JLL and Ethisphere’s Program Assessments
“A lot of the things we’ve developed have come from being part of Ethisphere’s community and getting these assessments, because that’s where we hear about the importance of training and get ideas about what other companies are doing. Ethisphere is our primary connection to best practices in the business community and the concentrated source of wisdom about how to keep raising our game.” – Mark Ohringer, Executive Vice President, Global General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, JLL
Even if you don’t know the name, it’s very possible you’ve been in one of JLL’s buildings, since they manage over four billion square feet of commercial and residential space in over 80 countries around the world. In each building, the owners trust JLL’s team to act ethically. For the last ten years, Ohringer has relied on Ethisphere’s Program Assessments as a key barometer for how JLL’s ethics and compliance program is helping further that mission.
Featuring: Mark Ohringer, Executive Vice President, Global General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, JLL
Building, Assessing and Maturing a Global Anti-Corruption Program
“Tone at the top has been a key factor to the success of our program. Our leaders are convinced that acting with integrity every day is the only way to do business.” – Mavin Dominguez Arroyo, Corporate Compliance Officer, Grupo Bimbo
Five years ago, Grupo Bimbo had a very small compliance team that was centralized in the headquarters in Mexico. The company recognized the need to expand its program across its global brands to align with its corporate commitment to integrity and to meet diverse compliance requirements. Since that time, Grupo Bimbo has worked steadily to implement an anti-corruption program that is now highly mature and embedded throughout its global organization…
“We have experienced growth every year. Last year we were in 22 countries, and now we are in 32. As we grow and acquire companies, we need to assure that our compliance program not only works in Mexico, but throughout the world.”
Featuring: Mavin Dominguez Arroyo, Corporate Compliance Officer, Grupo Bimbo
Partnering with Senior Leadership on Ethics and Compliance
In this spotlight learn how senior leadership work to embed ethics and compliance across the diverse teams at CareFirst.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, is a not-for-profit health care company that, through its affiliates and subsidiaries, offers a comprehensive portfolio of health insurance products and administrative services to 3.2 million individuals and groups in the mid-Atlantic.
CareFirst is a member of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) and a seven-time World’s Most Ethical Companies® honoree.
Featuring: Todd Cioni, Vice President and Chief Compliance, Ethics, and Privacy Officer
CareFirst
Building a World-Class Ethics and Compliance Program
“Integrity is something that’s been core to Bristol Myers Squibb for the past century—it was in our first print ad in 1921.” – Adam Dubow, Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer, Bristol Myers Squibb
Bristol Myers Squibb engaged Ethisphere for an independent assessment of their ethics and compliance program. The goal was to benchmark their program against the regulatory requirements and to also benchmark against other global companies, both within, and outside, their industry. They also wanted actionable recommendations on how to continue to build and maintain an ethical culture.
Through the process, Bristol Myers Squibb also earned Compliance Leader Verification, a recognition awarded to companies that have demonstrated a commitment to, and investment in, a leading ethics and compliance program.
Featuring: Adam Dubow, Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer, Bristol Myers Squibb
Learn more about Ethisphere’s full range of Ethics and Compliance program solutions for Pharma and Life Sciences.
Benchmarking an Ethics & Compliance Program against Best Practices
“We want to be proactive. The decision to pursue the assessment was driven by a combination of best practice in the industry, and the need to make sure we’re on the right path and focusing on the right areas.” – Hope Scott, Vice President, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, Blue Shield of California
Blue Shield of California, a health insurance giant serving over four million members and employing 6,800 people, has a simple mission: to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality healthcare at an affordable price. “Everyone needs access to healthcare from the moment of birth, but the system by which we give it to people is very fragmented,” explains Hope Scott, the organization’s VP, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer. “There are many people trying to make it better.”
Those people include federal and state regulators, as well as legislators. “It’s a very complex regulatory environment to be providing such fundamental services to people,” she says. That environment makes it all the more important that Blue Shield of California has strong policies, institutions, and an overall culture oriented toward ethical business practices. To help support her work, Scott engaged Ethisphere to perform a Program Assessment and get a qualified outside perspective on the strengths of the organization’s current ethics and compliance program and understand areas for improvement.
Featuring: Hope Scott, Vice President, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer Blue Shield of California