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Tell Us About The Companies You Most Admire
Do you know of a company that is demonstrating leadership in ethics and social responsibility?
We are currently conducting a nationwide search for a winner of our new Top 200 Award and examples of ethical practice throughout New Zealand business.
The Kensington Swan Ethical Governance Award within the Deloitte/Management Top 200 Awards reflect the increasing recognition of business ethics at the most senior levels of business leadership. From investors through to regulators, business ethics has become a mainstream issue that wise businesses are taking seriously.
The Ethical Governance Award identifies business practices that provide guidance in shaping the future of New Zealand business. Businesses can be nominated for a wide variety of practices. Some examples would be practices with regard to:
|  | the community (e.g. innovative giving; community volunteer programmes; support for education and job training programmes) |
| | the environment (e.g. organisation and management of environmental policies; reduction, reuse and recycling of materials; environmental audits) |
| | employees (e.g. effective communication; learning and development opportunities; a healthy, safe work environment providing equal employment opportunities) |
| | customers (e.g. leadership in research and development; full product disclosure; safe products) |
| | suppliers (e.g. long-term purchasing relationships; fair and competent handling of conflicts and disputes; inclusion of environmental and social element in selection of suppliers) |
| | shareholders (e.g. good rate of return; dissemination of comprehensive and clear information; good management of corporate governance issues) |
Nominees will be assessed in terms of their ability to demonstrate a clear purpose behind the practice(s), that the principles have been thought through, and that there has been effective performance measurement.
Consideration will also be given to the company’s recognition of business ethics through the organisation’s statement of purpose and principles, code of ethics or values statement. Concrete and effective organisational measures to strengthen ethical practices such as ethical training programmes and the establishment of channels through which people can ask questions, voice concerns and seek resolution to ethical issues will also be considered. Ethical performance measurement systems, such as ethical accounting, will strengthen nominations.
The Ethics Award salutes business people and organisations committed to demonstrating:
| | Purpose – in terms of environmental, social and financial wealth and business ethics. |
| | Principles – such as honesty, fairness, caring and courage. |
| | Practices – that meet stakeholder expectations and go beyond legal compliance to pioneer higher standards of ethical performance. |
| | Performance measurement – in terms of environmental, social, financial and ethical performance, demonstrating that business can do well by doing good. |
The winner will be announced at the Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 Awards evening on December 4 2008 at Auckland's SkyCity Convention Centre.
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