The aim of the project is to gather practical insight into corporate culture and the role of boards; to understand how boards can shape, embed and assess culture; and to identify and promote best practice.  The project will consist of four work streams:

• Delivering Sustainable Success – the role of an effective board;
• People issues – aligning culture, values, human resource practices and performance reward systems;
• Stakeholder issues – relationships between culture and business models, with shareholders, customers and suppliers, and the impact on the wider community and environment; and
• Embedding and assurance – measuring and monitoring culture, the role of internal audit, risk management and public reporting of cultural indicators.

The FRC invite all those with “expertise, experience or an interest in this area” to participate.  It is intended that the FRC’s Guidance on Board Effectiveness will be replaced with “new material that has culture at its heart, to support the application of the principles in the UK Corporate Governance Code”.  The FRC will also develop practical market-led ‘how to’ resources “to help boards across a broad range of sectors and industries take effective action on culture”.

More information on this project and how to contribute can be found on the FRC website.