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GalloCast

GalloCast – Episode 9, Live at ECI

Welcome to the GalloCast. You have heard of the Manningcast in football. Now we have the GalloCast in compliance. The two top brothers in compliance, Nick and Gio Gallo, come together for a free-form exploration of compliance topics. It is a great insight into compliance brought to you by the co-CEOs of Ethico. Fun, witty, and insightful with a dash of the two brothers throughout. It’s like listening to the Brothers Gallo talk compliance at the Sunday dinner table. Hosted by Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance.

In this episode of the GalloCast, the trio discusses some of the most challenging issues companies face regarding ethics and compliance. They start by diving into the recent $767 million fine slapped on British American Tobacco for colluding to sell cigarettes into North Korea, violating sanctions. They debate who should be held accountable for changing a company’s culture, how deep-rooted biases can affect decision-making, and the effectiveness of regulatory enforcement. The discussion covers the intricacies of ethics in different business models, including distributor and commissioned sales agent models. They also discuss the risks and benefits of a conservative approach and the adaptability of ethics and compliance programs.  The episode concludes by discussing cultural fit in mergers or acquisitions and how finding common ground and preserving distinctness can be accomplished. Don’t miss out on the wealth of insights and practical advice on navigating these challenging issues in the corporate world. Tune in to GalloCast now!

Key Highlights:

  • BAT’s illegal sales to North Korea
  • Determining Right and Wrong in Corporate Decisions
  • Balancing Values and Profit in Business
  • Balancing Compliance and Ethics Programs
  • Adapting Ethics & Compliance Programs
  • Ethics and Compliance Teams in Companies
  • Dangers of Groupthink in Decision-Making
  • Culture’s Role in Business Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Cultural Integration in Mergers & Acquisitions

Resources

Nick Gallo on LinkedIn

Gio Gallo on LinkedIn

Ethico

Tom Fox 

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Compliance Into the Weeds

Company Size and State of Their Compliance Programs

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 look at the recent ECI report on the Differences Between Small, Medium And Large Enterprises E&C Programs. Highlights include:

·      Where did this ECI report derive its data?

·      Why are middle sized companies in such bad condition regarding compliance program?

·      Why are middle sized companies having the most issues?

·       When is the time for compliance SME at a company?

·      When should a company institute robust internal controls?

Resources 
Matt in Radical Compliance
ECI Report – Differences Between Small, Medium And Large Enterprises E&C Programs

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The Ethics Experts

Episode 101 – Pat Harned

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Pat Harned, Chief Executive Officer of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), America’s oldest nonprofit in the ethics & compliance industry.

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Great Women in Compliance

Dr. Pat Harned, Part 2


Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast, co-hosted by Lisa Fine and Mary Shirley.
One of the best parts of GWIC is that we get the opportunity to speak with some of the trailblazers in our field. In the next two episodes, Lisa talks with Pat Harned, the CEO of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI). Today, Lisa gets to learn about Pat’s background, what led her to working at ECI and how the organization evolved before and during her leadership. Pat talks about her experience as a woman in our field and as a CEO.
In this episode, we have Part 2 of Lisa’s discussion with Pat Harned, the CEO of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI). In Part 1, they discussed ECI, its mission, the recently released Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES) and Pat’s journey to her leadership of ECO.
In Part 2, Lisa and Pat discuss the IMPACT Conference, and focus on one of the keynote discussions about reporting and speaking up and retaliation. They discuss the trends identified globally and in the US in the GBES, and the analysis of the data received from the survey participants. Pat also provides guidance and insight about retaliation and the perception of retaliation both in the US and throughout the world, and how the social justice movements and COVID have impacted them.
Pat concludes the discussion with some of the knowledge and advice that she would have liked to have known when she started her career.  We are very lucky in the E&C Community to have so many strong organizations for us to build and grow our professions, and fortunate to have a woman like Pat helming ECI.
The Great Women in Compliance Podcast is proudly featured on the Compliance Podcast Network and sponsored by Corporate Compliance Insights. If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to the podcast and rate it on your podcast player to help other compliance professionals find it. Want to hear more from us? We have a book, “Sending the Elevator Back Down: What We’ve Learned from Great Women in Compliance” (CCI Press, 2020) which is available on Amazon.com and Book Depository.
If you’ve already read the booked and liked it, will you help out other women to make the decision to leverage off the tips and advice given by rating the book and giving it a glowing review on Amazon?
As always, we are so grateful for all of your support and if you have any feedback or suggestions for our 2021 line up or would just like to reach out and say hello, we always welcome hearing from our listeners.
You can subscribe to the Great Women in Compliance podcast on any podcast player by searching for it and we welcome new subscribers to our podcast.
Join the Great Women in Compliance community on LinkedIn here.

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Great Women in Compliance

Dr. Pat Harned, Part 1-The Compliance Trailblazer


Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast, co-hosted by Lisa Fine and Mary Shirley.
One of the best parts of GWIC is that we get the opportunity to speak with some of the trailblazers in our field. In the next two episodes, Lisa talks with Pat Harned, the CEO of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI). Today, Lisa gets to learn about Pat’s background, what led her to working at ECI and how the organization evolved before and during her leadership. Pat talks about her experience as a woman in our field and as a CEO,
This first episode also discusses what ECI does, including the recent ECI IMPACT 2021 conference which was at the end of April. The keynotes and discussions included speakers from outside the E&C function, providing a different perspective in areas like corporate culture. Corporate culture is also a significant part of the Global Business Ethics Survey Trends Report, what was also released this year.  Pat highlights some of the key findings, and a few surprises they saw along the way, and how we can take a critical look at our function to work towards a more diverse profession as a whole.
The Great Women in Compliance Podcast is proudly featured on the Compliance Podcast Network and sponsored by Corporate Compliance Insights. If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to the podcast and rate it on your podcast player to help other compliance professionals find it. Want to hear more from us? We have a book, “Sending the Elevator Back Down: What We’ve Learned from Great Women in Compliance” (CCI Press, 2020) which is available on Amazon.com and Book Depository.
If you’ve already read the booked and liked it, will you help out other women to make the decision to leverage off the tips and advice given by rating the book and giving it a glowing review on Amazon?
As always, we are so grateful for all of your support and if you have any feedback or suggestions for our 2021 line up or would just like to reach out and say hello, we always welcome hearing from our listeners.
You can subscribe to the Great Women in Compliance podcast on any podcast player by searching for it and we welcome new subscribers to our podcast.
Join the Great Women in Compliance community on LinkedIn here.

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FCPA Compliance Report

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 misconduct; reporting 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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FCPA Compliance Report

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 misconduct; reporting 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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FCPA Compliance Report

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 misconduct; reporting 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 misconduct; reporting 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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FCPA Compliance Report

ECI 2021 Global Business Ethics Survey: Episode 1 – Introduction


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 misconduct; reporting 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 this Part 1, we review some of the key trends.
Join us for Episode 2, where we discuss some of the key findings from the 2021 GBES. To obtain a copy of the Survey, click here. To find out more about ECI, click here.