Announces New Stakeholder-Driven Committee for Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) Featuring Bayer AG, Eli Lilly, GE, HCA, Jones Lang LaSalle, Microsoft, Realogy and The Boeing Company
New York, NY – June 13, 2017 – Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing standards of ethical business practices, announced today that it has created an Executive Steering Committee for its Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA). The team is comprised of key stakeholders from leading multinationals across the country, including representatives from The Boeing Company, Eli Lilly, Jones Lang LaSalle, Realogy Holdings Corp, GE, Hospital Corporation of America and Microsoft.The overriding mission of this new committee is to develop strategy and elevate thought leadership around organizational justice, while highlighting the financial and brand-enhancing value of prioritizing ethics in business. The Executive Steering Committee will meet several times during the year to develop research topics, aligning key strategies in the ethics arena and developing best practices in measuring and improving ethics programs to create sustainable, long-term value.“Research—including Ethisphere’s—shows how organizations with a strong ethical culture regularly outperform their peers. We refer to this as an ethics premium,” said Erica Salmon Byrne, Executive Vice President and Executive Director, BELA. “This underscores the value of prioritizing a strong, innovative ethics program in an ever-changing business ecosystem. To that end, we are proud to partner with each of these thought leaders, representing first class companies, to develop new platforms that will help raise the ethical standards at companies around the world.”“It is an invaluable opportunity to serve as a member of the Executive Steering Committee for BELA and the broader community,” said Diana Sands, Senior Vice President, Office of Internal Governance and Administration, The Boeing Company. “What’s especially impactful for us is the rich dialogue among industry leaders who are active members in BELA and the willingness of those leaders to take a cross-industry approach to collaborating and sharing best practices.”Representatives expected to join the BELA Executive Steering Committee and their areas of focus include:- Diana Sands, Senior Vice President, Office of Internal Governance and Administration, The Boeing Company – Cross Functional Executive Leadership: Aligning with the Business;
- Melissa Stapleton Barnes, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management, and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Eli Lilly and Company – Career Development, Mentorship and Positioning Ethics and Compliance as a Launching Pad for Company Leadership;
- Mark Ohringer, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) – Long-term Company Investment Value (Ethics as a Driver);
- Thomas Pfennig, Head of Compliance, Bayer AG – Globalization: Global Voices and Culture;
- Elisabeth Gehringer, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Realogy Holdings Corp. – Stakeholder and Board Communications & Engagement;
- Al Rosa, Chief Compliance Director and Senior Executive Counsel, GE – Measurement and Data Analytics;
- Alan Yuspeh, Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) – Program Structure and Industry Leadership;
- David Howard, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, Competition Law and Compliance, Microsoft Corporation – Leveraging Technology.
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