Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two new Amazon leadership principles will now shape the company’s corporate culture following the departure of its famed CEO.

Amazon is formally integrating its leadership principles into employee evaluations for the first time. The new system uses a three-tiered approach to assess employee adherence to the company's values.

When Doug Herrington first arrived at Amazon more than two decades ago, he found not just a fast-moving e-commerce startup, but a culture wrapped in what felt like a corporate creed. “I felt like I ...