Wessels, Hendrik MariusWilkinson, Naomi2017-07-282017-07-282016Wessels, HM & Wilkinson, N 2016, 'Assessing organisational governance maturity : a retail industry case study', Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets and Institutions , vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 58-71.2077-429X (print)2077-4303 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61475For any business to operate effectively, a governance framework that operates at the relevant maturity level is required. An organisational governance maturity framework is a tool that leadership can use to determine governance maturity. This study aims to determine whether the organisational governance maturity framework (developed by Wilkinson) can be applied to the selected retail industry organisation to assess the maturity of the organisation’s governance, limited to the ‘leadership’ attribute. Firstly, a high-level literature review on ethical leadership, ethical decision-making, ethical foundation and culture (‘tone at the top’), and organisational governance and maturity was conducted. Secondly, a Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listed South African-based company was selected for the empirical part of the study using a single case study research design. The empirical results confirmed that the organisational governance maturity framework can be used to determine the maturity level of organisational governance for the selected attribute of ‘leadership’.en© Virtus interpress 2016Corporate governanceEthical leadershipGovernance maturity assessmentOrganisational governance maturity frameworkPostprint Article