Back in 1970, Milton Friedman helped to forge the current business paradigm by advising companies that profit maximisation and serving shareholders was what really mattered; and that by doing so, companies would be serving society too. After decades of myriad corporate scandals and ten years after the Global Financial Crash, Larry Fink, Blackrock’s CEO, has […]
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As the first few weeks of 2018 unfold, several high profile corporate scandals have already emerged with the role of auditors again under intense scrutiny; including Carillion in the UK, Colonial Bank in the US, and Satyam in India. Our recent “Auditing the Big 4 Accounting Firms” report is now freely available via this link, […]
We are very pleased to announce that our MI Associate, Carlos Botelho, who has been one of our most active members since the inception of MI in 2013, has been appointed as a Member of our Council with immediate effect. Carlos is a practitioner turned full time academic, based at the University of Lisbon, and […]
The Maturity Institute models itself on the medical profession and aims to develop a whole generation of organizational health practitioners. Everything we aim to do is focused on the most positive outcome possible – Total Stakeholder Value (TSV). We view leadership as having a social responsibility of the highest order and management as a vocation […]
Press Release: Maturity Institute releases preliminary report on Big 4 accounting firms London, 23 October 2017: ‘A corrupted financial system with a state aided, global cartel fostering mistrust, exhibiting obsolescence and damaging Total Stakeholder Value – all in plain sight.’ Organisational Maturity Ratings on OMINDEX: Deloitte: OMR B ; Risk Factor 52.68% PwC: OMR BB- […]
London, 5 October 2017: The Maturity Institute (MI) today invites recognition for redefining corporate purpose using MI’s Total Stakeholder Value (TSV) and OM30 Measurement of Organisational Effectiveness. Paul Kearns, MI Chair said: “Our invitation has been sent to a wide range of business, professional and regulatory stakeholder groups to invite formal recognition and adoption of […]
As the world’s first, ‘whole system management’ institute, MI has a set of universal standards. We use these to rate how well organizations are performing today and the probability that they will continue to perform and grow in value. The rating process is based on a set of questions – the OM30 – and the subsequent ratings (OMRs) […]
Please note – this post contains some, intentional, strong language, which readers of a certain sensibility may find offensive. I had never before considered just how socially irresponsible cows could be until I came across Fortune Magazine’s ‘Change the World list’ yesterday . These generally docile creatures, who have brought us all so many benefits for […]
The Maturity Institute recently responded to a petition submitted by the Human Capital Management Coalition, a collaboration of 25 pension funds representing over $2.8Trillion in pension assets. Meredith Miller, Chief Corporate Governance Officer for the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust, who leads the HCM Coalition effort said of the petition: “The ability to effectively harness […]
One role of the Maturity Institute is to provide a wide-ranging critique of existing human governance and human capital management practice, based on its global standards, in order to develop professional solutions to meet emerging needs. A looming, global challenge for pension funds is to ensure they can keep providing pensions for ageing populations. The best […]