CEO Letter

Talent and the Board: Beyond the Tone at the Top

By Peter R. Gleason

02/15/2023

Directorship Magazine

Tone at the top” has been a byword in governance ever since the 1987 Treadway Commission coined the phrase as a way to combat financial statement fraud. The idea was that to ensure an ethical organization, directors and officers needed to set an ethical example or “tone,” which would ripple through the organization, much like a sound wave...

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This article is from the Winter 2023 issue of Directorship.