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Where does creativity fit into compliance? It can be found in more places than you might expect. Problem-solving, accountability, communication, and connection – they all take creativity. Join Tom Fox and Ronnie Feldman on Creativity and Compliance, part of the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network. Ronnie's company, Learnings and Entertainment, utilizes the entertainment devices people use to consume information in their everyday, non-work lives and applies it to important topics around compliance and ethics. It is not only about being funny. It is about changing the tone of your compliance communications and messaging to make your compliance program, policies, and resources more accessible. In this episode, Tom and Ronnie discuss the evolution of compliance roles from merely cleaning up messes to becoming integral business advisors and coaches. They emphasize the necessity of showcasing value through proactive, positive communication and using creative, engaging methods. They highlight insights from the Global Ethics Summit and delve into the importance of humor, human connection, and innovative compliance training and interaction approaches. The episode points out the importance of transitioning compliance perceptions within organizations and offers practical, cost-effective ways for compliance officers to engage, educate, and support their colleagues. Key highlights: From Cleaning Up Messes to Becoming Advisors The Role of AI in Compliance Advertising Your Role as Advisors Using Humor and Creativity in Compliance Engaging Communication Strategies Low-Cost, High-Impact Compliance Ideas Resources: Ronnie Ronnie Feldman (LinkedIn) Learnings & Entertainments (LinkedIn) Ronnie Feldman (Twitter) Learnings & Entertainments (Website) Compliance Confessions – inspired by “Mean Tweets” these 90-second commercials address misconceptions and excuses to promote speak up culture and the E&C team as positive and helpful. E&C Training Jams – a soulful singer banters with ethics & compliance explaining policies, sharing examples and debunking excuses. Tales from the Hotline – Real speak up-themed stories about workplace behavior gone wrong. Workplace Tonight Show! – E&C meets SNL Weekend Update explaining corporate risk topics and why employees should care. 60-Second Communication & Awareness Shorts – A variety of short, customizable, music and multimedia, quick-hitter “commercials” promoting integrity, compliance, speaking up and the E&C team as helpful advisors and coaches. Custom Live & Digital Programing – Custom creative programming that balances the seriousness of the subject matter with a more engaging delivery. After all, you can't bore people into learning. Tom Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this episode, Tom welcomes Erica Salmon Byrne, Chief Strategy Officer at Ethisphere, on an exciting launch day for the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies honoree list. The World's Most Ethical companies list features 136 companies from 44 industries across 19 countries, the episode delves into the significance, process, and celebration behind this prestigious designation. Byrne discusses the impressive Ethics Premium, revealing that publicly traded honorees have outperformed a comparable index by 7.8%, underscoring the profitability of ethical business practices. Listeners will gain insights into the rigorous application process, the importance of cross-functional relationships, and the global nature of the honoree list. Byrne also previews the upcoming Global Ethics Summit and emphasizes the critical role of talent acquisition and retention in corporate success. Key Highlights · What is Launch Day? · Ethics Premium Highlights · Overview of Honoree Companies · Global Ethics Summit Preview · Deep Dive into the Ethics Premium Resources Erica Salmon Bryne on LinkedIn Ethisphere World' Most Ethical Awards for 2025 Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As the Baylor Bears win their first NCAA BB title and Ethisphere’s annual Global Ethics Summit is just around the corner, Tom and Jay are back to look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA. This week we are joined by special guest Kevin McCormack from Ethisphere who highlights the 2021 Global Ethics Summit. Stories Credit Suisse feels the pain of poor risk management. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance. Dylan Tokar in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal. Tom Smith in the Financial Times. Jason Meyer sees a win for compliance and ethics, on LinkedIn. Is a SOX whistleblower required to prove fraud? Jason Zuckerman in the Whistleblower Protection Blog. Karen Woody named Herndon Fellow. Peter Jettons in The Columns. Accountability: it’s all of us. Sam Sliverstein in LinkedIn. Time for a national privacy law. Steven Cavey in CCI. Is what you need Goldilocks compliance? Jeff Kapan in CEP. Ready to move into compliance or risk management? Dick Cassin says asks some questions first, in the FCPA Blog. How to protect whistleblowers? Alexander Ghavinian in the FCPA Blog. Six principles of whistleblower protection. František Nonnemann the Risk and Compliance Platform Europe. As int’l anti-corruption evolves, is the US losing its place. Robert Clark explores in the FCPA Blog. Podcasts and Events On Integrity Through Compliance, Don Stern and Eric Feldman host former DAG Rod Rosenstein for a two-part series on the past, present and furture of compliance and independent monitoring. Check out Part 1 here. Tom and Megan Dougherty are doing a special podcast series around The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, currently streaming on Disney+. Check out Episodes 1&2 and Episode 3. This month on The Compliance Life, Tom welcomes Jonathon Kellerman. In Episode 1, Jonathon discusses the path he took to compliance. CCI releases a new eBook, The FCPA Year in Review by the Compliance Evangelist, Tom Fox. You can obtain a copy here. Best of all its available at no charge. Join Tom and Jay at Ethisphere’s 2021 Global Ethics Summit, which will be held virtually April 13-15. Listeners to this podcast will receive a 15% discount to Ethisphere’s Global Ethics Summit For more information and registration details click here. Use the code tomfox15 for your discount. Join K2 Integrity’s financial crimes compliance professionals on Thursday, 22 April 2021, at 10 AM ET for DOLFIN’s “Ask an Expert FINQuiry” webinar, for a discussion on the impact of ongoing developments in the financial integrity community. Information and Registration here. