Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA)

Join The Community
Helping E&C Teams Succeed

Stop working in isolation.
Gain support & insight into what’s proven to work.

  • Join 400+ global E&C teams
  • Ongoing support from peers & experts
  • Access benchmarking & expert tools used by the Fortune 500
  • Rated 9/10 by E&C leaders worldwide
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Trusted by Global Ethics &
Compliance Leaders:
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Trusted by Global Ethics &
Compliance Leaders:
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What BELA Gives You

Get the benchmarks, peer access, tools, and support you need to make better decisions and move faster. Learn from ethics & compliance leaders facing the same challenges, and use proven approaches instead of figuring it all out alone.

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How BELA Fits Into Everyday Work

See where to focus

Use BELA to compare your program against peer organizations, see where your efforts are working, and understand where to focus next. Put numbers behind your budget ask so leadership sees where you stand and why the investment matters. That helps your team prioritize resources more clearly and gives leadership stronger evidence for the decisions you are making. In fact, 86% of BELA members say it helps them feel more confident in program decisions.

Use what already works

Access proven templates, examples, and practical resources drawn from leading programs. Instead of rebuilding policies, presentations, and processes from scratch, your team can adapt approaches that are already working in organizations facing similar pressures.

Get expertise when you need it

89% of members say BELA helps accelerate program goals. Turn to Ethisphere experts, your Engagement Director, or peers in similar roles when your team needs guidance or a faster answer. That is what makes BELA valuable in practice — not just networking, but direct access to people, ideas, and approaches that help you move faster and make better decisions.

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Peer Networking

Connect with ethics & compliance leaders facing the same pressures, and learn what is working in organizations like yours.

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Benchmarking

See how your E&C and Ethical Culture programs compares to peers, identify what good looks like, and understand where to focus next.

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Tools & Resources

Access proven templates, examples, guides, and frameworks your team can use immediately instead of building everything from scratch.

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Expert Support

Get direct support from Ethisphere experts and your Engagement Director whenever your team needs guidance or a faster answer.

What You Get Access To

Once you join BELA, your team gets access to the practical tools, insight, and support needed to benchmark smarter, solve problems faster, and keep improving throughout the year.

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Ethisphere
Platform

Benchmarking dashboard

Compare your program against peer organizations and see where to focus next.

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Benchmark
Reports

See where you stand

Use real benchmark context to understand strengths, gaps, and priorities.

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Templates
& Toolkits

Use proven materials

Access policies, presentations, guides, and practical resources contributed by E&C teams and Ethisphere.

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Peer
Community

Connect with people

Learn from ethics & compliance leaders solving similar problems in similar organizations

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Expert
Support

Get help when you need it

Reach out to Ethisphere experts and your Engagement Director for guidance and direction.

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Events &
Working Groups

Stay connected all year

Join roundtables, events, and working groups that keep your team current and supported.

What You’ll Do In
Your First 30 Days

In your first 30 days, we’ll help you benchmark your program, explore the most relevant resources, and connect with the right support so you can quickly understand why BELA members rate the experience 9 out of 10 and why so many use it to move faster with more confidence.

Meet a Peer

1. Meet a Peer

Get introduced to an ethics and compliance leader facing similar challenges, so you can see how others are approaching the same issues.

Benchmark Your Program

2. Benchmark Your Program

See how your program measures against a standard set by our experts who study what good actually looks like, not a rating you assign yourself.

Explore the Right Resources

3. Explore the Right Resources

Get a guided walkthrough of the templates, tools, and reports most relevant to your team, so you can quickly see what is useful and applicable.

Trusted Guidance

4. Trusted Guidance

Ask a question, explore a challenge, and see how BELA connects you to expert guidance, proven approaches, and practical next steps.

You’ll have a much clearer view of how BELA can support your team, where it can save time, and what value it can deliver right away.

Start Your Free Trial

See how BELA could support your team with benchmarking, practical resources, expert guidance, and access to a trusted community of ethics & compliance leaders.

How it works

To get you set up properly, we’ll start with a short one-on-one call. We’ll learn about your team, show you the most relevant parts of BELA, walk you through how it works, and help you understand how to use the resources, benchmarking, and community support effectively. After that, your guest access begins.

What we need from you

Fill in the form and we’ll arrange your guest access and walkthrough.

