The View from the Boardroom: How Ethics & Compliance Can Be a Not-So-Secret Weapon

The View from the Boardroom: How Ethics & Compliance Can Be a Not-So-Secret Weapon

It is no secret that board members’ responsibility covers a vast range of business imperatives and functional acumen. Successfully meeting their duties requires a wide-ranging knowledge base. Ethics and compliance teams have the ability to be a not-so-secret weapon for board members on this front, as they can help enable directors through education, insights and data to ensure they are ready to execute their duties. In this session, hear from executives on how ethics and compliance can be a trusted partner for board members, what they are looking to get out of such a partnership, and the value of the board as a champion of ethical culture.

Panelists:

• Ruti Smithline, Partner, Morrison Foerster
• Michael Ortwein, Assistant General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, General Motors
• Liz Gehringer, President & CEO, Anywhere Franchise Brands
• Melissa Stapleton Barnes, Board Director, Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp., former SVP, Enterprise Risk Management and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer at Eli Lilly and Company

Key timestamps:

• 6:09 – how E&C can interact with the Board
• 11:19 – formal vs. informal interactions
• 13:59 – how E&C can make the board’s lives easier
• 18:24 – how the Board can set the tone of culture
• 24:40 – educating the Board
• 28:16 – how E&C can impact the business
• 34:39 – creating trust
• 40:34 – audience questions