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From Expert to Trusted Advisor: The Role of ISO 20700 in Management Consulting

Effective Managers

Establishing a Global Standard of Excellence ISO 20700 sets a global benchmark for management consulting services, providing a comprehensive framework for excellence. Focusing on Ethical Practices Ethics are at the core of the ISO 20700 guidelines.

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How Companies Can Take a Stand Against Bribery

Harvard Business

External standards can also be a powerful tool in support of those efforts, helping companies strengthen ethics and compliance practices by offering a clear framework for action. And consumers are placing a higher and higher value on whether a company has ethical practices, too.

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Research: Firms Give More Stock Options When They’re Committing Fraud

Harvard Business

In addition, employee stock options typically have vesting terms that require employees to wait a few years before they can exercise their options, which may act as a disincentive to blowing the whistle before they’re able to exercise their options. federal court from 1996–2011.