The Executive's Guide To Corporate Responsibility Management and MVO 8000
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More than ever, organizations need to recognize and accept all of the previously unseen responsibilities that involve good citizenship. It is neither easy, nor automatic. For an organization to be a good citizen, it must succeed across a spectrum of challenges that include (in addition to building a business):
· Community responsibility
· Employee health, safety and quality of life
· Environmental compliance.
In recent years, even the most overconfident CEOs have acknowledged the success of structured management systems like ISO 9000, ISO 14000, and many of the others. In those same recent years, monumental company failures have both underscored the need and created the requirement for CEOs and CFOs to satisfy themselves and attest in writing regarding the veracity of their documentation. Reliance on outsiders, to the exclusion of internal auditing and controls, inevitably leads to disaster.
This book introduces MVO 8000, which I had the privilege to help create. It is not the intention of this Standard to replace the knowledge and skill of the CEO with a cookbook. Rather, we intend to provide CEOs with useful tools to run their organizations as good leaders, managers, and neighbors.
MVO 8000 is applicable to any organization and can be efficiently integrated into existing management systems. It is derived from statutory and regulatory requirements, internal guidelines, best practices, and an ethical imperative to conduct business honestly and with proper regard for the employee, the customer, and the community. Its input requirements are essentially the same as for any other initiative to be effective, and as specified in international standards that continue to grow in popularity and contribution.
MVO 8000 specifies the framework of a Corporate Responsibility System. It enables organizations to formulate policies and objectives governing company Corporate Responsibility, incorporating statutory and regulatory requirements, and the requirements of company personnel, stakeholders, suppliers, and the community. The Standard itself does not establish any specific ethical standards or values.
MVO 8000 specifies the framework of a Corporate Responsibility System. It enables organizations to formulate policies and objectives governing company Corporate Responsibility, incorporating statutory and regulatory r
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This book is a no-nonsense guide for executives to establish and maintain an effective corporate responsibility management system in organizations of any size and mission.
It introduces the MVO 8000, Corporate Responsibility Management and Ethics Standard, which I had the privilege to help create. It is not the intention of this Standard to replace the knowledge and skill of the CEO with a cookbook. Rather, we intend to provide CEOs with useful tools to run their organizations as good leaders, managers, and neighbors.
The checklists provided help to assure a comprehensive and effective program.
About the Author
Eugene A. (Gene) Razzetti retired from the U.S. Navy as a Captain in 1992, a decorated Vietnam Veteran and having had two at-sea and two major shore commands. Since then, he has been an independent management consultant, project manager, and auditor. He became a military analyst after September 11, 2001. He co-authored MVO 8000, the Corporate Responsibility Management Standard that is contained in this publication. He is a Certified Management Consultant with the Institute of Management Consultants, USA, and has served on many boards and committees dealing with ethics and professionalism in the practice of management consulting.