This book is a no-nonsense guide for executives to establish and maintain an effective corporate responsibility management system in organizations of any size and mission.

It introduces the MVO 8000, Corporate Responsibility Management and Ethics Standard, which I had the privilege to help create. It is not the intention of this Standard to replace the knowledge and skill of the CEO with a cookbook. Rather, we intend to provide CEOs with useful tools to run their organizations as good leaders, managers, and neighbors.

The checklists provided help to assure a comprehensive and effective program.