Corporate Integrity Quotes

A good reputation for yourself and your company is an invaluable asset not reflected in the balance sheets.

There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules.

In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line.

A profit is not without honor save in Boston.

The lure of heady profits of the late 1990's spawned abuses and excesses. With strict enforcement and higher ethical standards, we must usher in a new era of integrity in corporate America.

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

Every public company depends to some extent on the trust of its investors.

American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing.

They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill.

The violations of these diesel motors by our company go against everything that Volkswagen stands for... at this time, I don't yet have the answers to all the questions. I'm utterly sorry that we have damaged trust in this way. I offer my deepest apologies to our customers, the authorities, and to the public at large for our misconduct.

If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn't have done it.

The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It's integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, 'Who can I do business with that I can trust?'

I don't like the word "brand." When I see people creating a brand, it feels disingenuous.

When you're building a business or joining a company, you have to be transparent; you can't have two sets of information for two sets of people.

All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities.

Enron - although an extreme case - is hardly the only company with a hollow set of values.

We've done all the work that needs to be done on the inside to make sure there's no malfeasance inside Chrysler.

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

I'm out talking about this company (General Electric) seven days a week, 24 hours a day, with nothing to hide. We're a 130-year-old company that has a great record of high-quality leadership and a culture of integrity.

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

I was turning down cigarette campaigns before it became fashionable. I wouldn't let CBS Radio sell 'The Stan Freberg Show' to R.J. Reynolds and American Tobacco, which had sponsored Jack Benny, the man I replaced.

The challenge for capitalism is that the things that breed trust also breed the environment for fraud.

A great business has to have a conscience. You have to know who you are and who you are not.

I admire Mark Zuckerberg... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot.

The whole idea of a spokesman is a joke and a fraud if you drop someone like a hot potato if there's controversy.