MARCH 30 ECI Live: Leadership in Times of Crisis
In October 2020, when the Coronavirus pandemic was arguably at its peak, the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI) tasked a Working Group to explore how ethics and compliance (E&C) professionals could be strategic leaders in times of stress and crisis. While the pandemic was one of the most significant stressors addressed, the group also considered other stressors in the workplace, including but not limited to: mergers and acquisitions; changes to product lines; regulatory or legal actions against a company; impact of penalties and monitoring; negative media coverage; and organizational and structural changes within an organization.
Representatives from the Working Group will discuss and share:
- Eight key characteristics that make up the foundational E&C precepts
- The impact of Internal and external factors on organizational stress
- A Stress Readiness, Responsiveness & Resiliency Awareness + Action Toolkit
Speakers
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Daniel BradyAssistant Vice President, Global Ethics Office, U.S. Bancorp -
Robin RohmerExecutive Director/Ethics and Compliance, KPMG LLPRobin Rohmer is Director with KPMG LLP’s Ethics and Compliance Group. She is responsible for conducting investigations resulting from hotline filings and human resource referrals. She manages the Firm’s retaliation monitoring process – a pro-active program to monitor participants in investigations who may be at risk of retaliation.
She has presented at conferences, meetings and webcasts sponsored by the ECI and previously served on the ECI’s non-retaliation working group.
Prior to joining KPMG in 2008, she spent over 20 years in the mortgage and financial services industry managing accounting groups and internal audit functions. She is a graduate of the University of North Texas, is a Certified Management Accountant and a member of the Institute of Management Accountants. -
Suzanne MatthiessenTrainer and Adviser, Ethically IntelligentFor over twenty years Stress Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resiliency Toolkit co-creator Suzanne Matthiessen has taught corporate employees, law enforcement professionals, and the general public actionable stress and change resiliency skills in both online and in-person learning environments, as well as through the written word. Her leadership and team training and advising focuses on the workplace behavioral ethics challenges that arise in high stress/high pressure situations and interactions, employing a holistic, systems-thinking, interdependent approach that weaves in Psychological Safety, Adaptive Leadership, Mindful Awareness Life Skills and Healthy Self Care practices. Suzanne specializes in helping both start-up and existing businesses craft (or upgrade) and implement a Code of Ethical, Equitable and Harmonious Workplace Conduct that honors Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging that defines and shapes their company’s long-term legacy.
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Wendy EvansSenior Corporate Ethics Investigator, Lockheed Martin CorporationWendy Evans is a Corporate Senior Manager with the Lockheed Martin Ethics and Enterprise Assurance organization. Wendy’s career began in law enforcement, including service as an FBI agent (white collar crime and counterintelligence assignments) and police officer. Wendy is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and member of the Association of Certified Fraud examiners. She is also a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) with the Society of Corporate Ethics and Compliance. Wendy is a member of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI), as well as other professional organizations. Wendy has been a featured national speaker on ethics, compliance, security and investigative topics. Wendy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government Studies and Communications (Broadcasting) from Western Kentucky University.
