The Ethisphere Institute, along with partner Corpedia, a leading provider of corporate and institutional ethics training, consulting and risk assessment solutions, today announced the Ethisphere-Corpedia Joint Committee on Business Ethics, a group of leading attorneys specializing in corporate and government ethics and compliance.
Conselium has completed a search for an Ethics & Compliance Counsel on behalf of Baxter International Inc.’s office in Shanghai, China. Ms. Kristin Yang will begin her role of Ethics & Compliance Counsel on October 12, 2009.
The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics has announced the recipients of its 5th Annual Compliance and Ethics Awards and CCI contributor Jeff Kaplan is among them, along with Michael Hoffman, Debbie Troklus, John Steer, the FBI and the Hamline University Law School.
The Ethisphere Institute today announced its first annual list of Attorneys Who Matter, recognizing more than 100 attorneys who’ve made exceptional contributions to the corporate compliance field.
Jeffrey Kaplan, a special contributor to Corporate Compliance Insights, discusses the recent report by The Conference Board that identified several steps which enforcement agencies should take to identify publicly more instances of companies receiving credit for having compliance and ethics (C&E) programs.
DynCorp International, a major government security contractor, is strengthening its ethics practices in the wake of government investigations of its programs in Afghanistan and other conflict zones.
Corpedia’s five “pointers for performance” are designed to help companies create a strong ethical culture and reputation for integrity so they can establish and maintain a robust organization that is more likely to outperform its competitors.
by Generational Equity
There have been many important and interrelated trends that have emerged over the past decade, as the American economy has gone from the heights of the tech boom that defined the “Roaring 90s” to the lows of the GM and Chrysler bankruptcy that are sure to define the end of the 00s.
In between these two economic landmarks, we have faced countless examples of fraud, incompetence, and malfeasance from the likes of Enron, WorldCom, Bernie Madoff and a litany of others. In response, the White House, the Department of Justice, and the SEC, among others, are all scrambling to bring corporate boardrooms and economic markets back into something that resembles a controlled equilibrium. As a result, new regulations and laws have come into being while regulations passed long ago, but considered relatively toothless before, are now being enforced with far more vigor and focus; one example is the FCPA.
The consequence of all of this is that the importance of corporate compliance has never been greater. There is an unavoidable onus on business executives to develop fundamentally sound compliance programs. In addition, for executives of companies with operations in multiple geographic locations, it is imperative that they also develop fundamentally sound strategies for compliance communication.
However, for many middle market companies that are just trying to keep their heads above water during the recession, funding such compliance initiatives can prove difficult. How, then, can middle market companies ensure that they cost-efficiently maximizing their spend when it comes to investing in compliance communication? This article outlines a few specific strategies.
Corpedia Corporation, a global leader in ethics and compliance solutions, today announced a partnership with Vistacast, a mobile learning company, which will allow its e-learning courses to be delivered to mobile devices, including iPhones, iPods, iPod Touches, BlackBerrys and more.
By Jodie Fredericksen and Stephen Martin, Corpedia, Inc.
As the United States continues to muddle through the current recession, corporate executives have been faced with the challenge of finding areas in which to cut operational costs. As previously reported by Corporate Compliance Insights, even in a booming economy, compliance and ethics budgets are often unfairly scrutinized, due to the misperception that there is no return on the investment of compliance dollars.
While academics and political pundits disagree as to whether current economic conditions will cause an increase in ethical/legal misconduct or simply bring such behavior to light, recent repeated statements by government and regulatory personnel make it abundantly clear that now is not the time to cut your compliance budget.
