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NARRATING VALUES, SHAPING VALUES, CREATING VALUE 31

ALS
10
4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTOTALS
(4,734)
(3,864)
(5,420)
(5,065)
(3,864) (4,135) (4,424) (4,734) (5,065) (5,420) (5,799) (212,926)
(5,799)
(4,135)
(4,424)
(212,926)
(16,000)
(16,000)
(5,065)
(4,424)
(4,135)
(4,734)
(3,864)
(3,864) (4,135) (4,424) (4,734) (5,065) (5,420) (5,799) (228,926)
(5,799)
(228,926)
(5,420)
(5,420)
(4,424)
(5,799)
(4,135)
(3,864)
(5,065)
(4,734)
(3,864) (4,135) (4,424) (4,734) (5,065) (5,420) (5,799)
0.386
0.621
0.564
0.467
0.513
0.424
0.683 0.621 0.564 0.513 0.467 0.424 0.386
0.683
(2,236)
(2,639) (2,567) (2,497) (2,429) (2,363) (2,298) (2,236)
(2,298)
(2,567)
(2,363)
(2,639)
(2,429)
(2,497)
hybrid vehicle. Three staff members take advantage of the offer immediately, and it is
projected that every year after that, one person will buy a hybrid. Cost of that program
over ten years is $48,000. Green, Inc. has a company match of $500 per employee for
anyone making a contribution to a non-profit organization, part of its values-oriented
focus on community. The cost of this company match is $10,000 per year.
The cost of Green, Inc.’s values-oriented program, fully loaded, over ten years
amounts to about $1.39 million. Translated back into Year 0 dollars, the cost is approx-
imately $884,000. A breakdown of these various costs can be seen in Figure 1-6.
Green, Inc.’s investment in a values-oriented program is as follows:
■ $166,000 initial investment in the actual values-sharing process
■ An additional $63,000 in the ensuing ten years as a result of lost opportunity cost
of this year-long valuing exercise.
■ An additional $1,157,000 in follow-on programs (“bells and whistles”) and lost
opportunity costs.
The cost of the baseline program is relatively inexpensive (at $229,000). Granted,
Green, Inc. did not have to make the add-on “bells and whistles” investment of
10 TOTALS
4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 OT ALS
(3,864)
(3,864) (4,135) (4,424) (4,734) (5,065) (5,420) (5,799) (212,926)
(4,734)
(5,065)
(5,420)
(4,135)
(5,799)
(212,926)
(4,424)
(16,000)
(16,000)
(40,000)
(40,000) (40,000) (40,000) (40,000) (40,000) (40,000) (40,000) (400,000)
(400,000)
(40,000)
(40,000)
(40,000)
(40,000)
(40,000)
(40,000)
(45,626) (52,470) (60,341) (69,392) (79,801) (91,771) (105,536) (609,112)
(609,1
12)
(91,771)
(105,536)
(45,626)
(79,801)
(52,470)
(60,341)
(69,392)
(48,000)
(4,000)
(4,000)
(4,000)
(4,000)
(4,000)
(4,000) (4,000) (4,000) (4,000) (4,000) (4,000) (4,000) (48,000)
(4,000)
(4,000)
(10,000)
(10,000)
(10,000)
(10,000)
(10,000) (10,000) (10,000) (10,000) (10,000) (10,000) (10,000) (100,000)
(10,000)
(10,000)
(100,000)
(10,000)
18,765)
(165,335)
(138,866)
(103,490) (1 (110,605) (1 (118,765) (128,125) (138,866) (151,190) (165,335) (1,386,037)
(103,490)
(1,386,037)
10,605)
(151,190)
(128,125)
18,765)
10,605)
(103,490)
(103,490) (1 (110,605) (1 (118,765) (128,125) (138,866) (151,190) (165,335)
(128,125)
(165,335)
(138,866)
(151,190)
0.424
0.513
0.467
0.683 0.621 0.564 0.513 0.467 0.424 0.386
0.683
0.386
0.564
0.621
(67,040)
(64,782)
(63,744)
(70,685) (68,677) (67,040) (65,749) (64,782) (64,119) (63,744)
(65,749)
19)
(64,1
(70,685)
(68,677)