Ethicast

This year, Clarios - a leading provider of energy storage - earned its second World’s Most Ethical Companies® recognition, underscoring just how seriously the company takes ethics, compliance, and a culture of integrity. Deborah Spanic, VP, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, explains how Clarios goes all in with an ambitious international trophy tour to recognize and energize the local compliance champions at the heart of their ethical culture.

(Note: There were a few sound issues during the recording of this episode, but we had a great conversation with Deborah, and you'll definitely benefit from her insights.) 

To learn more about the integrity efforts underway at Clarios, please visit clarios.com. On their main page, hit the Company tab, and from there, hit Mission & Values for links to their Code of Ethics, Whistleblower Policy, Conflict Minerals Policy, and more.

Also, be sure to read our World’s Most Ethical Companies profile with Deborah in the Spring 2023 issue of Ethisphere Magazine, available at magazine.ethisphere.com.

To learn more about the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies honorees, visit worldsmostethicalcompanies.com.

Southwire is a leading manufacturer of wire and cable used in the transmission and distribution of electricity to millions of people around the world. Based in Carrolton, GA, and family owned since 1950, Southwire’s mission is to prevail in the fiercely competitive wire and cable industry through a commitment to quality and performance, unequaled customer satisfaction, and perhaps most importantly, ethical and fair dealing. And to underscore just how seriously the company takes that last part, earlier this year, Southwire earned its first World’s Most Ethical Companies recognition. Spencer Preis, VP, Associate General Counsel and Deputy Chief, Ethics & Compliance Officer, and Shaun Miller, Director of Ethics and Compliance, explain how Southwire sought this recognition, and what they learned along the way.

To learn more about Southwire’s business integrity efforts, visit doingrightconnection.com.

To learn more about the World’s Most Ethical Companies program, visit worldsmostethicalcompanies.com.

Earlier this year, PepsiCo received World’s Most Ethical Companies honors for an astonishing 18th time in a row—something only a handful of other companies have achieved. The secret of Pepsi’s success here is no secret at all, though. As Craig Pedersen, Director, Global Compliance & Ethics Program, PepsiCo, explains, it comes from a substantial and sustained campaign with support from across the enterprise at all levels, all feeding into a robust culture that puts ethics and integrity first.

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 use podcasts for training purposes? 

To learn more about BELA, please visit https://bela.ethisphere.com to request guest access to the BELA Member Resource Hub and to speak with a BELA Engagement Director. And if you have a question that you’d like answered on BELA Asks, be sure to use the BELA Concierge Service, and we’ll get to it as soon as we can.

In this special episode, Erica Salmon Byrne, Chief Strategy Officer of Ethisphere, and Neta Meidav, CEO and Co-Founder of Vault Platform, discuss some exciting news for the ethics economy as these two organizations partner to advance speak-up culture.

To learn about how Vault and Ethisphere are working together to advance business integrity and drive speak-up culture, keep your eyes peeled for more on this partnership. And in the meantime go to www.vaultplatform.com to book a demo.

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.