Success stories from Ethics and Compliance Leaders

Our mission is to provide ethics and compliance practitioners with a venue by which they could share their expertise with the broader ethics and compliance community. Whether it’s talking about an innovative new program, compliance policy, or procedure…highlighting trends worth watching…sharing ways to build a better culture of integrity…we’ve had guests from all over join us to share their insights.

As we’re fond of saying, there is no competition in compliance. That’s why we are so enthusiastic about showcasing this field’s incredible thought leaders and subject matter experts.

In particular, we have had a number of guests join us from the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, or BELA, a global community committed to advancing business integrity that is comprised of senior legal, ethics, and compliance leaders representing more than 60 industries.

Being a BELA member means being part of an ethics and compliance community that shares best practices, expertise, and experiential benchmarking as folks share what is really moving the needle within their program.

In this episode of the Ethicast, we showcase a few of the BELA members who’ve come on the show. They don’t just represent best practices within their own organizations. They represent best practices within the ethics and compliance profession itself by sharing what they know in the interest of helping everyone advance business integrity.

Bo van Zeeland of SABIC shares how to secure ethics and compliance program resources, even when budgets are tight.

Marie-Claude Dumas and Julianna Fox of WSP share some key indicators of an E&C program that has truly embedded itself within an organization.

Craig Pedersen of PepsiCo talks about how the company incorporates culture assessments into their program.

Katy Creecy of Uber explains how data analytics have made such a powerful impact on Uber’s program.

• 2:33: SABIC secures E&C resources even when budgets are tight
• 5:15: WSP’s key indicators of a truly embedded E&C program
• 11:16: PepsiCo incorporates culture assessments into their program
• 12:41: Uber’s data analytics strategy in practice

Listen in to each full episode to gain ethics and compliance best practices.

How to Secure E&C Resources Even When Budgets Are Tight:

SABIC’s robust ethics and compliance program have earned the company its rightful status as a peer leader among other companies in the Middle East. Its focus on global diversity, culture, and anticorruption are just some of the program maturity hallmarks that have earned the company its Compliance Leader Verification status from Ethisphere. Bo van Zeeland, GM & Global Chief Counsel, Business Ethics & Compliance for SABIC has led the charge on elevating and advancing SABIC’s Culture of Integrity, Code of Ethics, and Human Rights Program. And he has also successfully managed to secure the resources his program needs, even during trying economic times for the petrochemical industry.

• 3:39: Launching a new Code of Conduct
• 9:28: Building a global speak-up culture across a diverse organization
• 11:09: Securing E&C resources even when budgets are tight

To learn more about the great work Bo and his colleagues are doing at SABIC, visit sabic.com and mouse over the About tab. There you’ll find link’s to SABIC’s Compliance Culture, its Code of Ethics, its Human Rights Program, and more.

How to Build a Truly Embedded Ethics & Compliance Program:

Earlier this year, Ethisphere granted the Compliance Leader Verification to WSP for a second time, in recognition of its exceptional ethics and compliance program. Marie-Claude Dumas, President and Chief Executive Officer of WSP in Canada, and Julianna Fox, WSP’s Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, explain how WSP used cross-functional collaboration, innovative speak-up culture, and a global network of champions to build the ethics and compliance capabilities that lead WSP from strength to strength.

• 2:25: The Compliance Leader Verification
• 4:09: Inside WSP’s compliance maturity journey
• 5:59: How top leadership directly empowers a strong E&C culture
• 8:49: Optimizing risk management and audit processes to align with E&C
• 11:11: Key indicators of a truly embedded E&C program
• 15:50: Advice for CECOs looking to achieve program recognition

To learn more about WSP’s ethics and compliance program, visit www.wsp.com and hit the Who We Are tab. From there, click on Corporate Responsibility.

At PepsiCo, the Secret Ingredient is Culture:

Earlier this year, PepsiCo received World’s Most Ethical Companies honors for an astonishing 18th time in a row—something only a handful of other companies have achieved. The secret of Pepsi’s success here is no secret at all, though. As Craig Pedersen, Director, Global Compliance & Ethics Program, PepsiCo, explains, it comes from a substantial and sustained campaign with support from across the enterprise at all levels, all feeding into a robust culture that puts ethics and integrity first.

• 1:10: What it takes to maintain ethics & compliance program at such a high level of excellence
• 2:23: How PepsiCo’s E&C program evolves to keep pace with best practices
• 3:35: How PepsiCo incorporates culture assessments into their program
• 4:59: Specific initiatives to create a global culture of integrity that preserves local autonomy
• 6:25: Insights on participating in the World’s Most Ethical Companies program
• 8:54: PepsiCo contributions to the global ethics economy

Driving Ethics & Business Integrity with Data:

Ridesharing pioneer Uber recently earned the coveted Compliance Leader Verification from Ethisphere in recognition of its alignment with ethics & compliance best practices, program monitoring, and use of data analytics to ensure program effectiveness. In this episode, Katy Creecy, Senior Manager, Ethics & Compliance Programs, joins us to explain how Uber’s innovative and impactful data analytics strategy is moving the company’s E&C needle in a meaningful way.

• 1:35: Uber’s data analytics strategy in practice
• 6:03: Challenges faced in standing up the program
• 7:28: Future plans and aspirations for Uber’s data analytics
• 9:34: Advice for standing up your own data analytics program

Learn more about Uber’s Ethics & Compliance Program.

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