Opinion

When I tell people that changing the culture is an outcome of processes, I often get a faint nod of understanding, mixed with an inquisitive look. They intuitively get it but they are not sure what it looks like in...

Corporate America might be hoping that the difficult issues raised by President Trump’s attempted coup last week and the remaining days of his term will somehow pass them by. Too bad. What Trump has unleashed isn’t something businesses will be...

China’s new National Security Law (NSL) presents a threat to businesses operating in Hong Kong. In this op-ed, Access Partnership's Sarah Skaluba and Seha Yatim reflect on where else APAC, data-driven, innovative companies may look to establish new hubs in...

The mistreatment and death of George Floyd has shone a bright light on abuse of power by the police. Sandy Erez comments on injustice and our nation’s collective awakening. It is June 2020, and the violated Lady of Justice lies...

The conditions that allowed the novel coronavirus to flourish and to jump to humans aren’t common in most parts of the world, yet the impact of COVID-19 has touched billions already. This is the way toxic culture works, says Sandy...

It often happens that a person’s career is over when he or she blows the whistle. Charles Middleton posits that if increasing compliance and minimizing fraud is the goal (and it is), then blackballing whistleblowers is counterproductive. Secrecy is essential...

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 the...

This week Tom Fox and I dedicated our usual Compliance Into the Weeds podcast to the ethics and compliance implications of the mass shootings that happened in El Paso and Dayton last weekend. Nobody relishes analyzing something so painful for so...

Illusion or reality? Stakeholders and executives can only tell if they follow the yellow brick road of due diligence and encourage rainbow diversity throughout their organization, including the board. Join Sandy Erez in pulling back the curtain on the Theranos debacle –...

Sandra Erez presents a cautionary tale for compliance practitioners and boards of directors portraying how disarmingly charming “corporate story speak” can win over audiences (internal and external) – sometimes with devastating consequences. If the corporate story doesn’t fly, take it down....

Sandra Erez launches a series on the college admissions scandal with timely musings on the long-running bribery scheme that has led to the indictment of more than 50 prominent business leaders and Hollywood actors.