Written by: Steven Barrett, Robert Joseph, Andrew Spector, Robert Fritsche, Brian Wetzstein On July 26, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by public companies. The final rules require registrants to (i) report on Form 8-K under a new Item 1.05 any material ...
On January 17, 2023, the US Department of Justice ("DOJ" or the "Department") issued a revised version of its Corporate Enforcement Policy ("CEP"). The CEP sets out the Department's approach to resolving criminal cases with corporations. In particular, it addresses how the Department will credit companies which voluntarily disclose criminal conduct and cooperate with the ...
Every single crisis begins as a risk. The key is to recognize risks and invest in preparing a robust and effective response. Written by: By Jeffrey Sallet, Partner, Investigations & Compliance, Forensic & Integrity Services, Ernst & Young LLP In brief Crises appear unknowable because organizations do not always invest in preparing adequately for them. Instead ...
In December 2022, the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance’s Training Effectiveness Working Group published Effective Employee Education: Training and Communications for the Current World of Work, a white paper that explores how ethics and compliance officers can ensure that their training programs are innovative, engaging, and impactful. Susan Divers of LRN—who played a key role in ...
Eaton’s philosophy that everyone has a role to play in building a culture of integrity has delivered big dividends for this diversified intelligent power management company. But the company is very clear about something: for there to be a truly ethical culture, it starts with the tone at the top. Here’s how they do it. ...
Scope 3 emissions, despite being the broadest category of an organization’s carbon emissions, are often overlooked. But there is a compelling case to be made for prioritizing these forms of carbon emission— and eliminating them from your operations. Businesses globally are looking to reduce their carbon footprints. This activity is being driven by a number ...
The Biden Administration’s antitrust enforcers have doubled down on their stated goal to protect U.S. workers by continuing to target employers who allegedly restrict workers’ mobility or otherwise suppress competition in labor markets. On the heels of two years of aggressive prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) against alleged no-poach and ...
The 2023 Ethical Culture Report offers plenty of insight on what some of the emerging issues are when it comes to what different groups of people expect when it comes to business integrity from their workplace, particularly Generation Z. So what can companies do to act on these findings and build a better ethical culture ...
Ethisphere Vice President of Data Strategy Doug Allen discusses the data behind the key takeaways from the 2023 Ethical Culture Report, which includes how bullying claims skyrocketed over the course of the pandemic, how ethical culture trends vary by age cohort, how team reputation factors into employees’ decisions to report misconduct, and the critical role ...
In January, Ethisphere published the 2023 Ethical Culture Report—Lessons from the Pandemic: Accountability Reigns and Gen Z Refrains. It is a deep dive into our culture survey database of more than two million responses, which provides a level of insight into corporate culture that is second to none. This year’s report answers some important questions: ...
