Margaret Chan Quotes

I had no concerns - I had no reason to have concerns based on what was available to me about North's contacts with the private sector people, but I didn't think a CIA person should do it.

In any other corporation, if there was so many things that were found to be corrupt, then the man at the top would go - but that doesn't seem to be the case with FIFA.

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

Even if Koch Industries had a financial interest in the Keystone XL pipeline, what possibly could be wrong with that? Perhaps more important, under what circumstances would such an interest be worthy of a congressional inquisition?

We need to have much clearer regulations on things like corporate funding of scientific research. Things need to be made explicit which are implicit.

I ask the vice president to stop dodging the issue with legalese, and acknowledge his continued ties with Halliburton to the American 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.

Government has a habit of blaming the private sector for its own failings while taking credit for advances we in fact owe to the private sector.

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

From the right to know will flow the right to demand, and get, tougher laws and safer practices.

The government’s role is to motivate the private sector, to assure that it performs in a way which serves the public interest.

It's very important that the government is close to the business community and that we understand their concerns. But at some point, the government needs to be a government.

If you're a public official, your life is an open book.

We follow highest level of corporate governance, which is in line with a global company like ours.

When we see the corrupting influence of political decision making in our public health professionals, we should ask questions.

When you decide you're going to be a public servant, you should not be able to take on interests that conflict with the city.

The onus should be on the banks and their compliance officers to ensure the analysts are kept separate from investment banking and they should be punished for breaches.

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.

Our revenue commissions are very happy and very clear that they showed no sweetheart deals and no preference for any company and never do and never have and never will.

I don't think it's wrong for companies to work with the government. What's important is being trustworthy and honest with customers.

What we need is congressional action to establish a federal principle of fiduciary duty - encapsulated by the phrase 'no man can serve two masters.'

I would deal with President Trump's business no different than I would deal with any other business that comes before the committee.

I pledge to you today that for as long as I am your governor, I will not seek or accept any outside compensation from any source.

Whistleblowers play a vital role in ensuring that the federal government is accountable to the people it serves.

If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.