Ethicast

In this sponsored episode, Case IQ is the leading provider of investigative case management software, with solutions for ethics and compliance, human resources, fraud, and corporate security functions within mid-sized and large organizations.

Founded in 1999, Case IQ serves tens of thousands of investigators and case managers on its software platform. It provides organizations with advanced case intake capabilities, workflow configuration, automation, and advanced analytics that help organizations run more accurate and efficient workplace investigations and prevent enormous costs in potential litigation.

But more than that, by helping companies conduct better investigations, Case IQ helps them create a greater degree of psychological safety for reporters and witnesses, thereby promoting stronger speak-up culture that improves business integrity for everyone.

With us to talk about this is Shannon Walker, Founder of WhistleBlower Security—a global provider of confidential ethics hotline and case management solutions—and EVP Strategy, CaseIQ.

To learn more about how the Case IQ platform can help transform your organization’s workplace investigations processes, and to schedule a demo, please visit www.caseiq.com.

After two years and more than 24,000 comments from companies, legislators, and trade groups, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finally approved The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, its long-anticipated rules that require certain SEC registrants to report their carbon emissions and climate risks.

The rules jettisoned a provision that would have required companies to report their Scope 3 (supply chain) carbon emissions as well as only requiring companies to disclose what they consider to be "material" Scope 1 and 2 emissions.

Even as the rules face legal challenge, Ethisphere’s Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair, Erica Salmon Byrne offers her insights on how these rules will impact organizations and how they can prepare now to comply with them.

Full text of The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors: https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/final/2024/33-11275.pdf

For a host of resources providing helpful intelligence on the wide array of regulatory issues in today’s ethics and compliance environment, please visit ethisphere.com/resources.

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 measure and assess third-party risk? 

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.

Global professional services and project management company AtkinsRéalis maintains a workforce as diverse as the many professional sectors it serves. As Chief ESG and Integrity Officer, Hentie Dirker has seen the company make significant investments in compliance and ESG, and implement major initiatives, from building a culture that requires managers to frequently communicate with their teams on ethics and compliance, to robust third-party risk management procedures. The result is a truly exemplary ethics and compliance program that embeds integrity across the organization.

To learn more about the great work Hentie and his colleagues are doing, visit atkinsrealis.com. To learn more about Ethisphere’s Compliance Leader Verification Program, please visit ethisphere.com/solutions. And while you’re there, be sure to download a free copy of our eBook, The Eight Pillars of an Ethical Culture, from the Ethisphere Resource Center at ethisphere.com/resources.

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 create a policy on policies?

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.

Ingredion is a leading, plant-based, global ingredients solutions company that whose products “make crackers crunchy, candy sweet, yogurt creamy, lotions and creams silky, plastics biodegradable and tissues softer and stronger.” Ingredion is also a current World’s Most Ethical Companies honoree – a distinction it has earned an impressive 10 times. So it came as no surprise when we learned the company is doing some compelling work in the area of speak-up culture and internal investigations to improve engagement and make everyone feel heard. Which is why we reached out to Ingredion Vice President and General Counsel-Compliance, Kimberly White, to learn more.

To learn more about what Kim and her team are accomplishing, please visit ingredion.com and mouse over the Our company drop-down on the upper-right corner of the page. There, you’ll find links to Ingredion’s Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility, and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion programs. But most of all, make sure to click on the link for Business Integrity, Ethics & Compliance for an integrity message from Ingredion CEO Jim Zallie, Ingredion’s Code of Conduct, and more.

For a wealth of free resources on Investigations and Reporting, please visit the Ethisphere Resource Center at ethisphere.com/resources.

If you know of a practitioner or program that exemplifies excellence within the ethics economy, let us know at [email protected]. We’d love to spotlight their best practices and success stories on the show.

As longtime members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) know, we offer a special concierge service whereby 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.

Some of these concierge requests are rather specific to a particular company’s needs, but many of them represent broad challenges facing BELA members. 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 should my first 100 days as chief compliance officer look like?

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.

Generative AI has dominated headlines as a transformative and disruptive technology. One area where generative AI could make a really big difference is in a field that hasn’t been much discussed until now—supply chains. Whether it’s summarizing the data privacy laws of various countries, assessing and prioritizing third-party risk, or creating tailored communications to third parties, generative AI has the potential to dramatically transform how organizations approach supply chain risk management (SCRM).

With us today to talk about this is Craig Moss, Executive Vice President of Measurement at Ethisphere, and co-author of the article, “From Data to Decisions,” featured in the Winter issue of Ethisphere Magazine, available now at magazine.ethisphere.com.

To learn more about the Digital Supply Chain Institute, visit dscinstitute.org. For additional resources on artificial intelligence, third-party risk management, and more, check out the Ethisphere Resource Center at ethisphere.com/resources.

As longtime members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (or BELA) know, we offer a special concierge service whereby 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.

Some of these concierge requests are rather specific to a particular company’s needs, but many of them represent broad challenges facing BELA members. 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 plan a Global Ethics and Compliance Week?

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.

SABIC is one of the world’s largest chemical manufacturing companies, with more than 31,000 employees in 50 different countries across the Middle East and Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. It is a leading producer of petrochemicals, chemicals, industrial polymers, and fertilizers.

Based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, SABIC's robust ethics and compliance program have earned the company its rightful status as a peer leader among other companies in the Middle East. And its focus on global diversity, culture, and anticorruption are just some of the program maturity hallmarks that have earned the company its Compliance Leader Verification status from Ethisphere.

Bo van Zeeland, GM & Global Chief Counsel, Business Ethics & Compliance for SABIC leads his team as they elevate and advance SABIC’s Culture of Integrity, its Code of Ethics, and its Human Rights Program. And in so doing, he has helped to move the needle in a meaningful way across SABIC’s rapidly growing global organization.

To learn more about the great work Bo and his colleagues are doing at SABIC, visit sabic.com and mouse over the About tab. There you’ll find link’s to SABIC’s Compliance Culture, its Code of Ethics, its Human Rights Program, and more.

To learn more about Ethisphere’s Compliance Leader Verification Program, please visit ethisphere.com/solutions. And while you’re there, be sure to download a free copy of our eBook, The Eight Pillars of an Ethical Culture, from the Ethisphere Resource Center at ethisphere.com/resources.