Session Spotlight: Pivoting Around New Risk and Making Risk Assessments More Effective
In this session from the 2021 BELA South Asia Ethics Summit, speakers from KKR, Microsoft India, and EY spoke about an increased focus on managing risks. The conversation included an overview of emerging, geopolitical, cyber, and ethical risks facing organizations today, defining a comprehensive risk assessment, the importance of continuity in conducting risk assessments, new elements the panelists’ organizations have added to their risk assessments, and cross-functional collaboration with diverse departments. The panelists also spoke on leveraging technology as part of risk management, new monitoring and measurement techniques, and mitigation measures.
Featuring:
Yogen Vaidya, Partner, Forensic &Integrity Services, EY
Session Spotlight: Internal Investigations – New Tactics & Communications Strategies in the Virtual Environment
In this session from the 2021 BELA South Asia Ethics Summit, speakers from Baker McKenzie, Johnson Controls, Infosys, and JLL discuss the way internal investigations have changed in new virtual working environments. The conversation covered an overview of the complexities of investigations in a virtual environment, privacy concerns, cross-functional coordination, disclosures and notices, challenges of remote investigations, new vehicles for optimal research in the pre-interview phase, the pitfalls of interviews in the remote environment, and corrective action and challenges with substantiation. Also discussed during the session were Ethisphere data points from the Culture Quotient dataset.
Featuring:
Mini VandePol, Head of Asia Pacific Compliance & Investigations Group, Baker McKenzie
Sheel R. Sinha, General Counsel, JLL India
Nishant Prakash, Principal Legal Counsel, Infosys
Ai Lin Tay, Global Compliance Director, Johnson Controls-Hitachi
Session Spotlight: Ethics Training with Impact – How Do You Measure Its Effectiveness, Especially in the Virtual World?
In this session of the 2021 BELA South Asia Ethics Summit, speakers from EY, Diageo, SNC-Lavalin, and Pfizer discuss how to measure the impact and effectiveness of ethics training. The conversation covered the need for training to be tailored to different employees, cultures, and industries, the ethical impact of training at various stages of employment and throughout the year, not to neglect communications when focusing on training, leadership engagement, having a cultural foundation in training, positioning the compliance function in the forefront of people’s minds, and the importance of trust and respect. The panelists also spoke on integrating storytelling, measuring the impact of training, and training objectives beyond professional awareness.
Featuring:
Arpinder Singh, Global Markets and India Leader, Forensic & Integrity Services, EY
Sandeep Seth, Director, Corporate Compliance, Pfizer, India
Anja Drew, Global Business Integrity Director, Diageo India
Session Spotlight: L’Oréal India Executive Keynote commitment to Ethics is a “Thing of Beauty”
In this keynote session from the 2021 BELA South Asia Ethics Summit, Amit Jain, Managing Director at L’Oréal India, speaks about how ethics is at the core of L’Oréal’s business. The conversation covered how business functions must cultivate an environment of trust to operate and grow sustainably, how ethics should be embedded throughout an organization, the importance of transparency and leadership engagement to influencing culture, different cultural norms. and L’Oréal’s dedicated ethics department and ethics trainings.
Featuring:
Amit Jain, Managing Director, L’Oreal India Pvt Ltd
Session Spotlight: Diageo India Chief Strategy Officer Discusses Enhancing Culture and Growth
In this keynote session from the 2021 BELA South Asia Ethics Summit, Abanti Sankaranarayanan, Managing Director at Diageo India speaks about her organization’s culture journey. The keynote covered building resilience, the role of the ethics and compliance function, and creating a future-ready organization. The session also talked about the three milestones of Diageo’s journey: growth in top line and margin expansion, shaping the environment and transforming reputation, and shifting to a performance driven, transparent, inclusive, and collaborative culture.
Featuring:
Abanti Sankaranarayanan, Chief Strategy and Corporate Affairs Officer, Diageo India
