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ECI 2021 Global Business Ethics Survey: Episode 5 – Conclusions and Recommendations


Over this special five-part podcast series, I have visited with Dr. Pat Harned, President of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), about the organization’s 2021 Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES). Since 1994, ECI has conducted this cross-sectional study of workplace conduct from the employee’s perspective. ECI’s GBES data provides the only global benchmark on the state of ethics and compliance (E&C) in business. This year’s GBES is the first compliance related survey conducted after the global pandemic hit. It has significant information for the compliance professional which they need to consider for every compliance program, literally on a world-wide basis.
While a multitude of factors influence ethical behavior, the GBES reports interplay of four major ethics outcomes are tied to the daily decisions employees make with respect to how they behave in the workplace. These are: pressure in the workplace to compromise ethical standards; observations of misconductreporting misconduct; and, ultimately, the retaliation perceived by employees after they reported misconduct. Some of this year’s findings are quite troubling as they are clearly trending in disturbing directions. Over this series we reviewed the key findings, saw how retaliation against whistleblowers has taken an alarming upturn, noted the impact of Covid-19 on culture. Today we close with some conclusions and recommendations.
To obtain a copy of the Survey, click here. To find out more about ECI, click here.

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ECI 2021 Global Business Ethics Survey: Episode 4 – Covid-19 and Culture


In this special five-part podcast series, I visit with Dr. Pat Harned, President of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), about the organization’s 2021 Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES). Since 1994, ECI has conducted this cross-sectional study of workplace conduct from the employee’s perspective. ECI’s GBES data provides the only global benchmark on the state of ethics and compliance (E&C) in business. This year’s GBES is the first compliance related survey conducted after the global pandemic hit. It has significant information for the compliance professional which they need to consider for every compliance program, literally on a world-wide basis.
While a multitude of factors influence ethical behavior, the GBES reports interplay of four major ethics outcomes are tied to the daily decisions employees make with respect to how they behave in the workplace. These are: pressure in the workplace to compromise ethical standards; observations of misconductreporting misconduct; and, ultimately, the retaliation perceived by employees after they reported misconduct. Some of this year’s findings are quite troubling as they are clearly trending in disturbing directions. Over this series we are reviewing the key findings, how retaliation against whistleblowers has taken an alarming turn, the impact of Covid-19 on compliance, closing with conclusions and recommendations. In Part 4, we consider Covid-19 and its impact on employees.
Join us for our concluding Episode 5, where we look at the conclusions from the GBES and its recommendations. To obtain a copy of the Survey, click here. To find out more about ECI, click here.

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ECI 2021 Global Business Ethics Survey: Episode 3 – Retaliation


In this special five-part podcast series, I visit with Dr. Pat Harned, President of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), about the organization’s 2021 Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES). Since 1994, ECI has conducted this cross-sectional study of workplace conduct from the employee’s perspective. ECI’s GBES data provides the only global benchmark on the state of ethics and compliance (E&C) in business. This year’s GBES is the first compliance related survey conducted after the global pandemic hit. It has significant information for the compliance professional which they need to consider for every compliance program, literally on a world-wide basis.
While a multitude of factors influence ethical behavior, the GBES reports interplay of four major ethics outcomes are tied to the daily decisions employees make with respect to how they behave in the workplace. These are: pressure in the workplace to compromise ethical standards; observations of misconductreporting misconduct; and, ultimately, the retaliation perceived by employees after they reported misconduct. Some of this year’s findings are quite troubling as they are clearly trending in disturbing directions. Over this series we review the key findings, how retaliation against whistleblowers has taken an alarming turn, the impact of Covid-19 on compliance, closing with conclusions and recommendations. In Part 3, we consider the GBES findings around retaliation.
Join us for Episode 4, where we consider Covid-19 and its impact on employees. To obtain a copy of the Survey, click here. To find out more about ECI, click here.

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FCPA Compliance Report

ECI 2021 Global Business Ethics Survey: Episode 2 – Key Findings


In this special five-part podcast series, I visit with Dr. Pat Harned, President of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), about the organization’s 2021 Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES). Since 1994, ECI has conducted this cross-sectional study of workplace conduct from the employee’s perspective. ECI’s GBES data provides the only global benchmark on the state of ethics and compliance (E&C) in business. This year’s GBES is the first compliance related survey conducted after the global pandemic hit. It has significant information for the compliance professional which they need to consider for every compliance program, literally on a world-wide basis.
While a multitude of factors influence ethical behavior, the GBES reports interplay of four major ethics outcomes are tied to the daily decisions employees make with respect to how they behave in the workplace. These are: pressure in the workplace to compromise ethical standards; observations of misconductreporting misconduct; and, ultimately, the retaliation perceived by employees after they reported misconduct. Some of this year’s findings are quite troubling as they are clearly trending in disturbing directions. Over this series we will review the key findings, how retaliation against whistleblowers has taken an alarming turn, the impact of Covid-19 on compliance, closing with conclusions and recommendations. In Part 2, we consider its key trends.
Join us for Episode 3, where we discuss the troubling findings around retaliation. To obtain a copy of the Survey, click here. To find out more about ECI, click here.

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Compliance Into the Weeds

The ECI 2021 Global Business Ethics Survey


Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. This week Matt and Tom take a deep dive into findings, conclusions and recommendations in the ECI 2021 GBES.  Some of the issues we consider are:

  • What were the key findings of the GBES?
  • What pressure are employees under?
  • What were the findings on observed misconduct and the reported misconduct?
  • Troubling findings on retaliation.
  • What has been the impact of Covid-19 on compliance and ethics?
  • What were the conclusions and recommendations? 

Resources
Matt’s blog post on Radical Compliance:
Report: Ethics Pressures Mounting on Employees
ECI
2021 Global Business Ethics Survey
Next week, Tom will have a 5-part podcast series on the FCPA Compliance Report, featuring ECI President Pat Harned discussing the 2021 GBES.