Ethicast

What do dogs and cats have to do with what it takes to build and maintain a culture of integrity at your organization? Only everything. Ethisphere Editor in Chief and Ethicast co-host Bill Coffin provides a whimsical but truthful example of how culture really can (and should) be measured and analyzed.

Great compliance training results are table stakes for creating a best-in-class ethics and compliance program. Harper Wells, Chief Compliance Officer for Learning Pool—a technology company that helps global organizations solve their biggest employee performance challenges—discusses four ways in which organizations can improve their compliance training outcomes.

To learn more about how Learning Pool can help transform your compliance training efforts, please visit learningpool.com, and be sure to look for their latest white paper, Target, Tailor, and Humanize Compliance Training Using Adaptive Learning Principles.

Last March, the Department of Justice issued its updated Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs document, which aims to assist prosecutors in making informed decisions as to whether, and to what extent, a company’s compliance program was effective at the time when it committed some kind of punishable offence. We all know that crime doesn’t pay, but it helps if your company makes sure of it by incorporating compliance best practices into how it rewards its top performers. performance evaluations. To that end, Erica Salmon Byrne, Executive Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, answers the burning question: How do I factor compliance into performance evaluations?

Full text of the March 2023 update to the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs: justice.gov/criminal/criminal-fraud/compliance

In a world of weaponized transparency, public square accountability, and a swiftly evolving intersection between money and morality, educator and advisor Alison Taylor offers her insights on how are businesses supposed to chart the best course forward as ethical organizations in her new book, Higher Ground: How Business Can do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World.

Higher Ground is available now from Harvard Business Review press wherever fine business books are sold. Be sure to pick up your copy today. And to stay up to date on Alison’s latest podcasts, articles, and more, visit alisontaylor.co.

In our BELA Asks series, we address questions posed by members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance 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 benchmark my supplier due diligence onboarding?

To learn more about BELA, please visit bela.ethisphere.com to request guest access to the BELA Member Resource Hub and to speak with a BELA Engagement Director.

In this episode, Joe Rodgers, senior vice president, Global Ethics & Compliance at Eaton, a multinational intelligent power management company, shares how he and his team use storytelling to engage leadership and employees alike, and how to express the company’s commitment to business integrity with enthusiasm and authenticity.

To learn more about EATON’s ethics and compliance program, visit eaton.com.

The 2024 Global Ethics Summit will be held on April 22-24 in Atlanta, GA, where for three days, more than 100 speakers will share the latest insights, trends, and best practices in the field of ethics, compliance, and business integrity. Putting together an event of this size and scope requires months of planning with dozens of various subject matter experts to create a rich and diverse content experience. Joining us to talk about how the Global Ethics Summit comes together, and why you should really consider attending, is Emily Rickaby, Director, Shared Expertise and Strategic Projects for Ethisphere.

To learn more about this year’s Global Ethics Summit, please visit attendges.com for details about the event’s agenda, sessions, speakers, and more. And don’t forget, Ethicast listeners get a special rate when registering! Enter the code ETHICAST24 at checkout for a 20% discount off your registration fee, whether you attend virtually or in person.

The 2024 Global Ethics Summit will be held on April 22-24 in Atlanta, GA, where for three days, more than 100 speakers will share the latest insights, trends, and best practices in the field of ethics, compliance, and business integrity. More than 2,000 in-person and virtual participants will attend this event, representing more than 350 organizations across 60+ industries.

The first day of the event is dedicated specifically to members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, or BELA. BELA is the premier membership organization for ethics and compliance professionals around the world. In this episode, Kevin McCormack, Executive Vice President at Ethisphere and Executive Director of BELA, offers his insights on how to make the most out of BELA Day's unique opportunities for education and networking.

To learn more about BELA Day, as well as the galaxy of sessions and speakers that will make this year’s Global Ethics Summit better than ever, please visit attendges.com.

And if you’re interested in the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, please visit bela.ethisphere.com to survey the exclusive resources, learning opportunities and networking events that come with membership. And best of all: BELA Members receive a FREE ticket for this year’s Global Ethics Summit, so be sure to join BELA today.

In our BELA Asks series, we address questions posed by members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance 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: What due diligence questions should I ask?

To learn more about BELA, please visit bela.ethisphere.com to request guest access to the BELA Member Resource Hub and to speak with a BELA Engagement Director.

The 18th annual World’s Most Ethical Companies® recognition is here, honoring 136 organizations spanning 20 countries and 44 industries. This honors those companies that have demonstrated a commitment to ethical business practices through robust programs that positively impact employees, communities, and broader stakeholders, as well as contributing to sustainable, long-term business growth. In this episode, Ethisphere’s Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair, Erica Salmon Byrne, share her insights on this year’s honorees and explains just how rigorous a process earning this honor really is.

To learn more about the World’s Most Ethical Companies program, as well to view the full list of this year’s 136 honoree companies, please visit worldsmostethicalcompanies.com.