The Vulnerability of Corporate Reputation
Leadership for Sustainable Long-Term Value
Published on 24. September 2015
Book
Hardback
VII, 147 pages
978-1-137-54735-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Vulnerability of Corporate Reputation explores the role that reputation plays in the success and failures of companies. This book focuses on the traditional topic of reputation risk management, the process of reputation, reputational excellence and examines leaders whose reputation and foresight could benefit the organization they steer.
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Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
VII, 147 p.
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
321 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-54735-4 (9781137547354)
DOI
10.1057/9781137547378
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Peter Verhezen is Adjunct Professor at the Melbourne Business School, Australia, and Visiting Professor at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. As the Principal of Verhezen & Associates he advises boards on risk management and governance in Southeast Asia. He is also a Senior Consultant for Corporate Governance at IFC-WorldBank in Asia-Pacific.
Content
Introductory Comments: The Traps of Maximizing Shareholder Value PART I: THE COMPLEXITY OF GOVERNING REPUTATION RISK 1. Winning the 'Hearts and Minds' of Stakeholders 1.1. Potential Causes of Reputation Risks 1.2. Reducing Reputation Risks 2. Reputation under Direct, Indirect and Network Reciprocity 2.1. Champions of Good Reputation 2.2. Parable of Organizational Evolution and the Function of Reputation PART II: THE QUEST FOR REPUTATIONAL EXCELLENCE 3. Reputation in a Digitized World: Act Responsibly, Always 3.1. Reputation Excellence in a digitized world 3.2. Corporate Responsibility and its 'glowing effect' on Reputation 4. Boards Acting Wisely: Be Different Beyond Compliance 4.1. A Board's Responsibility for creating a Meaningful Purpose in business 4.2. Transparency beyond Compliance, Motivation beyond Pecuniary Rewards Concluding Remarks: the Vulnerability of Corporate Reputation