Ethicast Reacts is a special Ethicast series where host Bill Coffin talks to Ethisphere’s Chief Strategy Officer Erica Salmon Byrne, about E&C incident that have made headlines.
In this episode, they cover the termination of Kohl’s CEO Ashley Buchanan for cause, and an embarrassing data security lapse for the NFL.
In this episode, Brian X. Tierney, Chairman, President & CEO and Antonio Fernández, VP and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer of FirstEnergy discuss their efforts to build a best-in-class ethics and compliance program that has earned the company Ethisphere’s coveted Compliance Leader Verification designation for 2025-2026.
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When it comes to ethical culture, assumptions can be dangerous. Many organizations rely on case volumes to measure success—believing fewer reports means a healthier culture, but the truth is more complex. A strong ethical culture isn’t about ticking boxes, it’s about trust, transparency, and ensuring employees feel safe to speak up. So, how can organizations measure and improve their culture effectively?
Check out this webcast to hear from Ethisphere’s Doug Allen, VP, Data Strategy and SpeakUp’s CEO Tim Morss to explore:
Organizations that benchmark their ethics and compliance programs against their peers often stumble on what to do with their benchmarking data, and next steps should look like. To that end, Erica Salmon Byrne, Executive Chair of BELA, answers the questions: What is a good post-benchmarking action plan?
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.
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.
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office has issued new guidance around what constitutes “cooperation” and best practices around self-reporting of misconduct with regards to securing a deferred prosecution agreement. We look at the wording of the guidance, alignment with other regulatory standards, and key takeaways for E&C teams.
