If you are not willing to take pain to live by your principles, there is no point in having principles.

- Marvin Bower

There is no such thing as business ethics. There is only one kind -- you have to adhere to the highest standards.

- Marvin Bower

The course of business shapes public opinion.

- Marvin Bower

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered.

- Marvin Bower

Leading fosters a working atmosphere that stimulates an open exchange of ideas and fosters dissent. People should show a genuine concern for one anot…

- Marvin Bower

Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources,…

- Marvin Bower

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confi…

- Marvin Bower

It follows that acceleration in the rate of change will result in an increasing need for reorganization. Reorganization is usually feared, because it…

- Marvin Bower

I believe that leaders and leadership teams working together in a proper design will run the business more effectively than by hierarchical, command-…

- Marvin Bower