Ethicast

Today is Global Ethics Day, an event created by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. The theme for this year’s Global Ethics Day is “Ethics, Re-Envisioned,” which captures the state of incredible transformation we find our world undergoing, and the significant ethical crises, challenges, and opportunities that present themselves to leaders every day.

And few things are changing the landscape in the field of business ethics more than artificial intelligence, which isn't just transforming the everyday realities of E&C teams. It’s prompting leaders to wonder how they can prepare for their own next big moment of organizational transformation; how to reconcile AI’s own ethical concerns with the power it has to advance business integrity, and what "responsible AI" might look like a year or two from now. In this episode, Ethisphere's Chief Strategy Officer, Erica Salmon Byrne, discusses:

Read AI in Ethics & Compliance: Risk to Manage, Tool to Leverage: www.ethisphere.com 

Register for the 2026 Global Ethics Summit: www.attendges.com 

Reductions in force (RIFs) are deeply unsettling for any workplace, often prompting remaining employees to keep a low profile in order to protect their job. Unfortunately, this can also erode their willingness to call out witnessed misconduct. In this episode, Erica Salmon Byrne, Chef Strategy Officer of Ethisphere and Executive Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), discusses how organizations can mitigate the impact RIFs have on speak-up culture.

This episode stems from the BELA concierge service, in which our internal experts will answer any E&C question a BELA member poses. And since there is no competition in compliance, we respond to anonymized, high-level concierge questions here for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere.

Want to join BELA? Here's how: www.ethisphere.com/bela

More than 85% of employees say that they would report an instance of workplace misconduct if they observed one. However, when the moment of truth arrives, only about half of the people who said they would report actually follow through with it. A big reason why is that for many employees, speaking up about misconduct carries the very real risk of being punished overtly or covertly by their peers and managers for it. In this episode, Ethisphere's VP of Data & Services Jodie Fredericksen and Director, Data & Services Eric Jorgenson discuss how ethics and compliance teams can implement meaningful anti-retaliation protocols that reduce workplace payback, increase speakup rates, and build a stronger culture of integrity.

Anti-Retaliation resources: https://ethisphere.com/resource-search/?post_type=resources&s=retaliation&topic=-1&type=-1

Midterm elections in the U.S. are fast approaching, and E&C leaders who aren't already grappling with the compliance issues of organizational political activity will do so soon. In this episode, Erica Salmon Byrne, Chef Strategy Officer of Ethisphere and Executive Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), answers a question sent directly to the show from an audience member: What are the compliance issues of a political action committee?

This episode stems from the BELA concierge service, in which our internal experts will answer any E&C question a BELA member poses. And since there is no competition in compliance, we respond to anonymized, high-level concierge questions here for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere.

Want to join BELA? Here's how: www.ethisphere.com/bela

The World Stone Skimming Championship was rocked by cheating this September, but speak-up culture and organizational justice saved the day. Erica Salmon Byrne skips no details as she shares how E&C leaders can use stories like these to foster employee conversations around ethics and integrity.

For plenty of free ethics and compliance resources on conflicts of interest, speak up culture, values-based leadership, and much, much more, please visit the Ethisphere Resource Center at www.ethisphere.com/resources

In this episode, Laura Jacobus, a Strategic Advisor with global technology organization Mitratech, discusses how E&C leaders can build huge value for their programs by developing the right tools and skills to deliver high-value, strategic insights to their Boards at a time when Boards themselves are looking to E&C to help manage risk and enable sustainable enterprise growth.

ABOUT MITRATECH: Mitratech is a global technology organization that aids corporate legal, risk & compliance, and HR professionals in enhancing productivity, controlling expenses, and mitigating risk. To learn more about what how Laura and her colleagues can help connect and empower your organization’s core departments via fully automated compliance technology, AI-driven analytics, and seamless integrations, visit www.mitratech.com.

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In this episode of the Ethicast, Erica Salmon Byrne, Chef Strategy Officer of Ethisphere and Executive Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), discusses how you improve and expand your quarterly reporting to the Audit Committee...and thereby build stronger relations between the ethics and compliance function and the Board.

This episode stems from the BELA concierge service, in which our internal experts will answer any E&C question a BELA member poses. And since there is no competition in compliance, we respond to anonymized, high-level concierge questions here for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere.

Want to join BELA? Here's how: www.ethisphere.com/bela

In this episode, Charles Cain, Forensic & Integrity Services managing director at Ernst & Young LLP, discusses the risks that organizations run when they fail to take their speak-up reporting seriously. Sometimes, companies either can’t—or won’t—take proper action on reports of misconduct that have been surfaced, and when that happens, the culture's sense of organizational justice suffers. Once that corrosive effect takes root within a culture it can be very, very difficult to address it before some truly unfortunate things happen.

Erica Salmon Byrne, Chef Strategy Officer of Ethisphere and Executive Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), discusses how you can socialize your ethics and compliance program with employees who might be out of reach of easy communications channels like e-mail or instant messaging because they're on a factory floor, traveling in areas where that connectivity is unavailable, etc.

This episode stems from the BELA concierge service, in which our internal experts will answer any E&C question a BELA member poses. And since there is no competition in compliance, we respond to anonymized, high-level concierge questions here for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere.

Want to join BELA? Here's how: www.ethisphere.com/bela

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