Integrity and the boardroom

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of integrity in the boardroom.

This viewpoint draws on a keynote speech delivered to the 2013 World Congress on Leadership and the Quality of Governance.

Directors have onerous duties and responsibilities. They can do great good or cause significant harm.

The paper shows that nomination committees should be looking for strategic awareness, objectivity, stakeholder focus, communications skills and other directorial competences.