Ethics & Compliance for Humans by Adam Balfour

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Ethics & Compliance for Humans: Building the E&C Program Your Employees Deserve (CCI Press 2023)

By Adam Balfour

Humans are complex creatures; we are often unpredictable, emotional and irrational. These are real complicating factors for organizations seeking to do business ethically and in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations.

In Ethics and Compliance for Humans, corporate compliance expert Adam Balfour articulates why ethics and compliance departments, HR and business leaders must keep people top of mind when designing and implementing ethics and compliance programs. The human-centric programs Balfour espouses resonate with and are highly relevant to their audiences. They not only consider the human experience, but also protect those who are — or might otherwise be — harmed by wrongdoing.

With the staggeringly high costs of compliance violations and integrity failures and the impact that corporate wrongdoing can have on people and our communities, organizations need effective E&C functions to prevent these lapses. The programs and policies intended for this purpose must go beyond satisfying baseline standards, however, to drive real behavior change. Balfour offers guidance, dispels pervasive myths and explores systems and tools that bridge the gap between E&C leaders’ intent and an E&C program’s lasting impact. Buy yours today!

Available Now in Paperback & Digital

Ethics & Compliance for Humans: Building the E&C Program Your Employees Deserve (CCI Press 2023)

By Adam Balfour

Humans are complex creatures; we are often unpredictable, emotional and irrational. These are real complicating factors for organizations seeking to do business ethically and in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations.

In Ethics and Compliance for Humans, corporate compliance expert Adam Balfour articulates why ethics and compliance departments, HR and business leaders must keep people top of mind when designing and implementing ethics and compliance programs. The human-centric programs Balfour espouses resonate with and are highly relevant to their audiences. They not only consider the human experience, but also protect those who are — or might otherwise be — harmed by wrongdoing.

With the staggeringly high costs of compliance violations and integrity failures and the impact that corporate wrongdoing can have on people and our communities, organizations need effective E&C functions to prevent these lapses. The programs and policies intended for this purpose must go beyond satisfying baseline standards, however, to drive real behavior change. Balfour offers guidance, dispels pervasive myths and explores systems and tools that bridge the gap between E&C leaders’ intent and an E&C program’s lasting impact.

About the Author

Adam Balfour is on a mission to help make ethics and compliance more relatable and relevant for his fellow human beings. He excels at designing ethics and compliance programs that employees can actually relate to, engage with and find useful. Adam currently works in Nashville, Tennessee, as Vice President and General Counsel for Corporate Compliance and the Vice President for Global Management Risks for Bridgestone Americas, and also chairs Bridgestone’s global compliance group meetings. He has written several articles on ethics and compliance and enjoys speaking at conferences and other events. He previously worked for Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York. He is a graduate of the University of Dundee, Scotland and Harvard Law School and is CCEP certified.

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