The Better Way? Podcast

Psychology is increasingly a topic of interest to practitioners in organizational ethics, compliance, and culture (as it should be!). But do you know who we don’t hear from enough on the topic?  Actual  psychologists. Call it a “better way,” or just common sense, Zach and Hui decided to address that, by starting a conversation with noted clinical and organizational psychologist, May Chen...

We are always urging people to "Speak Up": and we have policies, procedures, and hotlines to facilitate "speaking up". But what motivates people to do it? What inhibits speak up? Who are the one's speaking up? And why? In this episode of The Better Way?, Zach and Hui are curious to learn more about the dynamics, complexities, myths, and challenges of “speaking up”—and “whistleblowing,” more broadl...

The role (and importance) of organizational culture seems to be well understood—in driving business performance, attracting and retaining the best talent, and as a force-field protecting against unethical decision-making and other forms of misconduct. But does all the talk live up to the hype, especially in anxious times?   In this episode of  The Better Way?  podcast, Zach and...

Corporate monitorships have been in the news a lot lately. From the Department of Justice’s decision to terminate the Glencore monitorship early; to months of headlines about a proposed monitorship associated with Boeing’s guilty plea in the 737 Max criminal case. And so, in this episode of  The Better Way? , Zach and Hui, along with special guest Todd Haugh, an associate professor at Indiana...

Finally, our first guest in the new era of The Better Way? podcast! In this episode, Hui and Zach are joined by Jutta Williams, an experienced compliance, privacy, and information security officer—and a noted responsible AI evangelist. Jutta shares her deep knowledge of this curious—and misunderstood topic—in the most relatable and accessible way. Together, they define key terms; explore (some of)...

We always try to start with “why.” And over the last ten or so months, we’ve been asked “why?” a lot—why we’ve been on hiatus for so long and why we left our prior firm. In this episode of The Better Way? , we do our best to answer those questions, while also (and more importantly) sharing the foundational “why” behind our new venture. In addition to talking about data-driven, human-centered, and...

It’s many been months since our last episode, but The Better Way? Podcast is back! In this (our sort of first episode), Zach and Hui return with a special—and timely—discussion about the implications of President Trump’s Executive Order pausing FCPA enforcement. They address the role FCPA enforcement has played in the development of corporate compliance programs, generally, and in the creation of...