There is no point in sitting in the Board room and choosing values in a vacuum; no matter how well you think you know your business, unless… The view from the C suite is different from the view from other vantage points. It can be a reality distortion field. I’ve seen it for myself. No … Read More
I thought it would be useful to pull together things that have caught my attention and that relate to Ethical Business Practice and/or Regulation in some way. That gives me quite wide leeway to bring things to your attention that I think are relevant to your mission. AretéWork Quarterly a-re-té [Ahr-et’-ay] noun – virtue, excellence, being … Read More
I’ve written earlier about the work I’ve been doing focused on Strengthening global integrity and ethics – as part of a team of 70 experts from 30 countries across the globe. I’m excited that the education modules we’ve worked on are now available – you can find them, and much more about this work, here: unodc.org/e4j … Read More
The International Chamber of Commerce has a new report out on global trade. Timely with Brexit looming over us in the UK/ EU and the rattling of trade war sabres in the US. That said, the impact of new rules isn’t the only thing that is top of mind for people in this space. Living … Read More
At a recent Women in Compliance event, hosted by Risk Advisory, we looked at how companies can create an ethical culture that can support compliance. Imogen Haddon, Group Chief Compliance Officer for News Corp UK and I were guest speakers – and Rebecca Palser has helpfully summed up the key take-aways here. Enjoy!
A widely reported survey of 2,000 UK employees conducted by Rungway found that 49% could not name their organisation’s values. More than a quarter (27 per cent) feel their organisation’s vision or values have too much corporate jargon and almost one in five (18 per cent) say they don’t reflect what the company is actually … Read More
Join guest speakers Imogen Haddon, Chief Compliance Officer, News Corp UK, and Ruth Steinholtz, Business Ethics Advisory, AretéWork LLP, to learn how you can create an effective ethical culture. Whether you have a corporate scandal to use as a burning platform – or you are seeking ways to create and sustain culture change once … Read More
Reflections from the 6th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute – aka #SCCEecei – where I also delivered a session on #EthicalBusinessRegulation and Culture Change. I have always been fascinated by the forces within organisations that come together to create outcomes – especially catastrophic outcomes. I had a parallel career in crisis management, which gave me the opportunity to … Read More
Everyone has values, they are not only the source of our internal motivation and our decision-making but, as Richard Barrett explains in his new book, Everything I have learned about Values, they are the “energetic drivers of our aspirations and intentions”. Perhaps that is what attracted me to working with values when I set out … Read More
