Culture involves everyone, but begins with the board
Establishing a healthy corporate culture has never been more important, but many organisations struggle to get it right. ACCA has conducted research and developed a tool that can help.
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Culture is firmly on the agenda for boards across the world as it influences every part of an organisation. Yet, despite its omnipresence, many organisations find the concept of it difficult; in reality, creating a good culture is not as easy or simple as it may look because of its intangible nature.
ACCA has been conducting research on corporate governance since 2012, under a global initiative called Culture and channelling corporate behaviour.
There was good reason for this focus on culture: in the 2008 global financial crisis, many companies that demonstrated a great deal of compliance with rules and regulations still went through s
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