Accelerating the integrity agenda
By Roderick M. Vega
Played out against a landscape of evolving social expectations from businesses under current conditions, corporate integrity is foundational to fostering trust among the various stakeholders in an organization. The importance of corporate integrity has also grown in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, as revealed by the EY Global Integrity Report 2022.
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