Category Archives: Ethical Business Practice [category]

Women to Watch Q&A

I recently sat down with the Risky Women team for one of their Women to Watch Q&As – here are the questions they put to me: What makes you a Risky Woman? It gives meaning and purpose to my life – I want to make a difference by supporting risk professionals to move beyond policiesContinue reading “Women to Watch Q&A”

Crowdsourcing Resources for Designing Compliance Programs with Behavioural Science

The good people over at Ethical Systems are maintaining a super-helpful resource list. Anything you think has been missed? Please help add to this list of resources by filling out the form directly on the Ethical Systems website – it helps all of us. And do encourage others too – here’s on you can RT:Continue reading “Crowdsourcing Resources for Designing Compliance Programs with Behavioural Science”

‘…what 99% of people intuitively want from their workplace’

A brief AretéThoughts Q&A with Dr Roger Miles: What is the most important contribution culture can make to the lives of people in organisations? To affirm a collective, pro-social purpose. This may partly be found within “what shareholders think their money represents” but increasingly it’s so much more than that: a sense that as an organisation movesContinue reading “‘…what 99% of people intuitively want from their workplace’”

Nordic Business Ethics Day 2021: From words to a culture of integrity

This just in from our friends at Nordic Business Ethics: Expressing a commitment to ethical business practices is becoming the norm for most companies. Drafting a policy and implementing an e-learning can be done fairly easily. A CEO can express that ethical business practices is part of the company DNA and has a zero toleranceContinue reading “Nordic Business Ethics Day 2021: From words to a culture of integrity”

“If trust were a colour, it would be grey”

The crisis of confidence in legislation – a brief review The Rome Conference that gave birth to this excellent book took place before the start of the Pandemic. The topic would turn out to be even more prescient and important than the various expert authors could have predicted at the time. This is an importantContinue reading ““If trust were a colour, it would be grey””

‘We talk about corruption as a concept, but in practice, it’s driven by human behaviour.’

A brief AretéThoughts Q&A with Christian Hunt… What one thing would you change about anti-corruption regulation or enforcement? We talk about corruption as a concept, but in practice, it’s driven by human behaviour. I’d like to see solutions that reflect this. We often think of “bad” people who intentionally set out to do “bad” things,Continue reading “‘We talk about corruption as a concept, but in practice, it’s driven by human behaviour.’”

Kalifa FinTech Report: Ethics mentioned in passing, and only once…

The Independent report on the UK Fintech sector by Ron Kalifa OBE has just been released by HM Treasury. My quick take in the context of Ethical Business Regulation: The call for close working between the regulator and the regulated makes sense – as they suggest through ‘enhancing the Regulatory Sandbox, making permanent the digitalContinue reading “Kalifa FinTech Report: Ethics mentioned in passing, and only once…”

COVID-19: Crisis or Opportunity for Corporate Culture?

Implications for Why and How Ethics and Compliance Should Thrive in This Evolving World • Assess culture and use the information to build new paradigms• Shift role of functions, including ethics & compliance, to more collaborative work focused on corporate purpose• Help leaders better communicate in a time when new working practices demand quality leadershipContinue reading “COVID-19: Crisis or Opportunity for Corporate Culture?”

2021 European Compliance & Ethics Institute

Though we are all disappointed we will not be together in-person, SCCE remains dedicated to providing a first-class learning experience while keeping the health and well being of everyone a top priority.  The 2021 European Compliance & Ethics Institute will have the great speakers and content you’ve come to expect at the in-person event. Learn about the challenges facingContinue reading “2021 European Compliance & Ethics Institute”