October 08, 2014
Compliance Culture
“Compliance programs help prevent companies from committing crimes in the first place. Even if they…
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Best Practices
Ethical Advocate Blog
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 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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July 30, 2014
Ethics, Communication, and Reputation
It is common for business leaders to think of organizational ethics as a compliance issue,…
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July 16, 2014
Hotlines Increase Chances of Catching Fraud
“Organizations with hotlines were much more likely to catch fraud by a tip, which our…
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July 09, 2014
Construction Industry Ethics
Last year’s National Business Ethics Survey (NBES) reported an overall decline in workplace misconduct. The…
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July 02, 2014
HR and Ethics Collaboration
The roles of a company’s Human Resources (HR) and Ethics functions often overlap, making it…
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May 28, 2014
Ethics Hotline Report
The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)…
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April 16, 2014
Evaluating Ethics Hotlines
Most public companies and many private companies are required to implement whistleblower processes, which often…
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April 02, 2014
Increase Ethics Hotline Reporting
Has ethics reporting stalled? The recently released 2013 National Business Ethics Survey of the U.S.…
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