Ethicast

On Oct. 23, the FBI indicted more than 30 people within the National Basketball Association for charges related to illegal gambling; namely insider trading-style schemes around so-called "pop bets," that wager not on a game's outcome but on an individual's performance or a specific moment or event within a game. The indictments have been described by the FBI as a major blow against organized crime...

In this special Halloween-themed episode of BELA Asks, we discuss something which many E&C leaders might find a little unsettling, if not downright scary: being called upon to justify the E&C function to the Board. With us as always is BELA Chair and Ethisphere Chief Strategy Officer Erica Salmon Byrne as she provides her signature insight to high-level questions such as these from the BEL...

In an increasingly interconnected world where supply chains have become multi-layered supply webs, the task of managing supply chain due diligence has become more important than ever. A key aspect of this is social compliance auditing, the manner in which organizations ensure that their partners and third parties are abiding by human labor law. In this episode, Craig Moss —executive vice president...

Ethics and compliance programs are often stuck in reactive mode, and the way to break out of that is to build a road map for where you see the function heading over the next year, three years, and five years. BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne explains how you can build a 1-3-5 road map for your E&C team. This episode stems from the BELA concierge service, in which our internal experts will answer...

Organizational justice examines whether employees believe the company holds wrongdoers accountable and communicates disciplinary guidelines effectively. When we talk about speakup culture, the effectiveness of the ethics and compliance program, the power of values-based leadership, and the overall health of a culture of ethics, these things often connect directly back to organizational justice. In...

The SEC is using AI to detect suspicious trading patterns with unprecedented power and accuracy. So that begs the question: how can you be using AI to prevent insider traiding within your own organization? BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne explains. 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...

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 changi...

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 ho...

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 a...

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...

In this episode, we’re going to discuss inherent and residual risk with Craig Moss, executive vice president of measurement at Ethisphere and a director at the Digital Supply Chain Institute and the Cyber Readiness Institute.   Craig is a prolific thought leader, public speaker, and author on the subject of value chain, holistic risk assessment, and AI, and his most recent byline, “Leveraging Resi...

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...

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. 2:07: Why Boar...

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 whi...

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...

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....

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 c...

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 se...

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 preventio...

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...

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...

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 us...

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 serv...

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...