Month: November 2014

The two-day agenda highlights the importance of core company values and the impact on ethical performance, reputation and behavior.

NEW YORK – November 18, 2014– Ethisphere, the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, announced the 7^th annual Global Ethics Summit, Elevating Value Through Integrity: How Leading Companies Accomplish Excellence Worldwide.

The summit will take place on March 10-11, 2015 in New York at the Grand Hyatt and will offer participants the opportunity to:

• Hear from CEOs of leading multinational companies sharing insight on leadership and reputation
• Listen in as Board members share their views on governance, ethics and leadership
• Network with executives and in-house counsel
• Understand the government’s view on the compliance and corruption landscape, and emerging approaches to enforcement
• Actively participate in roundtable discussions with company leaders
• Select from substantive breakouts offering best practice insights from compliance & ethics leadership

“Leadership and reputation has been a hot topic issue not only in the media but also in the boardroom,” said Ethisphere’s Chief Executive Officer, Timothy Erblich. “In partnership with the Steering Committee our expectation is that attendees will take away actionable strategies and that these – solidified by peer conversations and newly-forged relationships – will lead towards improved corporate governance, more effective risk mitigation practices and enhanced overall company performance.”

Call for Speakers

Those interested in speaking at the 2015 event can submit their contact information, discussion topics and bio to Kevin McCormack at [email protected].

Past speakers for the Global Ethics Summit include:

• Larry D. Thompson, Former EVP Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, PepsiCo
• Randal Milch, EVP, Public Policy and General Counsel, Verizon Communications
• Daniel Trujillo, SVP & Chief Compliance Officer, Walmart International
• Dennis Muilenburg, Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Boeing Company
• Lanny Breuer, Former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
• Hugo Bague, Group Executive, Organisational Resources, Rio Tinto and Board of Directors, Jones Lang LaSalle
• Denise Ramos, Chief Executive Officer and President, ITT Corporation
• Brackett B. Denniston III, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, General Electric
• Doug Lankler, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Pfizer
• Walter Massey, Former Chairman, Bank of America

“The Global Ethics Summit organized by Ethisphere creates the perfect environment to have high-level, practical discussions around the main topics of ethics and compliance. The approach is brilliant and the attendants are top experts that contribute on trends and other matters to consider in a fast moving arena,” said Walmart International’s Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, Daniel Trujillo. “Overall a great summit that is well organized with a fantastic audience that encourages meaningful conversations.”

2015 World’s Most Ethical Companies^® Honoree Dinner

Join us the evening before the summit, March 9, 2015, as we recognize the 2015 World’s Most Ethical Companies. The coveted World’s Most Ethical (WME) Company designation recognizes those organizations that truly go beyond making statements about doing business ethically and demonstrate real and sustained ethical leadership within their industries. Past keynote speakers for the WME dinner include Former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Former Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, Jr. and Ernie Allen, President and CEO, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children.

Register

To register for the summit, which is co-hosted by Ethisphere and Thomson Reuters, and/or the dinner, visit the event website at www.GlobalEthicsSummit2015.com. Early-bird registrants can save over $350 before Dec. 1.

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The Ethisphere® Institute
The Ethisphere® Institute is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that fuel corporate character, marketplace trust and business success. Ethisphere has deep expertise in measuring and defining core ethics standards using data-driven insights that help companies enhance corporate character. Ethisphere honors superior achievement through its World’s Most Ethical Companies® recognition program, provides a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) and showcases trends and best practices in ethics with the Ethisphere Magazine. Ethisphere is also the leading provider of independent verification of corporate ethics and compliance programs that include: Ethics Inside® Certification, Compliance Leader Verification™ and Anti-Corruption Program Verification™. More information about Ethisphere can be found at: https://ethisphere.com.

