Ethics

Jay Rosen considers what can influence an organization’s ethical culture, starting with senior leadership. Do your senior leaders practice what they preach? Employees can spot a disconnect from a mile away. A company does not have an ethical culture unless...

Culture exists in the space between what an organization professes and what it does. Jay Rosen explains why it’s important to pay attention to culture: Disconnects can be quite costly. Over the past few months, senior leaders at both the...

Reputation risk expert Michael Toebe explores two recent high-profile cases of ethical oversights that have produced very real consequences in terms of social backlash, eroded public trust and harm to the companies’ internal reputations. Ethics are not intended to be...

Ingrained cultures of denials and threats – together with shifts in federal prosecution of organizations rather than individuals – continue to protect a highly entrenched culture of impunity at the top. Join Sandra Erez on a journey all along...

A growing number of people these days do not seem to want to “do the right thing,” but rather “what they can get away with.” Celgene’s Calvin London discusses the significant effect this behavior can have on compliance culture. I...

A single tweet or viral video can do irreparable reputational harm to a company. GAN Integrity’s CEO, Neil Lustig, discusses the democratization of ethics and how it impacts companies – take, for instance, the billions in fines Facebook faced recently....

Following an April vote by the European Parliament, potential whistleblowers in the EU member states can expect greater protections. GAN Integrity’s Pauline Blondet discusses what businesses should do now to strengthen their ethics and compliance programs accordingly. The European Parliament...

Our behavior is influenced by what we see and what we are socialized into doing in the workplace. CLOO’s Andre Pinto explains how exposure to dishonest behavior can change our understanding of what is ethically acceptable and offers some compliance...

Thomson Reuters’ Henry Engler shares insights from an interview with L’Oreal Chief Ethics Officer Emmanuel Lulin on the corporation’s approach and commitment to ethics. Leaders from all industries could take a cue from L’Oreal with respect to how to embed...

Findings from recent studies on compliance trends and developments are a mixed bag; some positive, some negative. Michael Volkov shares an uncharacteristic view of corporations and their failures to embrace E&C strategies. We all like to believe in straightforward and...

Effective ethics and compliance training are more than just formalities in the onboarding process. Skillsoft’s John Arendes and Convercent’s Katie Smith explain how to ensure ethical behavior is rooted in company culture. Speaking up in the face of unethical behavior...

People need reminding more than they need instruction. Compliance training expert Ronnie Feldman stresses that instruction isn’t enough. Think like an ad man to influence workplace behavior and corporate culture. A very wise and important person once said, “people forget...