The Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative...
was founded in 2005 by nine of the nation's leading GPOs, serving the majority of America's hospitals, to promote and monitor best ethical and business practices in purchasing for hospitals and other healthcare providers.
| HGPII has released its Fourth Annual Report to the Public. Click here to read.
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Ethics Require More Than Following LawsThe ethics and leadership programs developed by our nation's top business schools are failing our employers, our economy and our future. The scope of this failure of chilling. Of the hundreds of employees convicted of ethical or legal lapses in the past five years, virtually all had completed a mandated ethics training program! Continue reading...
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Premier (HGPII Signatory) Again Named Among World's Most Ethical Companies
Making it onto the World's Most Ethical Companies list proves to be more and more difficult every year. This year Ethisphere received a record number of nominations from companies in over 100 countries and 35 industries.
This year, 99 companies made the cut. Twenty companies dropped off the list from last year, and 25 companies were newcomers. A remarkable 44 companies are "three-peats," making the list for the past three years. Continue reading...
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100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics - 2008
Another busy year in the world of business ethics went by and left us with plenty to talk about. Nearly every week saw headlines of an individual (or business) who pushed the envelope in legal compliance, business ethics, sustainability or social responsibility. Most of the time, these headlines were for negative action.
But not all was bad in 2008. Many individuals stood out for their positive achievements in the business ethics world as well. For that, we created this year's list of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics. Continue reading...
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Premier (HGPII Signatory) Among the World's Most Ethical Companies - 2008
A number of companies out there think that a good CSR program consists of only a soapbox and a bullhorn. Unfortunately for them, just being loud doesn't equate with being ethical. Likewise, simply dropping a cool $100 million into clever marketing and public relations doesn't make a company ethical, either.
The World's Most Ethical Companies are the ones that go above and beyond legal minimums, bring about innovative new ideas to expand the public well being, work on reducing their carbon footprint rather than contributing to green washing and won't be found next to the words "Billion Dollar Fine" in newspaper headlines any time in the near future. These are the companies that stand out among the competition in their industry. Continue reading...
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