In our BELA Asks series, we address questions posed by members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) about wider issues facing the ethics and compliance community.  BELA members who have any questions at all about ethics and compliance can send them to us, and then our internal experts will provide an answer and/or direct them to a helpful resource for more information. In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers: How do I manage the risks of ephemeral messaging?

To learn more about the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, visit bela.ethisphere.com.

Investment company KKR spends a huge amount of time and energy making sure that the ethics and compliance priorities of itself and its various portfolio companies - like data science company Feedzai - fully align. In the case of KKR and Feedzai, this effort creates a virtuous cycle of value creation that Ethisphere SVP of Measurement Craig Moss knows well. Craig works with KKR and Feedzai to ensure their ethics and compliance efforts align and magnify each other. In this episode, we’ll hear from Craig as he interview’s KKR’s Chief Compliance Officer of International Operations, Mark Howard, and Lígia Gutierrez Setúbal, Associate General Counsel of Feedzai.

Ethisphere ESG & Compliance Assessment services: ethisphere.com/solutions

“3 Ways Generative AI Is Transforming Supply Chain Risk Management": magazine.ethisphere.com

In this special episode from the 2024 Global Ethics Summit, Liban Jama, EY Americas Forensic & Integrity Services Leader; EY Global Client Service Partner, joins the Ethicast's Aarti Maharaj to discuss EY's Global Integrity Report 2024.

One of the best benefits of being a member of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (or BELA) is that if you have any questions at all about ethics and compliance, you can submit them to BELA’s concierge service, which will connect you with one of our internal experts who will provide an answer and/or direct you to a helpful resource for more information.

Sometimes, these requests are specific to a particular company’s needs. But most of them speak to broad challenges facing BELA members in general, and by extension, the wider ethics and compliance profession. That’s why we are using this show to thematically respond to high-level questions from the BELA community.

In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers: What is psychological safety, and how do I build it?

In this episode, Ei Ching Yap, Lead, Ethics, Prudential Assurance Company Singapore explores how the company cultivates a culture of ethical behaviour and decision-making.

One of the best benefits of being a member of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (or BELA) is that if you have any questions at all about ethics and compliance, you can submit them to BELA’s concierge service, which will connect you with one of our internal experts who will provide an answer and/or direct you to a helpful resource for more information.

Sometimes, these requests are specific to a particular company’s needs. But most of them speak to broad challenges facing BELA members in general, and by extension, the wider ethics and compliance profession. That’s why we are using this show to thematically respond to high-level questions from the BELA community.

In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers: How do I address unethical employee behavior that happens outside of work hours, but could negatively impact the organization’s reputation or business relationships?

Ridesharing pioneer Uber recently earned the coveted Compliance Leader Verification from Ethisphere in recognition of its alignment with ethics & compliance best practices, program monitoring, and use of data analytics to ensure program effectiveness. In this episode, Katy Creecy, Senior Manager, Ethics & Compliance Programs, joins us to explain how Uber's innovative and impactful data analytics strategy is moving the company’s E&C needle in a meaningful way.

Uber's Ethics & Compliance Program: https://tinyurl.com/nkw4pnae

Compliance Leader Verification Program: www.ethisphere.com/solutions

Ethisphere Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance Erica Salmon Byrne explains some of the key governance takeaways and implications from the developing story of Andrew Weiderhorn, the former CEO of casual dining company Fat Brands, who has been indicted for looting his own company. Weiderhorn, a convicted felon who did time in 2004-2005, is accused of orchestrating nearly $47 million in bogus personal loans from Fat Brands to fund his lavish lifestyle, as part of a long-running pattern of fraud and tax evasion.

USDO-CDCA press release: https://tinyurl.com/2s3aduzc

Oregon Live Coverage: https://tinyurl.com/2s73x96v

Franchise Times Coverage: https://tinyurl.com/5n9ywvma

Free Governance Resources: www.ethisphere.com/resources

Measuring your culture provides a valuable look at how the daily lived experience of your organization advances and upholds best practices and stated values. In this episode, Katie Kruger, a Data Analyst on Ethisphere’s Data & Services team, explains how understanding the different experiences of employees based on their gender, ethnicity, age, tenure, location, sector, etc., provides vital context around where your culture is strongest...and where it might be coming up short.

To learn more about the great work that Katie and the rest of the Ethisphere Culture team does with organizations around the world, be sure to check out the Spring issue of Ethisphere Magazine, available at magazine.ethisphere.com.

For a wealth of free reports, presentations, webinars and more, including the foundational Eight Pillars of an Ethical Culture, visit the Ethisphere Resource Center at ethisphere.com/resources.

To connect with the Ethisphere Culture team and learn how you can measure and elevate your organization’s culture, please visit ethisphere.com/solutions.

The Tennessee Valley Authority—a self-funding corporate agency of the United States that provides electricity for nearly 10 million people across seven states—is the first federal agency to earn back-to-back Compliance Leader Verification recognitions from Ethisphere.

Join David Fountain and Jennifer Grace as they discuss how TVA continues to develop and advance its ethics & compliance program within TVA's unique marketplace mandate, and as an organization that considers itself "the original ESG company."

TVA's recent achievements, and the year ahead

Strategic initiatives for the year ahead

Exemplifying ESG at a time of ESG pushback

Using culture to drive enterprise-wide strategic initiatives

Aspects of TVA's program that you can integrate into your own

How external validation empowers TVA's E&C program to do more

To follow David and Jennifer’s work, visit tva.com. And to learn more about Ethisphere’s Compliance Leader Verification Program, please visit ethisphere.com/solutions.