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, the ladies from #GWIC join Tom for a deep dive into written standards. Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this Episode of the FCPA Compliance Report, I am joined by Erica Salmon Byrne, EVP at Ethisphere. We take a deep dive into Ethisphere’s 2021 WME report and white papers on the award-winning best practices in global compliance program management, 3rd party risk management and training and communication. Highlights of this podcast include: What was the Ethical Premium for 2021? What do are the numbers? What are the best practices around remotely managing an effective global program effectively? What are the best practices around third-party risk management in 2021? What are the best practices around training and communications in the era of Covid-19? Why should you plan to attend Ethisphere’s 2021 Global Ethics Summit? Resources Erica Salmon Byrne LinkedIn Profile Ethisphere 2021 WME Awards Leading Practices-Remotely Managing an Effective Global Program Effectively Leading Practices-3rd Party Risk Management Leading Practices-Training and Communications Ethisphere 2021 Global Ethics Summit, registration and information here. Use Code tomfox15 for 15% discount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As the Great Women in Compliance podcast series hits its 100 anniversary, the first annual #GWICies are awarded. Tom and Jay are back to look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA. Stories Tom takes a deep dive into Ethisphere’s WME awards and reports. Part 1-WME awards. Part 2-managing a global workforce. Part 3-managing third-party risks. Part 4-communications and training. What is the price of nice? Mary Shirley explores in CCI. Criminalization of sports corruption. Ubong Udoeyo in GAB. Are you FARA compliant? Jonathan Marks in Board and Fraud. James Comey channels Bette Davis (and Jim Deloach). Aly McDevitt in Compliance Week. (sub req’d) How to prevent money-laundering. Alia Noor in XpertsLeague. Where to start with ESG reporting. MaryAnn Rains in Risk and Compliance Matters. Should compliance have outside competition? Dick Cassin opines in the FCPA Blog. Are you curious? (Not in a blue or yellow way) Joe Murphy channels Tim Harford in LinkedIn. Are you tone deaf from the top. Jon May in LinkedIn. Podcasts and Events The Great Women in Compliance has its 100th anniversary edition. Mary and Lisa reflect back on their journey. Join us in congratulating them. Listen in on the Compliance Podcast Network. MoFo joins the Compliance Podcast Network. Check out this week’s episode where Morrison & Foerster partner James Koukios speaks with fellow partner Brandon Van Grack about what to expect in the National Security space under the new Biden Administration. Coffee & Regs joins the Compliance Podcast Network. In this episode, host Natalie Silverman, former Chief Compliance Officers Matt Calabro and Allison Fraser sit down to discuss public pension fund independent compliance reviews. CCI releases a new eBook, The FCPA Year in Review by the Compliance Evangelist, Tom Fox. You can obtain a copy here. Best of all its available at no charge. Join Tom and Jay at Ethisphere’s 2021 Global Ethics Summit, which will be held virtually April 13-15. Listeners to this podcast will receive a 15% discount to Ethisphere’s Global Ethics Summit For more information and registration details click here. Use the code tomfox15 for your discount. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, the ladies from #GWIC join Tom for a deep dive into written standards. Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How can being ethical grow a company’s bottom line? Joining us is Erica Salmon Byrne, the Executive Vice President at Ethisphere Institute and the Executive Director Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, as she shares about the Global Ethics Summit, the importance of being proactive when it comes to compliance, and how companies can do well by doing good. Proactive compliance Through the many investigations Erica has been a part of and learning about how or why things went wrong, she learned the value of a proactive and effective ethics and compliance program, not just on the company as a whole, but for the individuals who work for the company. It impacts both finances and team morale. That’s when Erica decided she had enough of a "defensive" compliance approach, and is now helping companies become more predictive and proactive about their compliance programs. Data and analytics There is a sudden proliferation of data that is available to us to figure out what’s actually working. You can find out where people are going for questions, what sort of things they’re looking for, and how to make overwhelming processes engaging, easy, and interesting for employees. Externally, you can now also see what other companies are doing and how trusted they are by their employees. If you can position yourself as a trusted employer, how much easier would it be to recruit in this tight labor market? Doing well by doing good At Ethisphere, they call this the Ethics Premium. Ethical companies continue to outperform others, and while Erica doesn’t know what the causation might be 100%, her hypothesis is that it’s a “sauce” of: Engaged employees who are committed to their role at the companyNot having to pay giant fines and fees Using the money saved from not having to pay fines and fees and putting it into R&D, M&A, and organic expansionInvesting