Ethicast

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 reg...

Year after year, Ethisphere's Five-Year Ethics Premium shows how much the publicly listed honorees of the World's Most Ethical Companies® outperform their peers. This year, that overage is 7.8%, which is no small number. But what if you actually invested in these companies? How much would you make simply by putting your money with companies that exemplified best practices in business integrity? A...

One of the best benefits of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) concierge service, in which members of the BELA community can submit any question regarding ethics & compliance, and our internal experts will provide an answer, plus helpful resources with more information. Since there is no competition in compliance, we respond thematically to high-level concierge questions for the be...

Between federal regulatory shifts and Executive orders, the ways in which companies can expect to be held accountable for misconduct are undergoing substantial change—or at the very least, significant clarification. Baker McKenzie partner and former SEC assistant regional director Peter Chan recently spoke with Kate Zoladz, Deputy Director (West) of the Enforcement Division of the SEC, and shares...

For many executives, a natural part of their professional progression is to serve on boards of directors outside of their primary place of employment, be it at another company in a different industry, or an organization that connects to something in their personal life. In all such cases, however, there's an ethics and compliance component to how that kind of relationship should be handled. And in...

In this episode, we speak with Guido Palazzo , professor of business ethics at the University of Lausanne and his book, The Dark Pattern: The Hidden Dynamics of Corporate Scandals, which identifies nine toxic elements—a so-called “dark pattern”—that lead to corporate scandals. And, it offers nine actionable lessons—or a “bright pattern”—for building morally resilient organizations. 2:04: Identifyi...

In today's episode, we sit down with Andrew Jacobs, Chief Compliance Officer of Avangrid Networks. Andrew recently published a paper entitled, "Why Compliance Training Fails," and in it he outlines the major pitfalls that compliance programs are facing with their training. He looks into studies on human behavior and real life studies that parallel some of the issues organizations face with the fai...

You've got questions, we've got answers! In this episode, Erica Salmon Byrne answers another question from the membership of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance about the global trends shaping ABAC regulation: How should companies prepare for the new UK/France/Swiss ABAC alliance?   UK Announcement: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-france-and-switzerland-announce-new-anti-corruption-allia...

In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers another question from the membership of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) to the benefit of E&C practitioners everywhere. And this time, it's about regulation: What does a good antitrust program look like?

Ethisphere's Ethics Quotient (EQ) questionnaire is a comprehensive evaluation of an applicant’s ethics and compliance program, culture, and governance practices, and it forms the core of the applications process for the World’s Most Ethical Companies recognition. On June 30, Ethisphere will release the revised EQ, giving prospective applicants a month to review its changes and prepare for the appl...

An embezzlement case of epic proportions shines a bright light on the importance of internal controls and speak-up culture, as federal prosecutors seek a sentence of 18 years for the former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO William Smith for embezzling $44.3 million from the nonprofit over 10 years. Ethisphere Chief Strategy Officer, Erica Salmon Byrne , offers some much-neededethics and complian...

As a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer in the highly regulated medical products industry, Convatec invests a considerable amount of time and energy into its Compliance Week program as a keystone event to advancing compliance across the organization, and further Convatec's culture of integrity. Convatec Deputy Chief Compliance Officer Chris Corallo explains how his team executes it. How...

Our latest question from the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) membership asks, what are ethics and compliance best practices when it comes to managing an organization's "material risk-takers?" BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne has the answer. For guest access to BELA: https://ethisphere.com/bela Ethisphere Resource Center: https://ethisphere.com/resources  

In this episode, Matt Silverman , author of The Champions Network: A Blueprint to Expand Your Influence and Spread Big Ideas in Any Organization , shares best practices for how you can start, develop, and grow an ethics and compliance champions network where you work. Champions networks are a proven way to broaden the reach of ethics and compliance programs and embed compliance into an organizatio...

In this BELA Asks episode of the Ethicast, Erica Salmon Byrne , Executive Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance , explains how you can detect signs of post-investigation or post-survey retaliation within your organization. Learn more about BELA: https://bela.ethisphere.com/ Subscribe for more ethics & compliance insights!

In this episode of the Ethicast, Brian Peckrill , Executive Director of the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund , discusses the unique value that ethical leadership builds for organizations during these challenging and turbulent times. 1:26: Why staying true to your values builds value 3:41: The stages of moral development in business 7:03: Don't worry - the E&C discipline is here to stay 10:47...

In this episode of BELA Asks, Erica Salmon Byrne , Executive Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), shares insights on how to effectively communicate and implement manager toolkits for ethics and compliance. Learn more about BELA: https://bela.ethisphere.com/ Subscribe for more ethics & compliance insights!

In this episode, Craig Moss , EVP, Measurement at Ethisphere interviews Yasuyoshi Goto , SVP Global Compliance and APAC Legal at Marelli , a motor vehicle manufacturer based in Tokyo, Japan. Goto-san shares his insights on how Marelli has made significant improvements to its global ethics and compliance program, and how partnering with Ethisphere made that work possible. 1:40: Prioritizing which p...

In this episode, Haima Marlier , a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Investigations + White Collar Defense Group and co-chair of its Fintech practice, highlights some of the emerging technology issues compliance teams should focus on (that aren't AI), as well as a clear-eyed perspective on what regulatory enforcement realities persist (especially on the state level) despite the ongoing political turm...

In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers another great question from our BELA members: What employee listening strategies really make a difference? (Hint: It has something to do with playing the game "Last Word.")

Anna Grover , Global Compliance Counsel, for two-time World’s Most Ethical Companies honoree Assurant , explains how she approaches the complex issue of mergers & acquisitions due diligence through the lens of ethics and compliance. The role of ethics and compliance in mergers and acquisitions When it's actually a good thing for compliance to not find a problem The importance of proactive M&am...

In this live episode of the Ethicast, we cover the termination of Kohl's CEO Ashley Buchanan for cause, and an embarrassing data security lapse for the NFL.

FirstEnergy is one of the largest investor-owned electric systems in the United States. In this episode, Brian X. Tierney , FirstEnergy Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Antonio Fernández , Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, discuss their efforts to build a best-in-class ethics and compliance program that has earned the company Ethisphere's coveted Complianc...

Organizations that benchmark their ethics and compliance programs against their peers often stumble on what to do with their benchmarking data, and what next steps should look like. To that end, Erica Salmon Byrne, Executive Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, answers the question: What is a good post-benchmarking action plan?   For guest access to the BELA Member Resource Hub and to...