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BELA Asks: How Do I Convince HR to Conduct a Speak-Up Survey?

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BELA Asks: How Do I Convince HR to Conduct a Speak-Up Survey?

BELA Asks: How Do I Convince HR to Conduct a Speak-Up Survey?

As longtime members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (or BELA) know, we offer a special concierge service whereby 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.

Some of these concierge requests are rather specific to a particular company’s needs, but many of them represent broad challenges facing BELA members. That’s why we are using this show to thematically respond to high-level questions from the BELA community.

Joining us to give those responses is BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne, who answers the question: How do you convince your HR team to conduct a speak-up survey?

To learn more, or to ask a question of your own, visit bela.ethisphere.com

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Ethicast: Building a Better Ethics & Compliance Program at Turner Construction

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Ethicast: Building a Better Ethics & Compliance Program at Turner Construction

Ethicast: Building a Better Ethics & Compliance Program at Turner Construction

In this Ethicast episode, we talk to Turner Construction about what makes a best-in-class ethics and compliance program. What sets Turner apart, says Director of Compliance Ken Winfield, is its reputation for integrity, working safety, and robust ethics and compliance, as exemplified by the motto of Henry Turner, who founded the company in 1902 and said: “A promise made is a promise delivered.” Ken shares some of the secrets of Turner’s E&C success, including:

  • Recent anti-corruption efforts
  • How E&C moves the needle at Turner
  • Why workplace safety and strong ethical culture reinforce each other
  • The power of cross-collaboration

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Ethicast: What Can We Learn from the Trafigura Corruption Case?

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Ethicast: What Can We Learn from the Trafigura Corruption Case?

Ethicast: What Can We Learn from the Trafigura Corruption Case?

On December 5, 2023, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland filed federal corruption charges against Trafigura and its former Chief Operating Officer Mike Wainwright, alleging that millions of dollars worth of bribes were paid by Trafigura to Angolan officials to secure $144M in ship chartering and bunkering activities for Trafigura. Wainwright is being indicted for personally helping to funnel the payments, and Trafigura is being indicted for allowing it to happen. It is the first time that Switzerland has filed such charges against a company and against such a senior commodities trading executive.

Ethisphere’s Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair, Erica Salmon Byrne, weighs in on how these charges reflect modern business integrity expectations, even in industries that. are historically unused to them.

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Ethicast: How Will the EU Approach Data Security, Cyber Risk, and AI in 2024?

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Ethicast: How Will the EU Approach Data Security, Cyber Risk, and AI in 2024?

Ethicast: How Will the EU Approach Data Security, Cyber Risk, and AI in 2024?

In this Ethicast episode, Alex van der Wolk, Partner & Co-Chair of the Global Privacy & Data Security Practice at Morrison Foerster, lends his insights on what ethics and compliance professionals should look out for in 2024 regarding the EU’s various legal and regulatory developments around data privacy, cybersecurity, and AI. The conversation covered:

  • Challenges and considerations for life under the NIS-2 directive
  • Significant developments regarding the Cyber Resilience Act
  • Major cases in the European Court of Justice
  • Further developments around the EU AI Act

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Ethicast: How to Develop a Holistic Approach to Supply Chain Risks

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Ethicast: How to Develop a Holistic Approach to Supply Chain Risks

Ethicast: How to Develop a Holistic Approach to Supply Chain Risks

In this exclusive Ethicast recap from the 2023 Asia Pacific Ethics & Compliance Virtual Forum, hear from Marcia Ellis, Global Co-Chair of Private Equity Practice, Morrison Foerster; and Stacey Sprenkel, Co-chair of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Practice, Morrison Foerster, as they discuss:

  • Global supply chain regulatory trends
  • Fitting the “S” of ESG into supply chain issues
  • Private equity’s ESG competitive edge
  • Gauging the ROI on ESG
  • First steps to begin your own ESG journey

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