Navigating the Chaos of the Marketplace
For a Westerner, the experience of driving in the crowded streets of Mumbai is nothing if not chaotic. And yet, the vast majority of the people on the road –…
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Jim Nortz
Jim Nortz is a nationally recognized expert and thought leader in the field of business ethics and compliance.
Jim spent the first 17 years of his career as a litigator trying both criminal and civil cases before becoming Crompton Corporation’s first Vice President, Business Ethics and Compliance in 2003.
Since then, Jim has served as a compliance officer at Crompton and for four other multinational corporations, as well as Corporate Compliance Director at Sutherland Global Services. Currently he serves as Chief Compliance Officer for Carestream Health.
Mr. Nortz is a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business, RIT’s Saunders School of Business, St. John Fisher College and Nazareth College.
Jim writes the monthly business ethics columns for the Association of Corporate Counsel Docket magazine and the Rochester Business Journal and is a contributing writer for Corporate Compliance Insights and The Business Journals.
Jim served on the Board of Directors for the Ethics and Compliance Officers Association (“ECOA”) for eight years. He currently serves on the Board of the Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation and is a member of the Rochester chapter of Conscious Capitalism.
Contact info:
jimnortz@gmail.com
585-260-8960
Motivating Ethical Mountain Climbing
Some of the most ambitious and highest-performing professionals find immense satisfaction in overcoming challenges. Others are driven by chiefly by financial reward, but it’s important for employees to find meaning…
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Try Improvising to Improve Your Office Relationships
Words matter. Responding to a colleague’s request or suggestion with a “no, because…” or a “yes, but…” effectively shuts down the conversation. As an alternative, Jim Nortz proposes a method…
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When it Comes to Risk, Just How Hungry Are You?
What’s your organization’s risk appetite? Some organizations rank way up there with surfers and stunt men. Others like to play it safe, taking on the level of risk you might…
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What Should Ethics and Compliance Officers Say About Employee Pay?
For some reason, ethics and compliance professionals rarely participate in big picture conversations about employee pay. It’s a strange state of affairs, given how many legal and ethical risks are…
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In Corporate Compliance, Sometimes Less is More
In the wake of a government investigation or prosecution, it’s expected for an organization to shore up their compliance programs. Closing the gap that caused the initial problem is only…
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The Magic Fish
When instances of corruption and cronyism come to light, it’s easy to point fingers and cluck our tongues at the guilty parties. What’s more difficult is looking inward at our…
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Risk Appetite Depends on Your Hunger and What’s on the Menu
On a scale of 1 to 10, what’s your organization’s risk appetite? Now, toss that number out the proverbial window. That was a trick question, since your answer should be…
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A Wonderful Thing Happened on the Way to the Courthouse
Despite the existence of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (instated to allow for leniency toward corporations held criminally liable for the actions of rogue employees), for more than 20 years there…
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The Danger of Playing the Blame Game
As satisfying as it may feel to point fingers when something goes wrong, finding a scapegoat only serves to focus a group's frustration; it does nothing to solve the underlying…
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Optimize Business Performance by Becoming a “Conscious Capitalist”
Contrary to popular opinion, there are real, measureable financial benefits to running a “nice guy” business. Jim Nortz explains what it means to be a conscious capitalist, outlines the four…
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Why You Need to Operationalize Your Business Ethics
Most organizations espouse ethical practices, but it's the rare few that operationalize their ethical standards, weaving them into the very fabric of the organization so that their core values are…
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