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The Corporate Reputation Quotient of Harris-Fombrun is a comprehensive
measuring method of corporate reputation that was created specifically to
capture the perceptions of any corporate stakeholder group such as consumers,
investors, employees, or key influencers. The instrument enables research
on the drivers of a company's reputation, and allows to compare reputations
both within and across industries.
Six drivers of the Corporate Reputation Quotient
This business reputation model has the following 6 drivers of corporate
reputation with subsequent 20 attributes:
Emotional Appeal
- good feeling about the company
- admire and respect the company
- trust the company
Products and Services
- company believes in its products and services
- company offers high quality products and services
- develops innovative products and services
- offers products and services that are good value
Vision and Leadership
- has excellent leadership
- has a clear vision for the future
- recognizes and takes advantage of market opportunities
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Workplace Environment
- is well managed
- appears to be a good company to work for
- appears to have good employees
Financial Performance
- history of profitability
- appears a low risk investment
- strong prospects for future growth
- tends to outperform its competitors
Social Responsibility
- supports good causes
- environmentally responsible
- treats people well
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Making random checks, these criteria taken together result in lists of
most reputable and/or visible companies.
Book: Charles J.
Fombrun, Cees Van Riel - Fame and Fortune: How Companies Build Reputations
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Book: Gary Davies,
Rosa Chun - Corporate Reputation and Competitiveness -

Book: Kevin T.
Jackson - Building Reputational Capital -

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Building a Corporate Reputation Takes a Long Time "Reputation cannot be built over night and there is no short cut to reputation building at the same time. It takes years of toil and hard work not only for the CEO but also the employees to be in line ..." |
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Corporate Reputation Quotient is Vital "CRQ is vital as it measures resonance between corporate culture and stakeholder expectations, it needs to meet and exceed the expectations. This CRQ is reflected in the corporate image thus should be ..." |
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Results More Important Than Reputation "I think that the result of a company is even more important than its reputation. After all what's the truth about most reputations? What really matters are the size of the firm and in which industry t..." |
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Corporate Reputation and the Economic Crisis "Excellent reputations are developed overtime from principled behaviours, including honesty, accountability, and integrity. But in this competitive market, where profits are scarce, most feel it necess..." |
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Measuring a Reputation "I would like to measure the reputation of our organization, an NGO. Internally and externally. How do I go about it?" |
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Reputation Driver: Vision & Leadership "Amongst these 6 drivers of corporate reputation, vision & leadership is very important, because the reputation of a leader in the market decides the reputation of an organisation. The CEO shoul..." |
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Research a Reputation "I need to research the reputation of an organisation and would like to use the Fombrun model. How do I go about it?" |
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Corporate Identity MIx "Related to the Corporate Reputation is the the Corporate Identity Mix by Birkigt and Stadler (1986). Their model defines Corporate Identity as the Personality of the corporation. This Personal..." |
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