Booklist’s review of The Decency Code:
“In a time when unethical behavior and corporate misdeeds abound, The Decency Code arrives to help people transform their workplaces into ones of civility and compassion. In this follow-up to Harrison’s highly successful The Manager’s Book of Decencies (2007), the two authors here present a fully developed model for building a decent workplace culture. They demonstrate how companies can align organizational performance with personal values, including accountability, civility, compassion, honesty, humility, and more. It’s a critical time to do so when, according to a Gallup poll, 85-percent of employees are disengaged at work, representing a $7-trillion loss in productivity. One key to fixing culture is to have engaged and trustworthy leaders who perform everyday acts of decency, such as thinking about employees, knowing and hearing them, and helping them grow. The book has additional tools and strategies for building a workplace based on ethical behavior, such as modeling decency, calling out bad behavior when you see it, and finding and developing role models. While focused on leaders, the guide will appeal to readers wanting to bring honesty and positivity into the workplace.” - Jennifer Adams, Booklist Online, www.booklistonline.com
