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Table 2 Sample of corporate values classified under each value orientation

From: Do corporate values have value? The impact of corporate values on financial performance

Visionary leadership

(15%)

Vision

Global leaders, better world culture, future

  

Change

leadership, courage to change, innovation, imagination, inspiration

Customer Orientation

(11%)

Customer Satisfaction

customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, customer needs, provide value

  

Customer care

customer focus, passion to serve, accessibility, listening, flexibility with customers

Ethics Orientation

(30%)

Ethical standards,

code of conduct, professional duty, integrity, honesty, trustworthiness

  

Governance

credibility, discipline, disclosure, stewardship, accountability, whistleblowing

  

CSR

sustainability, earned respect

Work Orientation

(29%)

Process

operational, performance, results, progress, achievement, deliver, dynamic, responsibility, process flexibility, simplicity, solutions,

  

Quality

excellence, execution, standards, mastery, intelligence, persistence, teamwork, collaboration, harmony, open-mindedness, open communication

  

Safety

safety

Human Orientation

(15%)

Our people

health, well-being, inclusion, diversity, development, empowerment, enablement, engagement, passion, humility, humor, openness, fairness, gratitude, trust each other and respect one another

  

Our community

society, communities, civic role, partnership