Accountability for senior leadership is the foundation of ethical culture
Susan Frank Divers
February 28, 2020
One of the most significant developments in the ethics space in recent years is the recognition that “paper” programs don’t afford meaningful protection against misconduct or its consequences. Established companies such as Nissan and Pacific Gas & Electric and media companies reeling from #MeToo scandals generally have a compliance infrastructure of lawyers, Codes of Conduct, training and hotlines but nonetheless their CEOs and senior managers have behaved as if these safeguards didn’t apply to them.… Continue Reading
This month the UK Serious Fraud Office published new guidance about how it assesses the effectiveness of the companies it investigates. The SFO’s eight-page document “Evaluating Compliance Programs” 
During my time as a sales executive — working alone, remotely and thinly supervised — I sadly thought of my conduct as a win-win. My company enjoyed tremendous sales increases, my channel partners moved to the next opportunity, and often poorly paid public officials got a little something to make ends meet.…