In its never-ending quest for quality, French food services and facilities management company Sodexo has spent the last few years building up its speak-up program. In this episode, Sodexo Chief Ethics Officer Philippe Symons and Head of Group Ethics Program Alexandre Berger explain how this campaign hasn't just increased reporting rates, but it has helped deliver the kinds of systemic improvements to Sodexo’s global culture of integrity. The resulting success story is not only reflected by the company’s 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies honors, but it provides a deeply compelling example for ethics and compliance teams everywhere.

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When ethics & compliance officers make a site visit, they only have so much time, and a million things to accomplish. So how can they make the most of their in-person opportunity to spread the word about what the program is doing? Find out as BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers: How do I use site visits to communicate E&C messages?

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In this episode, behavioral modification specialist Jacqui Pruet discusses the behavior modification techniques that can boost employee engagement and make your ethics & compliance program more impactful and effective.

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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, and one of our internal experts will provide an answer and direct you to a helpful resource for more information. In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers: What are appropriate consequences for failing to complete compliance training?

To learn more about BELA, please visit www.ethisphere.com/bela to request guest access to the 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 episode, we’ll hear from Ethisphere culture experts Emilie Anderson, Katie Kruger, Doug Allen, and Curtis Leicht on some of the most important considerations around culture assessments, including what culture assessments really measure, how to apply demographic filters to culture data, how long culture assessments ought to take, and the importance of training managers to boost your culture findings.

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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, and one of our internal experts will provide an answer and direct you to a helpful resource for more information. In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers: What are good data sources for measuring program effectiveness? 

To learn more about BELA, please visit www.ethisphere.com/bela to request guest access to the 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.

It has been a busy time for ethics and integrity news in recent months: executives going to jail, companies receiving massive fines and penalties, CEOs being dismissed or stepping down, and class action lawsuits. But perhaps the unlikeliest ethics scandal is the cheating allegation that rocked the 2024 World Conkers Championship. In his editorial from the upcoming Fall issue of Ethisphere Magazine, Editor in Chief Bill Coffin explains how even in a world as small and insular as that of competitive conkers (what *is* conkers, anyway?), conflicts of interest and speak-up culture matter just as much as they do at any Fortune 500 organization. Why? Because no matter what the stakes, ethics is everything.

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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, and one of our internal experts will provide an answer and direct you to a helpful resource for more information. In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers: What is a good training completion rate?

To learn more about BELA, please visit www.ethisphere.com/bela to request guest access to the 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.

Ethical culture builds massive value for your employees, investors, and stakeholders, which is why it pays to performing organizational culture assessments to see where a culture’s true strengths and improvement opportunities might be. But culture assessments are not a once-and done thing, and Curtis Leicht, Senior Culture Analyst at Ethisphere, explains how often you should assess your culture, and why.

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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, and one of our internal experts will provide an answer and direct you to a helpful resource for more information. In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers: How do I measure the effectiveness of my training program?

To learn more about BELA, please visit www.ethisphere.com/bela to request guest access to the 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.