Ethicast

Ethicast

Ethicast is the official podcast of Ethisphere, helping clients build a legacy of ethical value that drives business success, showcasing the latest insights from ethics and compliance thought leaders around the world each week because doing business the right way, is the right thing for business.

  1. 4D AGO

    Post-Investigation Best Practices

    Investigations are serious business, but what happens after one concludes is just as important as the speak-up that promoted the investigation, and the investigation itself. Jodie Fredericksen (VP of Data & Services, Ethisphere) and Eric Jorgenson (Director, Data & Services, Ethisphere) share post-investigation best practices that get help ensure equitable outcomes and support organizational justice, from address workplace retaliation, to discipline calibration, to when the time is right for root cause analysis. 2:21: Retaliation is a perpetual problem for companies. Year after year it rates as one of the top 3 reasons why employees are reluctant to “speak up”. Do you see the climate around retaliation as improving or getting worse? Are there outside factors that companies should be considering when addressing retaliation? 4:33: Discipline Calibration really sounds like something more suited for a Human Resources podcast and discussion, why are we talking about it from an Ethics & Compliance point of view? 9:12: Once an investigation is closed, should root cause analysis be conducted for all investigations? Or are there certain criteria that should trigger a root cause analysis process? FULL EPISODES How to Stop Retaliation Before It Starts https://youtu.be/Q_N2xjKkLJM?si=Gyf4jh8TRYjGACIg Calibrating Discipline in Investigations https://youtu.be/hq1izslHUuY?si=J81PU-TD_L-SPR2Y When to Conduct Root Cause Analysis https://youtu.be/785CAUPUERo?si=s8LEkko2z2-h7b4N For a ton of free, in-depth reports, guidance documents, articles, videos, and more to help you reach ever-higher levels of excellence in ethics and compliance, visit the Ethisphere Resource Center, at www.ethisphere.com/resources Chapters (00:02:21) - Addressing retaliation(00:04:33) - Discipline calibration(00:09:12) - Root Cause Analysis

    15 min

  2. 12/26/2025

    Four Questions on Investigations Best Practices

    Here at Ethisphere, we believe there is no competition in compliance. That’s why we’re using this show as a platform to answer high-level questions about business integrity that have been posed to us by the members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, or BELA. BELA is a global ethics & compliance community that provides exclusive access to helpful data, benchmarking, events, and other resources to advance your E&C program. It also provides a concierge service by which members can submit questions around best practices, and our internal experts will provide an answer, plus helpful resources with more information. Many of these questions are particular to a specific company’s needs. But many more of them speak to challenges or opportunities facing E&C professionals everywhere. So in this episode, we’re going to answer one such question as part of our ongoing mission to make the world a better place by advancing business integrity. In this episode, revisit a series of interconnected questions around the topic of investigations, through the insights of BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne. 0:54:  5:23:  12:51:  15:55:  Chapters (00:00:54) - How should managers respond to reports of misconduct?(00:05:23) - How do I check for post-investigation or post-survey retaliation?(00:12:51) - How do I substantiate a claim of retaliation?(00:15:55) - What strategic purpose should my investigations substantiation rate be serving?

    23 min

  3. 12/23/2025

    2025: The Year of the Ousted CEO

    After a year of CEOs getting caught on kiss cams, facing charges for looting their own company, or fielding tough questions form the DOJ about financial mismanagement, Ethisphere Editor in Chief Bill Coffin looks to what we should really be taking away from all of this leadership churn...and what it means for E&C programs everywhere. RELATED EPISODES E&C Lessons from the First Brands Bankruptcy: https://www.youtube.com/live/dGdjsuS7hOg?si=Ukjb6teEPyId-Y-d Ethicast Reacts: Nestlé CEO Ousted Over Code Violation: https://www.youtube.com/live/k5hmZLovn2Q?si=_TTbthb-mvHYPxFZ Ethicast Reacts: Embezzlement at the Detroit River Conservancy https://youtu.be/C-XUaM33QYY?si=RrK3Qpos1vkke5b2 Ethicast Reacts - Kohl's CEO Termination & NFL Prankgate https://www.youtube.com/live/n4x5HpWuTv8?si=Bo6Bsk1pFM3uv6_ Visit the Ethisphere Resource Center,: www.ethisphere.com/resources