Media Contact
Clea Nabozny
480.397.2658
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New Benefit Helps Multinationals Gain Visibility into Intellectual Property (IP) Protection and Anti-Corruption Compliance Programs of Suppliers and Business Partners

Washington, DC – November 10, 2014 – The Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade (CREATe.org), a non-governmental organization helping companies protect intellectual property and prevent corruption, and Ethisphere, the global leader in defining and advancing the standards for ethical business practices, announced today an expansion of their partnership to offer Supply Chain and Business Partner Benchmarking to members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA).

For multinational companies that want to share leading practices to prevent corruption, counterfeits, trade secret theft, piracy and other IP infringement with supply chain and business partners, CREATe.org is launching a special service – CREATe Leading Practices Self-Assessment with Improvement Essentials – that will be available at no cost to Ethisphere’s BELA members.

The 60- to 90-minute online assessment – available for IP protection or anti-corruption – is designed to use with a broad range of business partners to measure and improve the partners’ IP protection or anti-corruption program in key areas. The service:

• Benchmarks the processes of third parties against globally-recognized leading practices and against other companies
• Provides immediate access to guidance to begin improvements
• Includes three free resources for deeper insight into key areas of the improvement process

“Third parties are a major risk area for all companies and there is growing concern in the business community about the ability to monitor and manage the risks,” said Ethisphere’s Director of Engagement Services, Laara van Loben Sels. “Our members will receive great value from CREATe.org’s self-assessment tool which will allow them to gain insights into their supply chains, improve their programs and reduce overall risk.”

BELA members will have the opportunity at no cost to engage 10 suppliers, distributors, business partners or subsidiaries in the service. CREATe’s Self-Assessment is practical and cost-effective; actionable and measurable; and scalable with improvement essentials included.

The Self-Assessment is part of the broader CREATe Leading Practices service, which includes the Self-Assessment, an independent evaluation by a CREATe expert and a guided improvement program.

Ethisphere’s Business Ethics Leadership Alliance is a premier membership community that connects senior compliance practitioners with industry thought leaders, and provides comprehensive tools and resources needed to advance the dialogue and raise the bar for best practices in areas of corporate compliance, ethics and transparency. Membership enables companies to compare their programs against the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, provides access to Ethics Summits around the globe, peer-to-peer networking via local, global, industry-specific and virtual events, on-demand access to thought leadership content and webcasts, a corporate subscription to Ethisphere Magazine and more.

To learn more, download the brochure or visit: https://ethisphere.com/bela.

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About Ethisphere
The Ethisphere® Institute is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that fuel corporate character, marketplace trust and business success. Ethisphere has deep expertise in measuring and defining core ethics standards using data-driven insights that help companies enhance corporate character. Ethisphere honors superior achievement through its World’s Most Ethical Companies® recognition program, provides a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) and showcases trends and best practices in ethics with the Ethisphere Magazine. Ethisphere is also the leading provider of independent verification of corporate ethics and compliance programs that include: Ethics Inside® Certification, Compliance Leader Verification™ and Anti-Corruption Program Verification™. More information about Ethisphere can be found at: www.ethisphere.com.

About the Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade (CREATe.org)
The Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade (CREATe.org) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to helping companies and their suppliers and business partners reduce counterfeiting, piracy, trade secret theft and corruption. To achieve our objectives, we have developed CREATe Leading Practices for IP Protection and CREATe Leading Practices for Anti-Corruption, two services based on best practices drawn from companies around the world, academics, and other leading organizations. Our offering includes practical, scalable and cost-effective online assessments, independent evaluations, training and other resources designed to benchmark and improve practices for safeguarding IP and preventing corruption. Companies around the world are using CREATe Leading Practices to measure and improve systems for IP protection and anti-corruption. The service is available in Chinese, English, Portuguese and Spanish. For more information, please email [email protected] or visit www.CREATe.org.

Contacts:

Clea Nabozny
Director of Marketing & Media Relations
ETHISPHERE®
[email protected]
p: +1.480.397.2658

Anne Walker
Director of Marketing and Communications,
Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade (CREATe.org)
+1.206.517.2638
[email protected]