Malicious compliance to BBB-EE: the greatest impediment to the creation of high performance organisations

and an inclusive economy

Governance Week 2013, 12th of June. The Focus Rooms, Sunninghill

Presented by Goodnews Cadogan

The Journey

• Malicious compliance (unethical?) – Values-driven Leadership

• Shock to the ‘born-frees’: not equal after all – What the figures tell us

– Meaningful Jobs (the added complexity)

• The letter of the law and the spirit of the law. – The bridge from legalistic to values-linked

transformation

• The Case for New Capitalism (inclusivity)

Malicious Compliance- Unethical?

• Malicious compliance is the behavior of a person who intentionally inflicts harm by strictly following the orders of management or following legal compulsions, knowing that compliance with the orders will cause a loss of some form…

– Ticking the boxes

– Token appointments

– Parallel structures

– Shrinking & splitting jobs at the top

Malicious Compliance- Unethical?

• Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.

• Applied ethics, about how moral outcomes can be achieved in specific situations;

• Descriptive ethics, also known as comparative ethics, is the study of people's beliefs about morality;

Progress over the last 20 years?

Values-Based Leadership

• Best Practice in OD & Strategy

• Historical Erosion of OD as an organisation capability (late 90’s).

• Intentionality Built-IN

• What value does it add to ‘capital’?

Shock to the ‘born-frees’: not equal after all

Source: Econ 3x3

Number of employed black graduates

Comparative Graduate Unemployment Rate- Consider the GAP

Source: Econ 3x3

What Do They Say?

• No meaningful roles.

– The devil in the detail of the numbers

• Rate of progression very low

• Rather turn to entrepreneurship

• Apathy

Letter or The Spirit?

Letter or The Spirit?

• Narrowly vested interests

• Hopes & Fears

• Need for a New Narrative

– Constitution, NDP

– National Cohesion

• “We do not have to cut down the tall trees to achieve equality”

Case for New Capitalism

• Our History

• Global Shifts

• Multinationals

• Erosion of shareholder value

• New (old) organisation capability – Deliberate OD & Strategy Agenda

– Values-Based Leadership

• Hope for Our Country & Continent

Personal Authentic Leadership

Inclusive Interpersonal Leadership

High Performance Organisation Leadership

Leadership in

Society

The Flywheel of Sustainable Competitiveness

Values Based

Leadership

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