    7 min

  4. 12/18/2025

    When to Conduct Root Cause Analysis

    Once an investigation into reports of workplace misconduct is closed, organizations often conduct a root cause analysis (or RCA) on the issue. But is that always the right course of action? Should root cause analysis be conducted for all investigations, or are there certain criteria that should trigger a root cause analysis process? It’s a good question, because there are plenty of obstacles to overcome when conducting effective root cause analysis, from incorporating the right data analytics to securing leadership buy-in. And perhaps the biggest one of them all is ensuring that the lessons learned after conducting root cause analysis translate into sustainable change, rather than become an unimpactful check-the-box exercise. Ethisphere's Jodie Fredericksen and Eric Jorgenson explain. 1:53: Criteria that should trigger a root cause analysis 4:02: Common obstacles that prevent effective RCA 6:58: How to leverage root cause analysis data to identify trends 8:03: How to ensure that root cause analysis translates into sustainable change 9:08: Common mistakes when conducting root cause analyses….and how avoid them

    14 min

  5. 12/12/2025

    What Role Should My Substantiation Rate Play?

    In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne returns to the topic of internal investigations and answers a most interesting question from the membership of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA): What strategic role should your substantiation rate play? Stick around for a compelling story Erica shares in which an unsubstantiated claim at one company led to a shocking discovery. To learn more about BELA, request guest access to the Member Resource Hub, or speak with a BELA Engagement Director, visit www.ethisphere.com/bela

    7 min

  6. 12/10/2025

    Calibrating Discipline in Investigations

    On a long enough timeline, an inevitable outcome of workplace investigations is disciplinary action. Applying the right level of outcome to an investigation is crucial to a fair and effective ethics and compliance program. It’s something that the Department of Justice’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs encourages, but doesn’t necessarily require, which places it in the realm of voluntary best practices. But what is the DOJ really looking for? And what really constitutes a best practice? In this episode, Ethisphere's Jodie Fredericksen and Eric Jorgenson discuss how calibrating discipline is an important—yet often overlooked—aspect of an effective workplace investigation. For a ton of free, in-depth reports, guidance documents, articles, videos, and more to help you reach ever-higher levels of excellence in ethics and compliance, visit the Ethisphere Resource Center, at www.ethisphere.com/resources Chapters (00:01:39) - Why it's worth talking about discipline calibration from an Ethics & Compliance point of view(00:03:45) - How E&C organizations calibrate discipline today(00:05:51) - What the DOJ is looking for, and what constitutes best practice(00:08:56) - What companies are doing to implement discipline calibration and recommended practices(00:12:20) - Final thoughts

    15 min

  7. 12/05/2025

    How Can I Bring Consequence Modeling Into E&C?

    In BELA Asks, we answer to high-level questions submitted by the members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) - a membership community for ethics and compliance professionals - for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere. In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne explains what consequence modeling is, how you can use it to advance your E&C program, and why E&C practitioners everywhere should look to their allied functions for ideas. To learn more about BELA, request guest access to the Member Resource Hub, or speak with a BELA Engagement Director, visit www.ethisphere.com/bela

    6 min

  8. 12/03/2025

    From Toxic Patterns to Healthy Culture

    Ethical culture is at the heart of business integrity. It is measurable and can create a virtuous cycle of psychological safety, values-based leadership, and higher financial performance. But it doesn’t always go that way. Every culture, no matter how well-meaning, lives with certain pressures that, if not handled the right way, can foster poor-decision making and foment unethical behavior. In this episode, organizational culture expert Tobias Sturesson describes how his experience in freeing himself from a religious cult and unlearning its toxic behavior patterns has given him unique insight on how to help organizations build strong, ethical cultures that enable people to perform, thrive and act with integrity when under pressure. Learn more about how Tobias can help your organization here: www.heartmanagement.org Read Tobias's book, You Can Culture, here: https://youcanculture.com/ Listen to Tobias's podcast, Leading Transformational Change, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leading-transformational-change-with-tobias-sturesson/id1504162092 For a free demo of our Ethical Culture Accelerator, visit here: www.Ethisphere.com/solutions Chapters (00:02:08) - Tobias's compelling personal story of how he went from toxic cult to ethical culture(00:06:27) - Ensuring that top-down cultural leadership delivers results through every layer of the organization(00:10:27) - How to rescue a culture in danger of going off the rails(00:12:57) - Recommended first steps for building a strong, ethical culture

    17 min
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Ethicast is the official podcast of Ethisphere, helping clients build a legacy of ethical value that drives business success, showcasing the latest insights from ethics and compliance thought leaders around the world each week because doing business the right way, is the right thing for business.

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  • Creator
    Ethicast
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    100
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