All Ethics & Culture articles – Page 48
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ArticleMy Compliance Library: Latest books show the way to better ethical decision making
Workplace pressures can challenge even the most ethically stalwart, so how can we better frame tough ethical dilemmas and better see when we’re compromising our own values?
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Preventing sexual misconduct at work starts with culture
Allegations of sexual misconduct that have surfaced in recent months underscore how important it is to reevaluate how to address sexual harassment in the workplace.
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What is a conflict of interest?
A look at the case of Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, the now former head of the Center for Disease Control, who invested in tobacco stocks after she became director.
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HealthTrust Workforce Solutions names ethics and compliance officer
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions appointed Valerie Brown as ethics and compliance officer.
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The end of Japan Inc.?
What happens when a series of scandals so engulfs a country that its entire national brand is put in jeopardy? Japan may have the answer.
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How character relates to compliance
Merely having in place a paper compliance program does not account for the human condition, which unfortunately is not always pure of heart, writes The Man From FCPA, while considering a recent book, “The Character Gap,” by Christian Miller.
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How board members can prepare for a #MeToo moment
The PwC 2017 Annual Corporate Directors Survey highlights some key risks and opportunities for how boards might survive their own Weinstein moment, should one ever arise.
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ArticleRescue compliance: When corporations save the animals
Corporations across the U.S. were on hand during this past hurricane season to help those animals impacted by the storms. More inside on where help was given and where help is still needed.
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Uber seriously needs some compliance
After all of the misfirings at Uber this year, the company needs to appoint a chief compliance officer, who reports directly to the CEO, and works to change the values while putting in the infrastructure to support the backbone of a best practices compliance program. Sooner, rather than later.
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5 proof points of a culture of compliance
Everybody likes to think they have a culture of compliance, but how do you really know if it’s true or not? Here are five ways to see if perception and reality are in sync.
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Compliance & ethics in litigation finance
Crowdsourcing legal costs is one of the world’s more novel alternative asset classes, but the clock is ticking on when compliance officers will need to enforce some rules on it.
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What does ‘Made in Japan’ stand for now?
Mitsubishi Materials knew for months one of its subsidiaries was shipping low-quality products, giving the phrase ‘Made in Japan’ a whole new meaning.
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How compliance can demonstrate return on investment
CCOs shared how they demonstrate to senior leaders and board members the compliance program’s return on investment during the recent virtual compliance conference.
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Using metrics to gauge corporate culture
At a recent ethics and compliance virtual conference, ethics officers shared their approaches for gathering and using metrics to gauge corporate culture.
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Sessions deflects charges of lying about Trump campaign aide and Russia connection
AG Jeff Sessions went before the House on Tuesday to deflect charges that he had lied in regard to having knowledge of campaign aide George Papadopoulos’ contact with Russia.
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New guidance for best practices on human rights
A new guidance is giving compliance officers the tool they need to benchmark their own organization’s efforts to protect, respect, and remedy human rights.
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Employee amnesty programs: Strategic move or act of desperation?
Employee amnesty programs are a successful investigative tactic to get to the bottom of ethics and compliance lapses. So why don’t more compliance programs offer them?
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Survey: Office culture still a major barrier to whistleblowing
Whistleblowing is becoming a more standardized practice in workplaces around the world, but workplace culture is still deterring large numbers of employees from engaging in the practice, new research by law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has revealed.
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Sexual harassment must become a compliance issue
No longer can sexual harassment claims be shuffled off to the HR department. The accusations need to be viewed in terms of materiality and reputation risk.
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Risk-ranking and compliance training
The Justice Department’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs advises taking a risk-based approach to identifying employees in the three-tiered ranking.