Ethical Business Practice [category] – Page 8

#BetterRegulation

At a FIPRA event last year, much attention was devoted to Ethical Business Practice and Regulation. Building on the positive response both to the event and in subsequent work, in Europe and around the world, FIPRA wants to build on those foundations. This year’s FIPRA and European Justice Forum joint conference will mark the launchContinue reading “#BetterRegulation”

A quick 4 question Q&A on Ethical Business Practice

Header 6th Annual Bled Compliance & Ethics Conference

A quick 4 question Q&A prior to the 6th Annual Bled Compliance and Ethics Conference – with Andrijana Bergant – President of EICE – the European Institute for Compliance and Ethics: [Andrijana Bergant] – What are in your opinion most important lessons from current corona crises for compliance officers and business leaders to benefit from?Continue reading “A quick 4 question Q&A on Ethical Business Practice”

What really motivates anti-corruption compliance?

I was reflecting on this question and my first take is: The best motivation is a deep seated desire to do the right thing. There’s more to it as you might expect – and I am excited that OECD is digging into it deeper – I’ll be tuning in, I hope you will too: TheContinue reading “What really motivates anti-corruption compliance?”

Nordic Business Ethics Survey 2020

Just in from our friends at Nordic Business Ethics – we’ll be tuning in – and hope to see you there: “We are happy to announce that we are proceeding with planning for the release of the Nordic Business Ethics Survey 2020 edition which will be arranged together with Forensic Risk Alliance and various cooperationContinue reading “Nordic Business Ethics Survey 2020”

7 Levels of Business Practice

7 Level of Ethical Business Practice GIF

ARTICLE ETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICE By Phil Clothier & Ruth Steinholtz BASED ON BARRETT VALUES CENTRE’S® BARRETT MODEL AND ETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICE AND REGULATION: A BEHAVIOURAL AND VALUES-BASED APPROACH TO COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT (HODGES & STEINHOLTZ, 2017, HART PUBLISHERS) INTRODUCTION “Culture, more than rulebooks, determines how an organization behaves.” -Warren Buffet Unethical or illegal behavior doesn’t exist in a vacuum. There are multi-layeredContinue reading “7 Levels of Business Practice”

OECD Public Integrity Maturity Models

What are the maturity models? The maturity models allow a government (national or subnational) or a public sector organisation to assess the elements of their integrity systems, and identify where they are situated in relation to good practice across four categories: nascent, emerging, established and leading. The maturity models can be used by political and executive leadership, government officials, public sector integrity practitioners, business and civil society.

A useful Q&A on OECD Public Integrity Maturity Models from our friends at the OECD – AretéWork is an OECD Integrity Knowledge Partner:

A #purposeful business

The eight principles of purposeful business - illustration from the British Academy

When working with Ethical Business Practice and Ethical Business Regulation there are a fair few frameworks one can draw on in addition to those set out in our eponymous book. One I find complementary and useful in the context of purpose comes from the British Academy’s Future of the Corporation Project: The Academic Lead forContinue reading “A #purposeful business”

6th Annual Bled Compliance & Ethics Conference

The European Institute of Compliance and Ethics (EICE) preparing for the 6th Annual Bled Compliance & Ethics Conference. It is organised in partnership with the International Compliance Association and the European Network for Compliance Officers. And I’ll be there to talk #EthicalBusinessPractice. Find the agenda here: bcec.eu/agenda-2020/ – read about the speakers and be sureContinue reading “6th Annual Bled Compliance & Ethics Conference”

Regulating Through Culture

Register for the next virtual event from the Canadia Community of Federal Regulators. Professor Christopher Hodges and the President of the Public Risk Management Institute Srikanth Mangalam – and I – will discuss #Ethical Business Regulation: Regulating Through Culture. Join us!

On Corporate Culture …

Corporate cultures tend to be organic, living things, but where do they come from? In a recent discussion with Adam Turteltaub at the SCCE – now out as a podcast – we explored this and more. As cultures evolve, some, obviously can grow toxic. A blame culture, in which the tendency is to look for individualsContinue reading “On Corporate Culture …”