Values & CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) shouldn’t be the exclusive domain of major global organisations. Every business needs to consider how sustainable their business model is and not just in a fluffy, tree hugging way.

At Miram Consulting we believe that businesses should be sustainable over the medium and long term and not in existence purely to deliver short term profits. We believe this approach is better for our employees, our customers and our shareholders. For us, it can mean sacrificing short term profits for the longer term benefit of our business and it is one of our core values. Although that doesn’t mean we are a pushover either.

Because we apply this value in everything we do, we are able to turn down work from clients if we believe we will not be able to add value. We do this in the knowledge that because we are honest, we are more likely to be offered work in the future where we can add value. Taking a fee for the sake of short term profitability is unsustainable over the longer term if, as we do, a business intends to develop long term relationships.

It also places us in a position where we are not afraid to deliver bad news. We of course deliver it with tact and diplomacy but if the client doesn’t want to accept it, we are not driven to candy coat something for the sake of a contract extension. It is often owner managers that appoint us and sometimes, the unthinkable happens and it is they who are the problem and it is a message we have to deliver. But deliver it we will with recommendations and solutions.

And sustainability is not just about the business, employees, customers and shareholders, it is about the wider community we operate in including our industry and environment. We are small but that doesn’t mean we can’t spare a thought for others when we make decisions, whether that is in choosing a supplier who is genuinely supportive of their local community and the environment or in selecting colleagues that are good citizens as well as experts in their chosen field. We don’t have a sustainability statement beyond the words on this page, it is simply the way we do things, and we always sleep well at night.