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Choose The BELA Membership
That Fits Your Team

BELA is built to fit the needs of your team, from benchmarking and peer access to deeper culture tools and wider support. For many members, that means real value, including $50k+ in average annual savings on external spend.

BELA Core

Best for teams that want ongoing benchmarking, practical tools, community access, and expert support to help them make better decisions throughout the year.

Includes:

  • The Sphere benchmarking
  • BELA Hub access
  • 1,400+ reports, templates & guides
  • Expert guidance
  • Global Ethics Summit passes
Request Guest Access

BELA Plus

Designed for teams that want everything in Core, plus deeper consultative culture assessment and added support for improving ethical culture.

Includes:

  • All of BELA Core
  • Ethical Culture assessment and tools
  • Global team access
  • Global Ethics Summit passes
Request Guest Access

BELA Pinnacle

Best for organizations that want the broadest access, deeper internal engagement, and a more expansive support layer across teams and leadership.

Includes:

  • All BELA Core & Plus
  • Quarterly expert working sessions
  • Leadership expert presentation
  • Annual Code of Conduct assessment
  • Annual policy reviews
  • ABAC self-assessment consultation
  • Executive roundtables
  • Additional Global Ethics Summit passes
Request Guest Access

Compare BELA Membership Levels

A deeper look at what’s included in each membership tier, so you can choose the level of benchmarking, support, and community access that best fits your team.

Included Benefits
BELA Core
BELA Plus
BELA Pinnacle
Program Benchmarking & Insights
Included
Included
Included
Measure program performance & identify priorities
Included
Included
Included
Benchmark against leading organizations
Included
Included
Included
Resources & Tools Everything your team needs to move faster without starting from scratch.
BELA Member Hub access
Included
Included
Included
1,400+ templates, reports & resources
Included
Included
Included
Practical toolkits & implementation guides
Included
Included
Included
Culture Measurement & Improvement Measure, benchmark, and strengthen ethical culture across your organization.
Ethical culture measurement tools
Included
Included
Included
Benchmark employee culture data
Included
Included
Included
Full culture assessment & reporting
Not included
Included
Included
Multi-language survey support
Not included
Included
Included
Ethics awareness campaigns & micro-learning resources
Not included
Included
Included
Expert Support & Advisory Direct access to Ethisphere experts for guidance and strategic support.
Dedicated Engagement Director
Included
Included
Included
Concierge access to Ethisphere experts
Included
Included
Included
Quarterly expert working sessions
Available at additional cost
Available at additional cost
Included
Leadership & Board presentations
Available at additional cost
Available at additional cost
Included
Annual Code of Conduct assessment
Available at additional cost
Available at additional cost
Included
Annual policy reviews
Available at additional cost
Available at additional cost
Included
Risk & blind spot consultation
Available at additional cost
Available at additional cost
Included
Community & Peer Exchange Learn from other ethics and compliance leaders facing similar challenges.
Peer networking & working groups
Included
Included
Included
Executive roundtables
Not included
Not included
Included
Share program examples & case studies
Included
Included
Included
Global Ethics Summit access
Included
Included
Included
Expanded Global Ethics Summit attendance
Not included
Not included
Included

Not sure which fit is right? We’ll help you understand what your team would actually use and where you’ll get the most value fastest.

Trusted by E&C
Leaders Worldwide

Organizations across industries use Ethisphere assessments to benchmark programs, identify improvement opportunities, strengthen governance, and build confidence with leadership, regulators, customers, and stakeholders.

Barbara Chiu, Clavio
“2400 Employees and Two People in Compliance”
Barbara Chiu Senior Manager for Legal ComplianceKlaviyo
Stephanie Livingston-Thornton, Altria Group
“This is what customer success looks like”
Stephanie Livingston-Thornton Manager, Compliance Programs and GovernanceAltria Group
Stephanie Champagne, Lincoln Financial
“If Employees don’t feel safe, you don’t get their best”
Stephanie Champagne Senior Ethics & Compliance ConsultantLincoln Financial
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The Business Case for BELA

BELA is not just a membership. It is a faster, lower-cost way for ethics & compliance teams to access benchmark data, practical resources, expert guidance, and peer insight without repeatedly turning to outside consultants.

89%
Say BELA helps accelerate
program goals
$50k+
average annual savings in
external spend
86%
Feel more confident
in program decisions
9/10
satisfaction score with BELA

For many teams, BELA becomes the easiest way to save time, strengthen decisions, and give leadership more confidence in where the program is going.