Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
are no longer just “nice to have if you can afford them”.

They are becoming essential to the survival of any business, and are now accepted as a source of significant competitive advantage.

The subject of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility is being increasingly publicized.

Reports of companies and individuals being “brought down” by their deliberate or negligent misbehavior appear almost daily in the press. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that it is increasingly becoming a competitive advantage to be viewed as a company with a high-level of business ethics and social responsibility. It attracts and retains employees, customers, business partners and investors.

Gravitas People, a new service from the Gravitas Partnership, is designed to help companies which either have identified employee ethics issues or wish to immerse their organizations in the highest standards of business practices, values and behaviors. (We do not concentrate on investigating specific historical issues, or on developing “fail-safe” accounting procedures, although we can manage such actions for you.)

We concentrate on*:

The pro-active development of awareness by employees, suppliers, and other business partners of the need and benefit of sound behaviors in dealing with people both within and outside the company – and the penalties for
mis-behavior.

The development of policies which enable employees, suppliers and other business partners to understand more clearly what is, and what is not, acceptable.

The development of processes which enable any of them confidently to “stand up and be counted” when faced with mal-practice or socially irresponsible behavior by their colleagues, superiors, or business partners

We assist in developing the necessary framework of policies and processes, and then work with management to ensure awareness, and implement the necessary training.

The outcome is a culture in which social responsibility and business ethics are firmly embedded throughout the orgainization which:

minimizes the potential for mis-behavior

enables sanctions to be applied when unethical or socially irresponsible behavior takes place

assists the company to gain a competitive advantage in the eyes of current and potential employees, customers, business partners and the investment community.

assists the company to gain a competitive advantage in the eyes of current and potential employees, customers, business partners and the investment community.

Gravitas People is an important and timely resource that can help companies meet the high corporate standards which are becoming increasingly necessary to succeed in today’s burgeoning global economy.

Gravitas People Organizational Strategy & Human Resources Management also has services for the following specific needs:  Planning for Mergers & Acquisitions, Managing Growth, and Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.

* Although we can manage such actions for you, this particular service is not geared to investigating specific historical issues, or on developing “fail-safe” accounting procedures.