Marvin Bower: High

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“A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.”

Marvin Bower

Source: The Will to Manage (1966), p. 25

People , Business

“The business with high ethical standards has three primary advantages over competitors whose standards are lower:”

Marvin Bower

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence. ...
A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge. ...
A business of high principle develops better and more profitable relations with customers, competitors, and the general public, because it can be counted on to do the right thing at all times. By the consistently ethical character of its actions, it builds a favorable image.
Source: The Will to Manage (1966), p. 26

Business

“A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.”

Marvin Bower

Source: The Will to Manage (1966), p. 25

People , Confidence , Business , Decision

“In large-scale organizations, the factual approach must be constantly nurtured by high-level executives. The more layers of authority through which facts must pass before they reach the decision maker, the greater the danger that they will be suppressed, modified, or softened, so as not to displease the "brass". For this reason, high-level executives must keep reaching for facts or soon they won't know what is going on. Unless they make visible efforts to seek and act on facts, major problems will not be brought to their attention, the quality of their decisions will decline, and the business will gradually get out of touch with its environment.”

Marvin Bower

Source: The Will to Manage (1966), p. 31

Business , Problem , Decision , Effort