Contributed by Kristy Grant-Hart, founder and CEO of Spark Compliance; Kirsten Liston, founder and principal of Rethink Compliance; and Joe Murphy, the Godfather of Compliance So many people dream of being their own boss. They want to choose their own hours, pick the projects they want to work on and
I teach a course on creating ethical cultures at the Wharton School. Early in my experience teaching it, I was stunned by a comment made by a student near the end of the course. Asked what she might do differently about observed wrongdoing now that she had completed the class,
The 10th recipient of the ECI Carol R. Marshall Award for Innovation in Corporate Ethics is Blair C. Marks, Vice President of Ethics and Business Conduct for Lockheed Martin. Established in 2010 to recognize role models in ethics and compliance (E&C), the Carol Marshall Award is designed to recognize
As so many around the globe have acknowledged over the past year, the marginalization of people of color and indigenous people must stop. Last year, in an effort to honor the memory of George Floyd and to address the deep issues in our societies, the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI)
The Ethics & Compliance Initiative and Ethics Resource Center communities are saddened to learn about the loss of Brent Scowcroft. Scowcroft, a foreign policy expert and former Ethics Resource Center board member died today at the age of 95. Scowcroft served in the United States Air Force before continuing his
At the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), we share the grief and anger felt by so many at the senseless killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and many others whose lives have been needlessly ended. We also have a sense of hope as we see people around the
ECI regularly publishes articles and op-eds by contributing writers. The opinions expressed and reflected in these articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of ECI. by Steve Priest Steve is Founder of Integrity Insight International, an ethics and compliance consulting firm. Steve@IntegrityII.com (Context. I have been a
Our world has lost a remarkable man, The Honorable Stephen D. Potts. Steve was a public servant, an honorable statesman, and a kind-hearted soul. He was deeply committed to ethical conduct in organizations, which he embodied throughout his professional career. Among his achievements, he served as Associate Counsel to the
Corporate misconduct is nothing new to the American public. Headlines announcing business transgressions crop up with depressing regularity. According to one survey, only 15 percent of Americans believe business leaders to be truthful.