"When it comes to ensuring a healthy corporate culture--one that understands and respects the business value of compliance--Steve Vincze is the ''go-to'' professional. Steve and I have worked together in multiple companies to develop and instill a culture that can win with compliance at the forefront. This book is an essential read for those who want to do the right things in the right way. Winning with compliance is the only way to run your business." -- Rich Daly President and CEO, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. "Steve Vincze has produced a gem of a book. Rather than looking at compliance as a burden, Steve sees it as a key to performance. Compliance officers and corporate leadership in general should read this book to understand how a compliance program can empower the entire company to do better.
" -- Frank Lavin Author of Export Now; Former U.S. Ambassador "You would expect this book to be an excellent read for compliance offers and compliance professionals coming from a former chief compliance officer and US Marine. But what was unexpected is twofold: First, it''s a tear jerker as we learn the compelling story of how leadership, honesty, and integrity were the backbone of Vincze''s upbringing and the life of his family as immigrants from Hungary to the US. Second, this is not just a book for compliance officers and compliance professionals. It''s a book for the C-suite and boards of directors that will inspire business executives to work with their compliance teams to do the right thing for their companies and for patients." -- Meenakshi Datta Partner, Sidley; Global Co-Leader Healthcare Practice; Global Life Sciences Leadership Council Member "I have known Steve Vincze as a passionate ethics and compliance pioneer for twenty-five years. We first met in Washington in 1999 at the very first Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Ethics & Compliance Congress, where Steve was the first speaker ever to present on international compliance, presenting his International LL.
M. thesis from Georgetown Law School. Steve rose to prominence in the ethics and compliance profession in the early 2000s as a result of his leadership and cutting-edge innovations in branding, training, monitoring and measuring compliance program effectiveness while implementing what was at the time the largest corporate settlement agreement (CIA) in the history of the pharmaceutical industry at TAP Pharmaceuticals. From Washington to Budapest to Istanbul, I have invited Steve over the years to share his uniquely creative, business-friendly, and practical compliance wisdom. An excellent and engaging presenter, you can count on Steve to weave in historical references, present engaging graphics, and keep it fun with his dry, self-deprecating wit, while at the same time reminding us how to apply tough but effective leadership standards he learned as a proud Marine Corps officer. So it comes as no surprise that his new book, Inspiring Integrity: How to Win with Compliance and Propel Performance, does exactly the same thing--only better! What was a surprise is just how moving some portions of the book are. Packed full of colorful anecdotes, practical advice, and useful checklists, this truly is a wonderful book for both practitioners in the trenches and theorists in the classroom. It is an absolute must read for all C-Suite executives, board members, and business, legal, and compliance leaders.
Always inspiring about compliance in person, Steve has re-inspired me with his book. Read Inspiring Integrity--I guarantee you will be inspired too!" -- Peter N. Grant, JD, PhD President and CEO, Health Care Conference Administrators, LLC (dba Global Health Care, LLC); Senior Advisor and Former Chair, Health Law Section, Davis Wright Tremaine, and Chair of Health Policy Publishing, LLC; Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Policy Review; Former member, editorial board of Health Affairs "Wow. This is an important book. Inspiring Integrity is not just about compliance; it''s about how to develop a culture based on ethics and integrity, which every organization needs. Every CEO and director should read and draw inspiration from it." -- Dr. Michael Gibbs, Ph.
D. Clinical Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business "Steve Vincze''s pathbreaking book is worth an entire degree program in corporate compliance. He writes movingly about the challenge of leading leaders to embrace and embody the virtues of inspiration, integrity, ethics, and compliance. The health care industry desperately needs to rediscover its bearings, and there''s no better place to start than this insightful volume. Beyond health care, every industry or business, large or small, will benefit from the author''s decades of experience and wisdom." -- Thomas Wm. Mayo Professor of Law, Altshuler University; Professor (adj.), Department of Internal Medicine, UT-Southwestern Medical School; of Counsel, Haynes Boone, LLP.
, SMU/Dedman School of Law "I have long observed that the most effective professionals have one foot in the library and one foot in the street. That is, they allow theory to inform practice, and practice to inform theory. Given that Steve Vincze has spent a decorated career toggling between those two venues, it comes as no surprise that Inspiring Integrity is both compelling and illuminating. The book offers a fresh perspective from which to view compliance and, as such, is required reading for both emerging and existing leaders." -- David A. Shore Former Associate Dean and current Faculty, Harvard University; Former Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Change, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics (China) "L. Stephan Vincze''s Inspiring Integrity is an ethics and compliance toolkit and treatise as to the ''why'' ethics and compliance are critically important in our ever-evolving world of risk and opportunity. Combining his personal and professional experiences, Mr.
Vincze maps out how we can drive ethical outcomes and sustainable decisions through structures, messaging, and leadership. The book is a road map on how to create and sustain ethics and integrity in an organization, as well as how compliant practices can be an instrumental partner to commercial success. It is a book about how values don''t come to life on fancy wall posters, aspirational values, and intranet messages, but how they come to life through our decisions and decision-making. While ''just say no'' to unethical practices might sound nice and easy, Mr. Vincze guides us as to how we can operationalize those messages so they are calibrated to the real-world risks that people, teams, and organizations face in their work and roles. Although Mr. Vincze''s background is in life-sciences, I would recommend this book to anyone working in ethics and compliance, including those who are just starting, or considering a career in business integrity. Mr.
Vincze demonstrates through his career journey how policies, rules, and procedures are not there to slow anyone down, but to help everyone appreciate that they, as an individual and a team, are the guardians and gatekeepers to corporate integrity and values. In sum, this is an inspiring and heartfelt book on leadership, purpose, values, mission, and trust, and how they are all instrumental to a ''best in class'' ethical and compliant organization." -- Richard Bistrong CEO, Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC "Reading Inspiring Integrity: How to Win with Compliance and Propel Performance has been a transformative experience. The author eloquently argues that ethical leadership and a culture of integrity are not just regulatory necessities but pivotal drivers of organizational success and personal moral growth. Through compelling narratives and stripped of pedantic education, this book addresses ethics and compliance, illustrating their importance in motivating leaders to redefine the role of compliance in business, demonstrating how adherence to core values and human dignity can drive innovation and performance. The book enthralls you through a genuine narrative, enriched by the author''s personal experience, emphasizing the importance of human dignity, ethical leadership, and the emotional connection needed to inspire integrity and actions for long-term success and (personal) human flourishing." -- Ruggero Gramatica, PhD CEO, Macrocosm Group; Honorary Research Associate, The Oxford University Institute for New Economic Thinking Investment Advisory "Inspiring Integrity, by Steve Vincze, is a revelation for CEOs and board members who are responsible for the success of any kind of organization. The author makes a compelling case that as leaders pursue their business objectives, it should be done with ethics and compliance as core values.
Many CEOs and board members think compliance is just a legal checklist of policies and procedures to avoid regulatory problems. The book explains that it is better to inspire all people in the enterprise to want to comply not for compliance''s sake but in pursuit of a greater good. Mr. Vincze explains it is vitally important to integrate your company values and principles to form a culture of compliance. This is valuable learning for C-suite executives, board members, and shareholders alike." -- Rick LeBlanc, B.A.Sc (EE), MBA Operating Partner, Huron Capital Partners "Pharmaceuticals is one the most sophisticated industries.
As such, pharmaceutical development comes with complexity, norms, standards, facts, and data. When a product is approved and commercial activities start, similar rigor must be applied forward. In other words, integrity and compliance with codes of conduct throughout activities must prevail. Could strong values and ethics enable business innovation, growth, and sustainabili.