‘Integrity is the basis of trust. It is one quality that
can’t be acquired. It must be earned.’ Warren
Bennis
Corporate ethics has to be more than a buzzword or a slogan.
A culture of integrity can be a major corporate asset with a value as great as
a company's trademarks, patents, or brand name.
Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York,
leads the most aggressive and successful criminal prosecutors office in the
United States specialising in white collar crimes. He has led the insider
trading prosecutions of Raj Rajaratnam, the head of a major hedge fund, and
Rajat Gupta, former head of McKinsey and Company, and has never lost a criminal
insider trading prosecution. His office has also prosecuted major Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, and securities fraud cases, and has a
particularly intimate view of the benefits of integrity as a valuable business
asset.
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