In this special Ethicast series, BELA Asks, we address specific questions posed by members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance about wider issues facing the ethics and compliance community. In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers: How do I create and refresh my ethics and compliance policies?

To learn more, or to ask a question of your own, visit bela.ethisphere.com

As any ethics and compliance expert, and they'll tell you: Humans are complex creatures that are often unpredictable, emotional, and irrational.

Ethics and compliance expert Adam Balfour, Vice President and General Counsel for Corporate Compliance for Bridgestone Americas, is a prolific writer and speaker who has authored numerous articles on ethics and compliance

Now, he has published his first book, Ethics & Compliance for Humans, which is an insightful call for organizations to design and implement people-centric ethics and compliance programs that employees will find to be relatable, relevant, engaging, and useful. In this episode, we speak with Adam to learn:

To get your copy of Ethics and Compliance for Humans, click here.

In this special Ethicast series, BELA Asks, we address specific questions posed by members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance that speak to wider issues facing the ethics and compliance community. In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers: How many of the Fortune 500 companies have their values listed on their websites?

Ethicast co-host Aarti Maharaj speaks with Dr. Katharina Weghmann, EY, about the increased focus on ESG in recent years. This conversation, which builds on a recent article from Dr. Weghmann, identifies trends on the topics of greenwashing and "greenhushing" and its overall impact on consumers, the business and the environment. This Ethicast covers:

To read Dr. Weghmann's recent article in Ethisphere Magazine, click here: https://tinyurl.com/43wfe988

 Lisa Fairfax, Presidential Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and co-director of the Institute for Law & Economics, shares her thoughts on the push-and-pull that surrounds the concept of stakeholderism—how it counterbalances the notion that businesses are purely meant to make a profit, why its support seems to wax and wane, and why corporations really are part of the solution of society’s biggest challenges.

To read Lisa’s article, “Stakeholderism, Corporate Purpose, and Credible Commitment,” please visit virginialawreview.org. And to get a copy of her book Shareholder Democracy: A Primer on Shareholder Activism and Participation, please visit Carolina Academic Press at cap-press.com.

Lisa will be a keynote speaker at the 2023 ESG Virtual Forum, held on September 26-27. To register for that event, please visit ethisphere.com/global-events. Members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance can get up to five free passes to the ESG Virtual Forum, so please contact your engagement director to learn more.

There has been a long-running effort to establish compliance as a value-creating function within the enterprise, but the data for that has been very hard to come by. Indiana University professors Todd Haugh and Suneal Bedi are changing that with their forthcoming Iowa Law Review article, “Valuing Corporate Compliance,” in which they provide groundbreaking, empirically sound, direct evidence that corporate compliance can create positive, revenue-enhancing value for companies.

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Ethisphere is delighted to announce that Tom Bubeck has joined Ethisphere as CEO. Tom brings his deep operational background to this role and will work in sync with Erica Salmon Byrne, who moves to the role of Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair of Ethisphere, where she will focus on the product roadmap, being the voice of Ethisphere, and identifying new partners that align with Ethisphere’s strategy. In this episode, learn:

To learn more about Ethisphere’s many exciting products and programs—including the World’s Most Ethical Companies, the Global Ethics Summit, the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, and The Sphere—please sign up for our bi-weekly newsletter, Ethisphere Insights, at ethisphere.com/newsletter.

When the head of Spain’s soccer federation, Luis Rubiale,s publicly and forcibly kissed star forward Jennifer Hermoso after Spain won the Women’s World Cup, it touched off a #MeToo-level controversy in Spain and the broader soccer world. Erica Salmon Byrne weighs in with what this moment tells us about speak-up culture, organizational justice, and gender equity.

Earlier this year, at the 14th Annual Global Ethics Summit, Ethicast co-host Aarti Maharaj sat down with Pete Tomzcak, Parter with Baker McKenzie to discuss the findings of the Best Practices in Investigations, Staffing, Structure, and Process in a Post-COVID World report jointly authored by Baker McKenzie and Ethisphere, which include:

The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund is a philanthropic family foundation established in 1993 to perpetuate the philanthropy and ethical leadership of entrepreneur and telecom executive William G. McGowan.  In this episode, McGowan Fund Director Gert McGowan and Interim Executive Director Brian Peckrill discuss the challenges and opportunities facing values-based leadership in the ethics economy, including:

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