Curtis Leicht
Data & Services
Manager, Culture Services

Curtis Leicht

Curtis Leicht is the Manager of Culture Services at Ethisphere. He leads a team of Culture Analysts who guide Ethisphere clients through their Ethical Culture Improvement Journey. The Culture Team at Ethisphere specializes in providing bespoke survey and benchmarking solutions to measure and improve ethics culture for organizations around the world. The team also provides insights into global ethics culture trends, through analysis of over 4.5 million survey responses from 300+ organizations around the world. These insights help to drive program maturity and innovation in the Ethics & Compliance space.  

Curtis is a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, IA. He received the Henry O Talle Award for ranking near the top of the College of Business at Luther College. He grew up a fan of the University of Iowa athletics, especially football. Curtis is an avid golfer, runner, and enjoys building computers in his free time. 

Insights & Perspectives

From Curtis Leicht

Curtis Leicht's latest thinking on business integrity, ethical leadership, and the future of compliance.

October 15, 2026
Compliance Theater: How to Tell If Your Culture of Compliance Is Real or Just Performed

Most compliance teams have sat through some version of this meeting. Training completion is at 98%. The Code of Conduct […]

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July 31, 2026
Shadow AI: The Hidden Compliance Risk Companies Ignore

Pressure to adopt AI is mounting inside most organizations. Investors want to see AI mentioned on the earnings call. Boards […]

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May 29, 2026
What Employees Aren’t Telling You (And Why)

Here’s a number worth sitting with: 52%. That’s the share of employees in our global data set who, after observing […]

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