Business integrity - Reputation needs to be restored

CORPORATE Ireland’s reputation was done a great disservice yesterday when DCC executive chairman Jim Flavin was allowed to present a briefing on that company’s results.

By his presence he indicated that sections of Irish business culture are informed by values that will do nothing to encourage investors.

By his presence he showed that the white-collar wrongdoing, institutionalised corporate advantage and greed we would prefer to see ascribed to a banana republic, must be acknowledged in our own society.