November 05, 2014
Ethics Awareness for Municipal Employees
Is your municipality’s ethics training and awareness program reactive, proactive, or a mix of both?…
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Ethical Advocate Blog
October 29, 2014
Ethics Hotlines in Schools
Charter schools have taken a beating this year, with allegations of waste, fraud, and (financial)…
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October 15, 2014
Ethics Awareness Gap
Do your senior managers support your organization’s ethics hotline and all other components of your…
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October 08, 2014
Compliance Culture
“Compliance programs help prevent companies from committing crimes in the first place. Even if they…
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October 02, 2014
Ethics Officers Professional Development
Ethics and compliance officers recognize the benefits of participating in conferences, workshops, or other meetings…
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September 24, 2014
Whistleblower Protection
The Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee (WPAC) of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and…
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September 17, 2014
False Claims Act Enforcement Grows
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered $3.8 billion under the federal False Claims Act…
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September 10, 2014
Understanding Fraud – The Fraud Triangle and More
Typical organizations lose five percent of revenues each year to fraud. As reported before, hotlines…
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September 03, 2014
Ethics Hotline Best Practices
Ethics and fraud hotlines as we know them today began emerging over thirty years ago.…
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August 27, 2014
A Good Ethics Policy
A good ethics policy is worth the time it takes to develop, review, and revise…
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August 20, 2014
Promoting Your Ethics Hotline
Organizations with ethics hotlines are more likely to catch fraudulent behavior than are organizations without…
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August 06, 2014
Whistleblowing and Attorney-Client Privilege
In "Whistleblower Suit and Attorney-Client Privilege" posted in March of this year, we reported that…
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