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

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”

A #purposeful business

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”

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 …”

Three new webinars on #EthicalBusinessPractice

Professor Hodges and I are offering three new webinars through FINSIA – the Financial Services Institute of Australasia – the professional body in Australia and New Zealand for the financial services industry – learn more and sign up: Webinar 1: The Future of Regulation |Deterrence is not the answer to regulation: Culture is, if weContinue reading “Three new webinars on #EthicalBusinessPractice”

The results are in: Global COVID-19 Culture Assessment

How has COVID-19 impacted the values and culture of organisations? What is needed to recover and thrive?  These are great questions – because we’re seeing values change right in front of our eyes. Change that normally would take years, not weeks. The Global COVID-19 Culture Assessment sought to answer these – and more questions – toContinue reading “The results are in: Global COVID-19 Culture Assessment”