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How to spot if you have issues like Revolut

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”

Join #IACC2022 online

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”

Leading an Effective Ethics & Compliance Ambassadors Program

Whether you call yours an “Ambassadors Program”, “Champions Program”, or “Liaison Program”, they all do the same thing—spread awareness and broaden the reach of your compliance and ethics program by using businesspeople as extra arms, legs, and ears. Join us on December 8, 2022 for this one-day virtual conference, Leading an Effective Ethics & ComplianceContinue reading “Leading an Effective Ethics & Compliance Ambassadors Program”

The EU Whistleblowing Directive – does it matter to me?

The good people at the Institute of Business Ethics are putting on a timely discussion on the EU Whistleblowing Directive: The EU Whistleblowing Directive, adopted by the European Parliament in October 2019, is gradually being implemented across EU member states but this is lagging well beyond the original deadline of December 2021. Is the approachContinue reading “The EU Whistleblowing Directive – does it matter to me?”

Registration is now open for the 2022 EU Consumer Alternate Dispute Resolution Conference

In case you haven’t seen, you can now register for the Alternate Dispute Resolution conference of the year – it will run 9 & 10 NOVEMBER 2022 at WOLFSON COLLEGE, OXFORD. Programme Highlights Keynote: Modernisation of Regulation of Business Practice and of Dispute Resolution Professor Emeritus Christopher Hodges OBE, Oxford University Current and Forthcoming EuropeanContinue reading “Registration is now open for the 2022 EU Consumer Alternate Dispute Resolution Conference”

Culture and code of ethics: Connecting the dots through measurement

Article excerpt – By Ruth Steinholtz and Teri Quimby, JD, LLM in Ethikos Volume 36, Number 4. October 2022: Organizational culture seems to be discussed daily, yet few can define it. For our purpose, we can use a simple definition: the way we do things around here. Edgar Schein’s three components are useful for a more precise andContinue reading “Culture and code of ethics: Connecting the dots through measurement”

Last chance to respond to the Governance & Innovation – Call for Evidence

The IoD Centre for Corporate Governance is running a Public Inquiry: Governance & Innovation – Call for evidence – the deadline is the 31st of August 2022 and I encourage you to have your say. To get you thinking, here are a couple of my answers to their timely questions around regulation. Apart from rulesContinue reading “Last chance to respond to the Governance & Innovation – Call for Evidence”

Pre-order now: Outcome-Based Cooperation: In Communities, Business, Regulation, and Dispute Resolution

Out this September – a new timely book from my co-author Chris Hodges: How do we cooperate – in social, local, business, and state communities? This book proposes an Outcome-Based Cooperative Model, in which all stakeholders work together on the basis of trust and respect to achieve shared aims and outcomes. The Outcome-Based Cooperative ModelContinue reading “Pre-order now: Outcome-Based Cooperation: In Communities, Business, Regulation, and Dispute Resolution”