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Amid numerous contributing factors, one element stands out: organizational culture. Regulators and firms alike recognize that a strong culture is essential for delivering high-quality audits. A Dutch study found that improving firm culture was the only audit quality enhancement both regulators and firms deemed critical. The PCAOB continues to emphasize the key role of firm […]
As a global biopharmaceutical company navigated a period of accelerated expansion, it partnered with Principia to proactively strengthen its leadership decision-making capabilities and preserve the company’s values-driven culture.
How Ethical Decision Making Frameworks Enhance Strategic Thinking When leaders face complex decisions, cognitive biases often narrow our field of vision. We default to familiar metrics, overlook peripheral stakeholders, and underestimate long-term implications. Traditional business frameworks, while valuable, can compound this problem by focusing solely on quantifiable metrics, familiar solutions and immediate outcomes. The result? Critical […]
ESG regulation, specifically the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) will enhance transparency over companies’ sustainability performance. In heavily regulated sectors like healthcare, there is a longstanding tendency to focus on what ‘we can do’ according to regulation, rather than what ‘we should do’ to align […]
Yes. We supported Discovery’s executive committee in aligning their commitment to ethics and values with their commercial ambitions.
CSR. ESG. Purpose. Code of Conduct. There’s an endless succession of acronyms and phrases that companies use to describe what a moral philosopher would call “ethics.” Or, put simply: how individuals and organizations can do right by others.
Reproductive rights have become a central workplace topic in the past two months, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling which overturned Roe vs Wade and removed the constitutional right to abortion.
Foresight is resilience – and resilience is advantage.
Make promises – and then keep them.
Make ethical decisions – with consistency, agility, and transparency.