If your stakeholders do not trust you, they will not confide in you in a meaningful manner. Many commentators talk about business ethics, but it may all start with business trust.
Ethics & Culture
Due diligence best practices for corporate sponsors
With the Olympics underway, now is a good time for compliance officers to review how they ensure their corporate spokespeople and their own codes of conduct are in sync.
Keeping your harassment policies fresh and inspiring
In any industry, having policies and procedures that address sexual harassment is a good start, but more telling will be how the code is enforced in the weeks and months to come.
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?
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.
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.
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions names ethics and compliance officer
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions appointed Valerie Brown as ethics and compliance officer.
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.
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.
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.
