Accountability

which they operate. It is very different in this respect from the more reactive field of risk
management, although some risk management companies have attempted to embrace
ethical risk as an area of specialism. Many risk management consultancies are adjuncts
to private security companies. Therefore, some would-be clients are not convinced that
they are best-placed to assist in the area of integrity and ethical management, because
their parent companies face reputational challenges themselves.
Specialist integrity management consultancy helps business leaders not only to avoid
business practices that represent risk to an industry or economy, but also helps to bring
such practices under scrutiny so that they can be brought to a quick end.
The practice of integrity management consultancy combines numerous disciplines
including established Knowledge Acquisition Methodologies, Public Relations Practices,
Business Risk Management techniques, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),
Compliance functions, Insider Threat detection and Financial expertise to help clients
make responsible and ethical business decisions.
Integrity management consultancies offer services such as: Identifying potential
reputational and ethical threats for clients, and developing practical recommendations to
mitigate these threats; making recommendations for, and carrying out due diligence on,
local professional service suppliers; providing advice on accessing a local pool of talent,
and addressing cultural considerations for building an effective local workforce;
conducting detailed investigations into proposed local partners and key employees;
preparing community needs reviews for better targeting of CSR programmes; and,
administering anti-and counter-corruption training. Many also offer general ethics audits
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