in the communities that they’re engaged inWhat’s working well in building programs Internal partnerships: Have very strong working relationships between sister control functions, whether that’s ethics and compliance, internal audit, human resources — these functions have all figured out a way to work together. Diversifying skill sets: Up until a few years ago, everyone who worked in compliance was a lawyer. Now we have people with data analytic skills, IT skills, audit skills, and even communication skills. Diversify those voices and make sure you have a robust reflection of skill sets on your ethics and compliance team. There’s no competition in compliance At the end of the day, what compliance professionals are all doing is trying to give people the tools that they need to be able to make good decisions on behalf of the company. There’s absolutely no reason why they shouldn’t share their discoveries with colleagues if it makes everybody’s life easier. It lifts our collective boats as organizations, and that’s the attitude this community has. Advice Don’t be afraid of data. Get close to the people who understand it. Ask stupid questions. Data is not going anywhere so you need to figure out how to get comfortable working with it and speaking about it. Understand that we’re in a dynamic age. Transparency is everything. Figure out how you can tell true stories (in a way that your Labor and Employment lawyers are comfortable with) as part of your education process. The impact this can have on employees is tremendous: not only will the situations feel real (because they are), but they’re also relevant because they actually happened at your company. Contact Erica LinkedIn | Twitter
In this episode I visit with podcast favorite Erica Salmon Byrne, the EVP and Executive Director of Business Ethics Leadership Alliance at Ethisphere on its 2019 World’s Most Ethical company awards. The companies will be honored at the upcoming Some of the highlights of the podcast include: · This year’s numbers include 128 companies honored. They were located in 21 countries and in 50 different industries;· Ethisphere now has 13 years of data, what does it show?· What is the ‘ethics premium’?· What are some of the characteristics of WME award winning companies?· What are the business benefits of transparency and open communications? · How does diversity benefit a corporation?· What can the compliance practitioner learn from these leading companies? Additional ResourcesLinkedIn Profilefor Erica Salmon Byrne.Byrne article: The Ethics Premium: Performance Founded in PurposeFor agenda and registration information on the 2019 Global Ethics Summit, click here. For information on the Dinner honoring the 2019 World’s Most Ethical companies, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Patrick Quinlan, CEO of Convercent, a leading global provider of modern compliance management software recently spoke to us about company integrity in light of a merger and acquisition. At our 9th Annual Global Ethics Summit next week, Quinlan will be moderating a plenary session on day one of our Global Ethics Summit. Click here for more on Quinlan's session.
Lucy Fato, General Counsel, Managing Director and Head of the Americas, Nardello & Co., spoke to Ethisphere about culture and measuring the integrity of an organization in light of a new administration. At our upcoming 9th Annual Global Ethics Summit, Fato and other industry experts from GE, L’Oréal, and LRN will take a closer look at culture during a plenary session on Day 1 of our Global Ethics Summit.
Christine Castellano, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, Ingredion Incorporated and a speaker at the 2017 Global Ethics Summit recently spoke to Ethisphere about Ingredion's Ethics and Compliance program.
In this week’s podcast, we feature an interview with Avis Russell, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Parsons Corporation, a multi-year World’s Most Ethical Companies® Honoree with a leading voice in business integrity and global markets as they did in the 2016 Middle East Ethics & Compliance Summit. In this episode, Avis, a speaker at our 9th Annual Global Ethics Summit chats with Ethisphere about building an effective information governance program, collaborating with key internal stakeholders and making sense of cyber and privacy concerns.
Mitsuhei Murata, former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland and an outspoken critic of Japan's nuclear policies, has issued a statement calling for the United Nations to hold an "International Day for Global Ethics" in the wake of their resolution to negotiate a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. The interview is an Encore Presentation of our conversation on Japan needing to declare an "honorable retreat" from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, originally presented on Nuclear Hotseat #234, December 15, 2016.
Mitsuhei Murata, former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland and an outspoken critic of Japan's nuclear policies, has issued a statement calling for the United Nations to hold an "International Day for Global Ethics" in the wake of their resolution to negotiate a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. The interview is an Encore Presentation of our conversation on Japan needing to declare an "honorable retreat" from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, originally presented on Nuclear Hotseat #234, December 15, 2016.
Mitsuhei Murata, former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland and an outspoken critic of Japan's nuclear policies, has issued a statement calling for the United Nations to hold an "International Day for Global Ethics" in the wake of their resolution to negotiate a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. The interview is an Encore Presentation of our conversation on Japan needing to declare an "honorable retreat" from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, originally presented on Nuclear Hotseat #234, December 15, 2016.