The 7 Habits of Trustworthy People & Organizations
Trustworthy people and organizations typically have characters and cultures in which the seven core business virtues are deeply ingrained:
Good work ♦ Honesty ♦ Fairness ♦ Good manners ♦ Promise keeping ♦ Legality ♦ Avoidance of harm
These core business virtues translate into the
7 Habits of Trustworthy People & Organizations:
Trustworthiness has two main axes: character and competence.
We need and expect people and organizations to do good work. This is the competence axis. The most honest person who can't pilot a plane has no business offering to fly us to our destination. We can't trust her to deliver.
Moral character runs along the other axis. If someone lies, cheats, steals, breaks promises, breaks the law, or causes harm in the course of wor
king with us, it matters little that she makes the best buys or has the greatest legal skills available. She might betray us in numerous ways. Again, we can't trust her to deliver.
Ethics By Design has built a program around the seven habits of trustworthy people and organizations to help instill these core virtues as bedrock reflexes in the work of individuals, groups, and organizations. We believe a conscious and explicit commitment combined with reinforcing procedures and practices reduces fraud and lays the foundation for superior performance and exceptional business success.