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September 16, 2016

Why do organizations introduce and maintain ethics hotlines? Ethical Advocate has heard from a number…

September 09, 2016

60% of the people we spoke to admit they are better at creating [compliance] programs…

September 02, 2016

No surprise here—managers exercise great influence on employee attitudes and behavior. They play an essential…

August 26, 2016

Seldom found on lists of job duties and expectations, however, are statements about the need…

August 12, 2016

Ethics hotlines offer many benefits for businesses and other institutions, to include an increased chance…

July 22, 2016

A code of ethics is the foundation of an organization’s “ethical architecture,” although it takes…

July 15, 2016

It is highly likely that the U.S. Senate will designate July 30 as “National Whistleblower…

July 08, 2016

Checklists are used in many settings, typically with the intent to reduce error, increase reliability,…

June 03, 2016

The Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), in the introduction to the final version of Principles…

May 20, 2016

A recent story in National Defense Magazine described one engineering firm’s approach to promoting sound…

May 02, 2016

“Organizations that had reporting hotlines were much more likely to detect fraud through tips than…

April 19, 2016

“City staffers unaware of ethics hotline,” proclaimed a recent headline in the Stamford Advocate (Ocasio,…