Manager Led, Manager Loved: The Power of Ethical Moments

What happens when ethics and compliance shows up in everyday moments—not just policies? Explore how managers can embed E&C into the day-to-day employee experience to increase understanding and adoption.

In this session, Ethisphere will open with what we’re seeing across the BELA community: a growing focus on manager ownership, practical guidance, and repeatable ways to bring ethics into everyday decisions. From there, Southwire’s Director of Ethics & Compliance, Shaun Miller, will share how their Ethical Moments program brings that shift to life.

Ethical Moments are concise, manager-led discussions built around real investigations, storytelling, and interactive scenarios. The model is simple and designed to be repeatable, giving managers a clear role in reinforcing expectations while helping employees connect ethics to real situations and role-specific risks.

You’ll hear how the program was developed, how it’s delivered across the business, and how it’s driving meaningful cultural impact and strong engagement across both managers and employees.

This session also offers a window into how ideas like this take shape and spread—through peer-driven environments like BELA, where compliance leaders share what’s working, pressure-test approaches, and accelerate progress together.

Key Takeaways

• How leading organizations are shifting from centralized programs to manager-led execution
• What makes Ethical Moments effective: simplicity, relevance, and repeatability
• How to use real investigations, storytelling, and scenarios to drive engagement
• Ways to equip managers to reinforce ethical expectations in day-to-day work
• What meaningful cultural impact looks like in practice—and how to recognize it
• How peer-driven environments like BELA help surface, validate, and scale what works