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Punishing the corruption acts is only a short-term solution and, most of the time, it is the managers’ only reflex, who react without hesitation when faced to unexpected disclosures: get in contact with Sûreté du Québec! Finding the persons responsible for the criminal act is not within the managers’ area of competence; however, using a [...]

Clotaire Rapaille was the journalists’ target! Once Rapaille was put on the rocks, the mayor of Québec, monsieur Labeaume, was perceived as being a novice, he showed his vulnerability, and he got therefore gunned down. The result: losing the trust of his mandataries – this is in fact useless taking into account that it wasn’t a sin made in bad faith! He won’t get a second chance, though.

Latest news: The Bachard budget for 2010 imposes spending cuts in Public Services representing 60 % of the budget deficit bill. Utopy? We were already aware of it. However, a nice and brave deputy Mr Bonardel had the courage to bring to light out of the governmental red tape the process maps showing the managerial [...]

If we are entitled to take offence at something, it should be related to the fact that we are paying for the astronomical amounts received by the high managers who didn’t succeed to generate the expected profits, who took huge risks and caused job losses, who misspent or stole our savings, or who ran away with the cashbox. This is when we can and have to require the compliance with the Sound Management model.

The ISM sustains that this confidence, which is almost lost, can be rebuilt as long as managers accept, from now on, a Sound Management Framework within which the Sound Management values will be systematically integrated to their everyday actions.

The main characteristic of the Sound Management model consists in the homeostasis of values according to which a fundamental principle couldn’t be referred to against the other five. Therefore, by making reference to Continuity, managers cannot account for the deviation from Transparency.