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Ethicast: Why Compliance Training Fails (and What You Can Do About It) with Avangrid’s Andrew Jacobs

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Ethicast: Why Compliance Training Fails (and What You Can Do About It) with Avangrid’s Andrew Jacobs

In today’s episode, we sit down with Andrew Jacobs, Chief Compliance Officer of Avangrid Networks. Andrew recently published a paper entitled, “Why Compliance Training Fails” and in it he outlines the major pitfalls that compliance programs are facing with their training.

In our conversation he:

  • Lays out the groundwork for his paper
  • Shares guidance for practitioners as they work to make their compliance training more effective
  • Gives a look into some of the current research
  • Talks about how to create a “cultural norm” within your organization
  • Shares encouragement for compliance professionals

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BELA Asks: How Do I Prepare for the UK/France/Swiss Anti-Corruption Alliance?

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BELA Asks: How Do I Prepare for the UK/France/Swiss Anti-Corruption Alliance?

In our BELA Asks series, we address questions posed by members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) about wider issues facing the ethics and compliance community. BELA members who have any questions at all about ethics and compliance can send them to us, and then our internal experts will provide an answer and/or direct them to a helpful resource for more information.

In this episode, Erica Salmon Byrne answers a question about the global trends shaping ABAC regulation: How should companies prepare for the new UK/France/Swiss ABAC alliance?

To learn more about BELA, please visit https://bela.ethisphere.com to request guest access to the BELA Member Resource Hub and to speak with a BELA Engagement Director.

If you have a question that you’d like answered on BELA Asks, be sure to use the BELA Concierge Service, and we will get to it as soon as we can.

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BELA Asks: What Does a Good Antitrust Program Look Like?

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BELA Asks: What Does a Good Antitrust Program Look Like?

In our BELA Asks series, we address questions posed by members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) about wider issues facing the ethics and compliance community. BELA members who have any questions at all about ethics and compliance can send them to us, and then our internal experts will provide an answer and/or direct them to a helpful resource for more information.

In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers another question from members, and this time it’s about regulation: what does a good antitrust program look like?

To learn more about BELA, please visit https://bela.ethisphere.com to request guest access to the BELA Member Resource Hub and to speak with a BELA Engagement Director.

If you have a question that you’d like answered on BELA Asks, be sure to use the BELA Concierge Service, and we will get to it as soon as we can.

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Ethicast: Understanding the 2026 Ethics Quotient Updates

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Ethicast: Understanding the 2026 Ethics Quotient Updates

As Ethisphere prepares to roll out its revised Ethics Quotient (EQ) questionnaire a month before the 2026 World’s Most Ethical Companies application window opens, Ethisphere Director of Data & Services, Neal Thurston explains what the updates mean for you, including:

  • How the EQ team decides what needs updating or inclusion
  • This year’s biggest changes to the EQ
  • Advice for prospective World’s Most Ethical Companies applicants

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Unpacking Recent Federal Enforcement Developments & the Rise of State Attorneys General

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Unpacking Recent Federal Enforcement Developments & the Rise of State Attorneys General

As federal enforcement developments in 2025 gain momentum, companies face a dual challenge: evolving DOJ priorities and rising action from state attorneys general. This webcast, featuring former high-level government officials, breaks down recent federal enforcement developments, including:

  • National security and AML enforcement shifts
  • The “foreign terrorist organization” designation under the Total Elimination of Cartels initiative
  • Expanding investigative powers of state attorneys general
  • Recent DOJ policy memos impacting corporate compliance

Morrison Foerster’s Experts:

  • David Newman, former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ’s National Security Division
  • Deborah Connor, former Chief of the DOJ’s Money Laundering & Asset Recovery Section
  • Carrie H. Cohen, former Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Southern District of New York & Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau for the New York Attorney General
  • Margot Benedict, former Senior Counselor to the Attorney General

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