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BEYOND CHANGE

Ideas for sustainable governance


ALSO BY JESUS P. ESTANISLAO

It Can Be Done

For Love

The Importance of Hope

Bridging the Gap

Designing Development

Building a National Legacy

Guideposts for Governance

Breaking Through

Believe: Making Nationhood Happen Everyday

Philippines 2030: Journey to Nationhood

Equipped for Battle

Responsible Citizenship IV

Responsible Citizenship III

Responsible Citizenship II

Responsible Citizenship

Towards a National Culture of Excellence


BEYOND CHANGE
Ideas for sustainable governance

By

JESUS P. ESTANISLAO

Edited by
Marielle Antonio

Laid out by
Isabel Camus

Published by
The Institute for Solidarity in Asia
Manila, Philippines
BEYOND CHANGE
Ideas for sustainable governance

© 2017 by The Institute for Solidarity in Asia, Inc.


14th Floor Trident Tower, 312 Senator Gil Puyat Avenue
Makati City 1200, Philippines

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No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted
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or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher,
except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews
and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Author: Jesus P. Estanislao


Editor: Marielle Antonio
Associate Editor: Isabel Camus

ISBN 978-971-93437-4-5
Published by the Institute for Solidarity in Asia, Inc.
CONTENTS

Introduction 10

Integrity and Ethics


Conceptual framework 22
Best practices 27
Cases 32
Takeaways 59

Solidarity and Teamwork


Conceptual framework 66
Best practices 72
Cases 77
Takeaways 98

Alliance and Social Responsibility


Conceptual framework 106
Best practices 112
Cases 118
Takeaways 139

Conclusion 146

About the Author 150

About the Cover 151

Contributors 152
PREFACE

Preface
It has now become common to intone enterprises strong links in the value chains to
“good governance” as a call to integrity, which they belong and therefore, the ultimate
and inclusive, sustainable progress. To the agents of development.
more initiated, the corollary “responsible
citizenship” is added to stress the importance In laying these down, CEG underscores
of ordinary individuals in the country’s the indispensable role of individuals and
governance. institutions in achieving good governance.
Individuals need to become the ultimate
This book seeks to make both concepts governance assets not only of their enterprises
concrete. It draws from the work of the but also of the country through responsible
Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA), our citizenship. Institutions, including families,
public governance reform advocacy group businesses, government institutions, and civil
that has been mentoring national government society groups, need to work together to
agencies (NGA) and local government units strengthen the great value chain of society
(LGU). Many of these partner organizations and economics.
have been able to deliver transformative
outcomes, leading to both domestic and We should look at this as the architecture
international recognition. for our Dream Philippines. We can
build from the bottom up, starting with
Having brought good governance to responsible citizens—many of who can
a level where results are seen and felt, ISA become involved in multi-sector governance
and its sister institutes—the Institute of councils representing stakeholder interests in
Corporate Directors (ICD), Center for Family public sector transformation through good
Advancement (CFA), and Center for School governance. In doing so, we will have many
Governance (CSG) that have jointly put up anchors and advocates of good governance,
the Center for Excellence in Governance ready to help build our Dream Philippines.
(CEG)—now seek to open a new pathway
that can enable enterprises, including those If there is one thing we should remember
under government, to strengthen and sustain about good governance, it is that the future
their reform programs. of our country does not lie in the hands of a
few; it lies in our hands as responsible citizens,
This pathway proposes three willing to contribute our ideas and efforts
interconnected tracks: integrity and ethics, toward inclusive and sustainable progress.
to help individuals become the ultimate
governance assets; solidarity and teamwork,
to steep individuals in observing these
governance values, which can help ensure DR. JESUS P. ESTANISLAO, PH.D.
that teams become the ultimate performance Chairman
delivery units of the enterprise; and finally, Center for Excellence in Governance
alliance and social responsibility, to make Manila, May 2017

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“Over time,
enterprises must continue
to be strengthened,
and sectors, regions,
and economies must be made
more inclusive.”
Introduction
BEYOND CHANGE

Governance practices
Any enterprise that completes
ISA’s governance pathway, following the standards
of the Performance Governance System (PGS),
is cited for achieving breakthroughs.

These represent real transformation, and • Shared responsibility, which is absolutely


show that the organization has taken itself necessary for giving substance to hope.
out of the rut of doing the same things, in It ensures that results and outcomes
the same way, over and over again. This also are actually delivered according to pre-
means that it is able to apply out-of-the-box set measures and targets. Moreover, it
solutions to daily challenges as it pursues its guarantees that everyone in the enterprise
mission and stays true to its core values. understands and acts on the shared vision
through working in teams.
Completing the governance pathway
makes an enterprise an Island of Good • Shared value, which taps into society’s
Governance (IGG) because it has installed interconnected value chains. It gives due
these essential governance practices: importance to core processes that bind
teams together within the enterprise,
• Shared vision, or a clear articulation of and that link the enterprise with others
what it dreams of becoming by a certain in the sector, industry, or region. From
date sometime in the foreseeable future. this perspective, no enterprise works
This dream is shared with everyone in alone, but instead seeks solidarity and
the enterprise in order to win over their cooperation with others to create greater
hearts and minds, and encourage them to impact.
contribute generously toward making it a
reality. Indeed, every individual must be
involved.

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