Measuring ethical culture

GoodCorporation has identified the ten key drivers which should underpin the culture of any ethical company and form the basis of our ethical culture healthcheck.

The prevalance of these drivers can be measured within any organisation using GoodCorporation's assessment methodology.

To help organisations comply with the increasing expectations and regulations around the management of culture, GoodCorporation has distilled almost 20 years of experience conducting business ethics assessments around the globe into an ethical 'healthcheck' of company culture.

The healthcheck can be set up as a standalone assessment of a company's culture at any given site or range of sites using the following methodology to produce both quantitative and qualitative results.

Aspects of the healthcheck methodology can be tailored to supplement a company’s existing efforts in the area of culture measurement, for example by:

• Distributing the key statements indicative of an ethical culture to a wider representative sample of employees, to function as an initial standalone culture survey,
• Providing interview-driven “deep dive” assessments of a company’s ethical culture in selected locations, to contextualise the findings of existing survey data, and
• Helping companies to develop and implement an action plan for cultural improvement on the basis of existing survey or interview data.

Our healthcheck methodology can therefore be used to help companies at any stage in their measurement and development of an ethical corporate culture, from initial assessment through to the implementation of improvement measures, giving boards the metrics they need to report on culture and managers the tools they need to enhance it.