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Ethicast: Inside the 2026 Global Disputes Forecast

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Ethicast: Inside the 2026 Global Disputes Forecast

Baker McKenzie has released their 2026 Global Disputes Forecast, which surveys 600 senior decision makers with responsibility for, or with a key role in, litigation at large organizations. The survey provides a wealth of information on what, why, and how senior leaders are viewing today’s biggest business risks with regards to how they might translate into complex legal disputes, with tariffs, sanctions, export controls, and cross-border or multi-agency investigations at top of mind.  

Baker McKenzie partners Widge Devaney and Pete Tomczak share their insights on what the year ahead will look like, and how organizations can prepare now to succeed in 2026’s legal risk landscape. 

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BELA Asks: How Can I Manage Increasing Levels of Candidate & Employment Fraud?

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BELA Asks: How Can I Manage Increasing Levels of Candidate & Employment Fraud?

Candidate and employee fraud are on the rise—and AI is accelerating the problem. In this BELA Asks episode, BELA Executive Chair Erica Salmon Byrne tackles a timely question from the BELA Community: How can organizations manage increasing levels of candidate and employment fraud?

This episode stems from the BELA concierge service, in which BELA members can submit questions regarding ethics and compliance and our internal experts will provide an answer plus helpful resources with information. And since there is no competition in compliance, we respond thematically to high-level questions in the BELA Asks series for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere.

Learn more about BELA, request guest access to the Member Resource Hub, and connect with a BELA Engagement Director at www.ethisphere.com/bela

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Ethicast: How to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Evolving Risk

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Ethicast: How to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Evolving Risk

In today’s nonlinear, accelerated, volatile, and interconnected (NAVI) business environment, organizations are facing unprecedented pressure to keep pace with change. Yet most compliance functions remain underpowered, under-resourced, and unaligned with the evolving risk landscape. As a result, many businesses are struggling to manage rising threats—from AI-enabled cyberattacks to complex third-party risks—while also tasked with meeting demands for faster, smarter compliance outcomes. In this episode, Cecilia Melzi, Partner of the Forensics and Integrity Risk Services from EY Peru, discusses how you can prevent, detect, and respond to swiftly evolving business risk. 

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BELA Asks: Who Should Be in Our Champions Program?

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BELA Asks: Who Should Be in Our Champions Program?

Erica Salmon Byrne, Executive Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, answers a question from the BELA Community: Who should really be in our champions program? Erica also answers a second question around how to know when your champion, ambassador, or liaison program is really working.

This episode stems from the BELA concierge service, in which BELA members can submit questions regarding ethics and compliance and our internal experts will provide an answer plus helpful resources with information. And since there is no competition in compliance, we respond thematically to high-level questions in the BELA Asks series for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere.

Learn more about BELA, request guest access to the Member Resource Hub, and connect with a BELA Engagement Director at www.ethisphere.com/bela

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Ethicast Reacts: Insider Trading and the Maduro Raid

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Ethicast Reacts: Insider Trading and the Maduro Raid

In this episode, Ethicast host Bill Coffin and Ethisphere Chief Strategy Officer Erica Salmon Byrne discuss the insider trading implications involving a suspiciously timed Polymarket bet on the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.  

They ask:  

  • Are we entering a golden era of insider information? 
  • What new risks does access to predictive markets bring to the workplace? 
  • How can businesses respond ethically to technological and market gray areas? 

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