The Tembusu Approach

We have a dual-purpose approach to become agents of positive social change and to sustainably participate in activities that improve the lives of individuals and communities in our legal and justice system.

THE TEMBUSU APPROACH

We believe that financial performance must no longer be the sole pursuit of the corporation. Companies should now be pushed to evolve – to scale down their single-minded pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on and the interests of all their stakeholders – including employees, customers and communities – not just those of their owners and shareholders.

We aim to be a company that creates both financial and social value, by building a commitment to creating both kinds of value into our core activities.

We do this by using an approach that involves setting and monitoring social and financial goals, structuring the organisation to pursue both, hiring employees who can embrace them, and managing with both goals in mind.

When social and financial goals do come into conflict, we’re able to carefully balance interests and keep our twin objectives on the two tracks at once – using equal measures of creativity and discipline, aspiration and practicality, which we believe are, after all, the ingredients of great leadership in our industry and economy.

This is our dual-purpose approach to becoming agents of positive social change and to sustainably participate in activities that improve the lives of individuals and communities in our legal and justice system.

OUR PURPOSE

Tembusu Law is a modern-day Singapore law practice founded on a commitment to help people and driven by a calling to serve a higher purpose – to bring greater access to help, answers, fairness and justice.

We’re not talking about having a clear mission that focuses solely on how to generate commercial value for you or your business.

Our higher purpose is not about economic exchanges. It reflects and represents our ideals, our dreams, our ambitions. It explains why and how we are making a difference, it gives us a sense of meaning, it guides our decisions and it draws our support.

The purpose of our practice is not only to delight customers and create value for businesses, but also to treat our team as valued human beings. We constantly refine and reinforce this by asking questions, listening and reflecting as well as feeling and understanding the deepest, common needs of our team to build an inspired, deeply-connected workforce – a team that desires to think, learn, and grow.

At Tembusu Law, we remain purpose-driven and thankful for every opportunity to serve.

OUR VALUES

  • Empathy: We will understand what you are going through and show compassion in helping you.
  • Integrity: We will always do the right thing, because the time is always right to do what is right.
  • Humility: We will put our ego aside and listen to your opinions and feedback because we can always do better.
  • Courage: We will act without fear or favour, knowing that we are empowered with our team’s full support.
  • Tenacity: We will persevere and work even harder when the going gets tough, when no one else is looking and everyone else quits.
  • Ownership: We will be accountable for our actions, and we will not turn away from responsibility.
  • Teamwork: We will support and stand alongside our team in every test and triumph.
  • Purpose: This is not ‘a’ job; this is ‘OUR’ job. We are grateful to have it, and we take pride in everything we do.

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