Ethicast: Dieselgate’s Ongoing Speak-Up Lesson

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Ethicast: Dieselgate’s Ongoing Speak-Up Lesson

Ethicast: Dieselgate’s Ongoing Speak-Up Lesson

On September 3rd, Martin Winterkorn, former chief executive for German automaker Volkswagen, went on trial in Germany to face charges of perjury, market manipulation, and commercial fraud related to VW’s 2015 Dieselgate scandal. As the trial gets underway—nearly a decade after the scandal itself—Dieselgate is still providing E&C professionals with a valuable lesson on the importance of speak-up culture and how we can improve it within our own organizations.

Ethicast: How to Prioritize Your Supply Chain Risk

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Ethicast: How to Prioritize Your Supply Chain Risk

Ethicast: How to Prioritize Your Supply Chain Risk

In the second installment of our special Ethicast series on supply chain due diligence, Patrick Neyts (CEO, VECTRA International), Rob Bailes (Director of Sustainabile Supply Chains, Control Risks), and Craig Moss (EVP, Measurement, Ethisphere) discuss how to prioritize supply chain risk to your organization—especially from an environmental and societal standpoint—and how to use that process to gain a competitive advantage.

This episode covers:

  • The challenges of supply chain mapping and traceability
  • Why supply chains are “forests of complexity”
  • Understanding residual risk across suppliers

Guide to Applying for the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies

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Guide to Applying for the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies

Guide to Applying for the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies

Watch our 2-part webcast series on the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies application process.

Session 1: The Basics – How to Apply for the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies | We kick off with a history into Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies. Our team will walk you through the process to help you feel prepared to begin the application.

  • Benefits of applying and who should apply
  • Application process, materials, and timing
  • Navigating the Application Portal
  • Resources for those not ready to apply

Session 2: The Updates – Preparing for the Application | Each year, Ethisphere updates the Ethics Quotient survey based on input from experts, applicants, and others to reflect the latest approaches to effective programs and provides clarification of what the team hopes to see. For 2025, we have made dozens of minor changes, along with some more significant updates.

BELA Asks: What Is a Good Compliance Reporting Structure?

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BELA Asks: What Is a Good Compliance Reporting Structure?

BELA Asks: What Is a Good Compliance Reporting Structure?

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 BELA Asks episode, BELA Chair, Erica Salmon Byrne answers a program assessment question: What is a good compliance reporting structure?

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.

Ethicast: Understanding New Supply Chain Regulations

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Ethicast: Understanding New Supply Chain Regulations

Ethicast: Understanding New Supply Chain Regulations

The EU’s new Supply Chain Due Diligence Directive (SCDDD) regulation will massively impact how organizations will manage their supply chains going forward. In this special Ethicast series, Patrick Neyts, CEO of VECTRA International, Rob Bailes, Director of Sustainable Supply Chains at Control Risks, and Craig Moss, EVP of Measurement at Ethisphere will discuss what you need to know not just to comply with the SCDDD, but to use it as a blueprint for advancing your supply chain program to even higher levels of success.

This episode covers:

  • The impact of new regulations
  • Client reactions by program maturity
  • Supply chain risk as an ESG issue
  • A more sophisticated and agile due diligence approach