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Western Digital’s Path to Eight World’s Most Ethical Companies® Honors 

Learn how a lean, risk-based compliance program helped Western Digital earn World's Most Ethical Companies® honors eight times running.

July 13, 2026 On-Demand Video Compliance Program Structure and Authority

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Western Digital’s Path to Eight World’s Most Ethical Companies® Honors

Western Digital has earned World’s Most Ethical Companies® honors eight times — a streak that doesn’t happen by treating ethics and compliance as a finished project. In this episode of the Ethicast, host Bill Coffin sits down with Joe Santosuosso, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer at Western Digital, to unpack how his team keeps a large, complex organization performing at that level year after year. They cover how Western Digital uses external recognition as a benchmarking tool rather than a trophy, how a risk-based approach lets a lean team cover more ground, and how the company’s newest set of values builds ethics into the definition of excellence instead of treating it as a separate track. 

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Western Digital’s Path to Eight World’s Most Ethical Companies® Honors