over-sensitive.

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned; they therefore do as they like.

Industry leaders have the power to set standards.

Excessive pandering to stockholders is as bad as any other form of pandering

Technical problems can be remediated. A dishonest corporate culture is much harder to fix.

… work [jobs] and the environment should not be played off against each other.

Culture is what happens when the CEO isn't in the room.

Businesses cannot be extricated or disintermediated from the communities they serve. Businesses who do that will do that at their own peril. They will draw fire. And companies who are integrated will be lauded by their communities and not draw fire.

The bar for a chief executive of a public corporation to repudiate a United States president is extraordinarily high. Corporate leaders aren't given their power, prestige, responsibility, and nine-figure pay packages to use the corner office as their personal soapbox.

There's a rising tide of environmental awareness and activism among consumers that's going to continue to swell in the 21st century. Smart companies will get ahead of that wave and ride it to success and prosperity. Those that don't are headed for a wipeout.

Managing by values - not by profits - is a powerful process that will set your business on the path to becoming what I call a 'Fortunate 500' company.

The Ford Motor Co. should stand for something more than cars and trucks. There is a Ford way of doing things that we cannot lose... We need to be continuously polishing that Ford oval.