Ethicast

Around 85% of people say they would report misconduct at work if they witnessed it, but when the moment of truth arrives, less than half actually do so. A big reason why is because people just don't trust their speak-up programs to work as they intend to do. In this episode, Gary Burke, Partner, Global Integrity & Compliance Leader, Forensic & Integrity Services, at EY, discusses how you can strengthen your company’s speak up program through solid training and trust-building.

Register now for our free webinar on September 24 - Building Trust & Accountability: Taking Speak-Up Seriously - featuring Gary and his colleague, Charles Cain, Managing Director, Forensic & Integrity Services at EY. Gary and Charles will explore best practices around how organizations respond to employee reports of misconduct and the risks associated with failing to act when employees speak up. To register: https://ethisphere.com/webinars.

Erica Salmon Byrne, Chef Strategy Officer of Ethisphere and Executive Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), discusses how ethics and compliance leaders can lead the charge on revisiting their organization's core values - a task that sets the foundation for ethical culture, robust compliance practices, and strong business integrity.

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 of Ethicast Reacts, host Bill Coffin and Ethisphere Chief Strategy officer Erica Salmon Byrne discuss the E&C implications of Nestle CEO Laurent Freixe's abrupt dismissal over an undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct report.

On September 1, 2025, the failure to prevent fraud offense under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act will go into effect. This means that an organization can be held criminally liable if any employee, agent, subsidiary, or other associated person or entity commits a fraud intending to benefit the organization or its clients, if the organization did not have reasonable fraud prevention procedures in place. 

On today's episode of Ethicast Reacts, Erica Salmon Byrne, Chief Strategy Officer at Ethisphere will guide us through the Failure to Prevent Fraud Act and what companies need to consider as they prepare for the act to go into effect on September 1. 

To read the guidance that Erica refrenced, click here: Guidance to organisations on the offence of failure to prevent fraud

For more on the SFO, see a former Ethicast: Ethicast Reacts: New UK SFO Self-Reporting Guidance 

More resources can be found at www.ethisphere.com/resources 

Reach out to your Engagement Director or [email protected] for Sphere data, risk assessment resources, and more!

Running an effective ethics and compliance training program is something most organizations really struggle with. In this episode, we speak with Christopher Annand, Senior Director - Ethics & Compliance at Cargill, a global food company and the largest privately held U.S. company in terms of revenue. Christopher has led a multi-year effort to modernize Cargill's online training components to include burst learning modules, and to adopt unified deployment strategy to improve learning outcomes and operational efficiency.

Cargill E&C: https://www.cargill.com/about/ethics-and-compliance

Learn more about BELA; www.ethisphere.com/bela

Appear on the Ethicast as a guest: www.ethisphere.com/ethicast

Thanks for joining us! Strong ethics is good business.

BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne addresses what a really strong antitrust or anti-competition prevention program looks like and draws upon some recent news coming out of the Department of Justice as a proof point.

This episode stems from the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (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.

Learn more about BELA, request guest access to the Member Resource Hub, and to speak with a BELA Engagement Director at: www.ethisphere.com/bela

Justice Department's Antitrust Division Announces Whistleblower Rewards Program: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-departments-antitrust-division-announces-whistleblower-rewards-program

Sustainability reporting requirements have spawned a complex ecosystem of data gathering, measuring, and analysis. But this has trapped many organizations in a cycle where gathering sustainability data is an end unto itself. In this episode, Craig Moss (Executive Vice President, Measurement at Ethisphere, and Director at the Digital Supply Chain Institute) explains how companies can make better use of that sustainability data to drive the overall performance of the business.

ARTICLE: Sustainability Needs More Focus on Doing and Less on Reporting: https://article.dowjones.com/djriskjournal/articles/sustainability-needs-more-focus-on-doing-and-less-on-reporting-21aa0bbd?mod=djrj_top_news

To learn how you can measure and improve your compliance and sustainability program as well as that of your suppliers, reach out to Craig directly at [email protected]

To learn more about how you can adapt your supply chain to the demands of the digital economy, go to the Digital Supply Chain Institute at www.DSCinstitute.org.

Ethisphere Resource Center: www.ethisphere.com/resources

Podcasting is a great way to message and build dialogue around ethics and compliance. But how do you actually get an ethics podcast off the ground? And more importantly, how do you keep it going? BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne talks about the why of starting an E&C podcast, and Ethicast host Bill Coffin offers some practical tips on the how of it.

This episode stems from the BELA concierge service, in which BELA can submit questions regarding ethics & compliance, and our internal experts will provide an answer plus helpful resources with more information. And since there is no competition in compliance, we respond thematically to high-level concierge questions for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere.

Learn more about BELA, request guest access to the Member Resource Hub, and to speak with a BELA Engagement Director at: www.ethisphere.com/bela

Kimberly White, Vice President and General Counsel-Compliance at global ingredients company Ingredion shares how she launched an ambitious, enterprise-level E&C meeting series to drive strategic alignment on business integrity. And, she shares how this initiative got its start in Ingredion's application for World's Most Ethical Companies® recognition, which the company has earned an impressive 11 times.

Learn more about Ingredion: https://www.ingredion.com/na/en-us/company/meet-ingredion/business-integrity-ethics-compliance

Apply for the World's Most Ethical Companies (Applications open from 7/30-10/30): https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/apply-now/

Be a guest on the Ethicast: https://ethisphere.com/ethicast/

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Erica Salmon Byrne, Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), answers a high-level member question on how E&C teams should communicate expectations around the proper use of AI and what an organization's AI policy might be. As we often say, it comes down to message, messenger, and modality.

This episode stems from the BELA concierge service, in which BELA can submit questions regarding ethics & compliance, and our internal experts will provide an answer plus helpful resources with more information. And since there is no competition in compliance, we respond thematically to high-level concierge questions for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere.

Learn more about BELA, request guest access to the Member Resource Hub, and to speak with a BELA Engagement Director at: www.ethisphere.com/bela