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What do pro-cycling and business ethics have in common?

In this conversation with Andrijana Bergant, the President of EICE, she introduces me as a pioneer in adopting a culture and value-based approach towards ethics and compliance. That’s a charge I can’t escape! I share my passion for pro cycling, drawing parallels between the sport’s emphasis on teamwork and overcoming unethical practices, to the principlesContinue reading “What do pro-cycling and business ethics have in common?”

8th Bled Compliance and Ethics Conference

One of the region’s most recognised conferences in compliance is back to the beautiful Alpine Lake Bled, Slovenia! This is going to be the 8th Bled Compliance and Ethics conference, which is known to inspire, connect and touch on emerging topics. It covers current developments in the field of business compliance, ethics, risk and governance, subjectContinue reading “8th Bled Compliance and Ethics Conference”

Behavioural biases & heuristics

Two worthwhile questions – and a set of tools to answer them with from the Center for Advanced Hindsigt at Duke University: Test yourself with the below flashcards that include over 50 behavioural heuristics. Flashcard set 1: Download this set ﬁrst. Learn, memorise and start applying to your business or your personal life! Flashcard setContinue reading “Behavioural biases & heuristics”

Practical Advice on Leading with Purpose

Here are three of many worthwhile episodes from the Leading with Purpose podcast series from The Ethics Centre… Enjoy.

How to spot if you have issues like Revolut

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The problems with the culture at Revolut are not new, as the title of this February 2019 Wired article suggests: Revolut insiders reveal the human cost of a fintech unicorn’s wild rise. And now, four years later, management is “calling in the psychologists” to deal with these costs. Prevention is always better than cure; soContinue reading “How to spot if you have issues like Revolut”

3 reasons to attend the 19th Annual UK Anti Money Laundering & Financial Crime Seminar

2023 Who should attend 19th Annual UK Anti Money Laundering & Financial Crime Seminar

1) A true cross-industry event bringing together leading stakeholders to look at the latest strategies and solutions and their future development… Held hybrid 24 – 25 April 2023 – Hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills, City of London 2) Key updates and answers from relevant high-level experts in a one-day session – including from… And manyContinue reading “3 reasons to attend the 19th Annual UK Anti Money Laundering & Financial Crime Seminar”

Pre-order: Humanizing Rules – Bringing Behavioural Science to Ethics and Compliance

Longtime friend of AretéWork and occasional webinar co-host Christian Hunt is topical with an exciting new book – which is now available for pre-order from Amazon, Bookshop.org – as well as directly from the publisher, Wiley. Amongst other things you’ll find an overview of the… As well as an introduction to Behavioural Science – andContinue reading “Pre-order: Humanizing Rules – Bringing Behavioural Science to Ethics and Compliance”

Purpose at the core

What is the difference between “purpose” and “ESG”? Are they just two ways of talking about the same thing? And is it really possible — or desirable — to try to measure purpose in practice? In this webinar from December 8, 2022, featured guests Charles Wookey, former CEO of Blueprint for Business, Melanie Dulbecco, CEO of Torani, and Laila Page, Head of Sustainable Banking, Performance and Frameworks for NatWest Group share pragmatic approaches to centering business practices around purpose for greater action and impact.

The Council for Inclusive Capitalism recently celebrated its 2nd anniversary, an effort I am glad to support. And here’s one of their recent useful learning resources in case you want to explore some of the work of the Council:

Fresh OECD Public Integrity Indicators

The OECD Public Integrity Indicators establish a new benchmark for government resilience to corruption risks and for strengthening public integrity. Based on primary data sources and validated by countries, the Indicators help bolster global efforts against corruption by providing actionable data. The portal currently features data on the quality of public integrity and anti-corruption strategies.

New evidence on how well countries manage corruption risks has been released on the OECD Public Integrity Indicators portal. The “Accountability of policy making” indicators cover both regulations and practice on lobbying, conflict of interest, political finance, access to information, open government, open data, and public consultation. Makes for super-interesting reading – and #EthicalBusinessPractice &Continue reading “Fresh OECD Public Integrity Indicators”

Join #IACC2022 online

Basel Institute at #IACC2022 Events by and with the Basel Institute on Governance at the International Anti-Corruption Conference 2022

One of the key events in the anti-corruption calendar this year – and attended by the good people from Basel Institute, Accountability Lab – and many more. In the words of IACC: 5 global plenaries. 60+ workshops. 140 nationalities. This year’s IACC will be held under the theme: Uprooting Corruption, Defending Democratic Values. Years ofContinue reading “Join #IACC2022 online”