Counting What Counts: Turning Corporate Accountability To Competitive Advantage

Epstein, Marc J.; Birchard, Bill

ISBN 10: 0738201065 / ISBN 13: 9780738201061

Published by Basic Books, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Counting What Counts: Turning Corporate Accountability To Competitive Advantage
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738201065
• ISBN 13: 9780738201061
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Who can deny the failures in corporate accountability? From questionable earnings reporting to outright fraud, businesses are coming under increasing scrutiny from shareholders and regulators alike. As Epstein and Birchard demonstrate in Counting What Counts, these practices prevent managers from successfully executing strategy and condemn companies to a purgatory of sub-par performance; by contrast, managers embracing the principles of accountable management can become responsive and responsible like never before. Drawing from the personal stories of dozens of managers, and from the collective experience of 25 years of research, writing, and teaching, the authors show that managers routinely tolerate shortfalls in four areas—governance, performance measurement, control systems, and reporting—and outline a practical approach to reforming and invigorating these essential drivers to improve decision making, clarify and communicate strategy, accelerate feedback and learning, and secure stakeholder loyalty—turning accountability into a competitive asset.

About the Author

Marc J. Epstein is a visiting professor of management at Rice University and has served on the faculty of Harvard and Stanford Business Schools. An expert on corporate accounting and ethics, his most recent book is the award-winning Measuring Corporate Environmental Performance.

Bill Birchard is a freelance business journalist, specializing in business, the environment, and health care. Formerly the editor of Enterprise magazine, he is a contributing editor to CFO and has written for Fast Company and Tomorrow.