Employees may trust an AI chatbot more than they trust you, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, if it leads to more reporting. In this podcast, Debbie Sabatini Hennelly, Founder & President of Resiliti shares that  a recent survey conducted by Case IQ reveals that nearly 7…

If all you’re worrying about is tone at the top, you’re missing a key portion of the choir.  With most people reporting to middle managers, they play in integral role in ensuring a culture of compliance and ethics truly permeates the organization. Evie Wentink, Senior Complia…

Why did the AI do that? It’s a simple and common question, but the answer is often opaque, with people referring to black boxes, algorithms and other words that only those in the know tend to understand. Alessia Falsarone, a non-executive director of Innovate UK, says that’s a…

 By Nikhil Raj Singh When it comes to protecting sensitive data, organizations often turn to established security frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, PCI DSS, or SOC 2. Each of these has its strengths but managing them individually can be time-consuming and resource heavy. This…

Byline: Betsy Ford, Senior Consultant, Countoural Mergers and acquisitions are high-stakes undertakings, and much attention is rightly given to financial, operational, and structured IT system integration. Amid this flurry, one area often flies under the radar: unstructured data. These are the email…

The possibilities of AI don’t stop with generative AI such as ChatGPT.  Agentic AI may have more potential for compliance teams, Zahra Timsah, co-founder and CEO of i-GENTIC AI tells us. Unlike generative AI, which is well known for its ability to create content, agentic AI can…

Lewis Eisen (LinkedIn) is the author of the book RULES: Powerful Policy Wording to Maximize Engagement, and he wants to change the way people think about and write  policies. Too often, he observes, policies contain parent-child language, with a scolding tone that turns people of…

Andrew McBride, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Integrity Bridge, recently wrote an article entitled Generative Artificial Intelligence Use Cases for Ethics & Compliance Programs.  Intrigued by the topic, I sat down with him for this podcast. He shared that many compliance…

Why? Why are you asking that? Do you really need to know it? Is it going to tell you something you need to know? Is it a question that anyone could even answer? All of these are questions to ask yourselves and colleagues when they propose adding an item to your due diligence quest…

With ever more attention paid to the role of boards in overseeing compliance, the question naturally comes up:  Do boards even understand what makes for an effective compliance program?  To help answer that question we spoke with Vera Cherepanova (LinkedIn), Executive Director o…

Building a corporate culture which values commitment to the company’s core values minimizes risk posed from within the employee ranks. Employee adherence to and support of core values starts during the hiring process.  After all, sifting thro…

Imagine that it’s time to move on from compliance to another role, either by choice or being voluntold.  Does what you learned in compliance help? Absolutely, according to Kortney Nordrum, Vice President and Senior Corporate Counsel at Deluxe.  Amongst other benefits, it taugh…

In my years in compliance, I’ve concluded that the best attribute for a compliance professional is to be a good listener. Most of the time, people want to tell you their problems – it’s therapeutic. I often end a one on one m…

When Garth Jordan learned about the opportunity to lead the SCCE & HCCA, he was excited about the idea of helping to build trustworthy organizations.  And, the more he spoke with the board and talked to his peers, the more convinced he was that this was the role for him. Unlike …

What do cupcakes, cookies and compliance training have in common?  More than you might think, reports Barbara-Ann Boehler, Senior Director of the Program on Corporate Compliance and Ethics at Fordham University  School of Law.  She successfully used the act of frosting the trea…

By Evie Wentink, Ethical Edge Experts I have seen that training records are treated as a checklist. But the real insight comes from identifying the gaps—who’s missing, and what’s driving that absence? Despite its importance, compliance training completion rates remain a persistent challenge fo…

How regulatory deadlines, enforcement trends, and AI governance are shaping the modern compliance function By Wendy Lim, Industry Development Director & DPO Success Ambassador, Straits Interactive The role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) is evolving from a compliance checkbox to a critical pil…

Being a leader is hard.  Being a compliance leader is harder.  Being a compliance leader in fast-changing times takes it up yet another level, but it’s not impossible. Kim Jablonski, Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer at Bristol Myers Squibb shares that with these challenges i…

, Director, Learning Programs & Advisory Services, SAI360 I was never a “school spirit” sort of person. During high school, I wore my cynicism about like a badge: Hello, My Name is I Don’t Care. But that cynicism cracked one afternoon in my senior year. Sitting in the blea…

, Chief Engagement & Strategy Officer, SCCE & HCCA This is a blog post about compliance, dirt and rugs.  It’s not, though, about sweeping dirty compliance problems under the rug. It’s about rug cleaning videos and what they can teach us.  If you haven’t discovered them ye…