Ethicast

Ethicast
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Join host Bill Coffin as he interviews the top thought leaders in the world of business integrity as they share the best practices, innovations, and insights that showcase something every truly successful organization knows: strong ethics is good business.

  1. 9h ago

    BELA Asks: How Do I Create a Policy on Smart Glasses?

    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. And in this special live episode, Ethisphere Chief Strategy Officer and BELA Chair BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers three questions that have been posed to us recently: What should I consider when creating a policy around the use of smart glasses? How do I think about the impact of transcripts and recordings on investigations? How can I get people excited about records retention? You've got questions, and we've got answers! Welcome to another BELA Asks episode of the Ethicast. Learn more about BELA here: https://www.ethisphere.com/bela Chapters (00:01:00) - What should I consider when creating a policy around the use of smart glasses?(00:06:00) - How should I think about the impact of transcripts and recordings on investigations? (esp. auto-generated AI transcripts)(00:12:00) - How can I get people excited about records retention?(00:18:00) - Learning more about BELA

  2. Aug 17

    The Surprising Data Around How Ethics Programs Use AI

    "The Cobbler's Children" is an old story about a shoemaker who outfits the whole town while his own children go barefoot. This summer, Ethisphere and Ethena partnered to publish The State of AI Adoption in Ethics & Compliance, a report that surveyed 134 organizations representing senior E&C leaders around how and where they were adopting AI into their programs. What we found was that E&C teams face their own version of the Cobbler’s Children fable. They spent two years writing the AI rules for their enterprises — approving tools, drafting guardrails, building governance. It worked. But we also found a surprising gap between how much E&C governed AI versus how much E&C actually implemented AI. In fact, 67% of organizations have reached broad or advanced AI adoption. Yet only 22% of the E&C functions inside them can say the same—their the governance mandate arrived before the function's own buildout. In this episode, Katie Kruger, Senior Culture Analyst at Ethisphere, discusses the role she played interrogating the survey data that informs The State of AI Adoption in Ethics & Compliance report. and shares a few exclusive findings that the report does not include. To read The State of AI Adoption in Ethics & Compliance for free, as well as to try out our free AI benchmarking tool, visit www.ethisphere.com. Chapters (00:02:33) - The data point that nobody saw coming(00:05:23) - How responsible should E&C be for governing AI?(00:07:55) - Why E&C teams aren't measuring their AI use...yet(00:11:56) - BELA steps up yet again to share its knowledge(00:14:21) - Words of wisdom from a survey respondent

  3. Aug 10

    How Phillips 66 Improved its Ethics and Compliance with "Metrics That Matter"

    Phillips 66 is a Fortune 500 American multinational headquartered in Houston, Texas. It is a global leader in the energy industry, specializing in petrochemical refining, transporting, marketing, and research & development. It also supplies and provides marketing support to filling stations across the United States under the Phillips 66, Conoco and 76 brands. As a public company, a major multinational, and a member of the heavily regulated energy industry, Phillips 66 has significant corporate compliance obligations to uphold. And that makes measuring and reporting program efficiency absolutely crucial to the program’s success. And under the “Metrics That Matter” initiative, Kristin Andrade (Manager, Office of Ethics) and Tom Lucek (Senior Advisor, Ops, Data Reporting & Tech) share how the Global Ethics & Compliance team at Phillips 66 has created a robust data ecosystem that empowers and advances its program. Chapters (00:02:17) - Putting structure around a large body of disconnected data(00:06:04) - Use of training dashboards captured how well the team was making use of targeted training(00:07:52) - How to interrogate the data & decide which trends to pursue(00:10:26) - Using AI to build a Board-ready narrative for the CCO(00:14:09) - How this builds support for the E&C program(00:15:49) - Cultivate a strong relationship with measurement & metrics

  4. Aug 4

    Lessons From KPMG Australia's Speak-Up Scandal

    KPMG Australia has made repeated headlines over the last two years for an ongoing scandal involving the misuse of confidential client information, whistleblower retaliation, internal investigations gone wrong, toxic culture, and wayward leadership. In recent days, this has culminated in extraordinary organizational tumult, as KMPG Australia faces lost business, governmental investigation, leadership departures, and a massive loss of trust. In this special episode, Ethisphere Chief Strategy Officer, Erica Salmon Byrne dives into the ongoing whistleblower scandal that has enveloped KPMG Australia and unpacks what organizations can take from this to improve their speak-up culture, anti-retaliation measures, investigations processes, executive accountability, and organizational justice. For plenty of free ethics and compliance resources, especially around speak-up culture, anti-retaliation, internal investigations, psychological safety, and organizational justice , please visit the Ethisphere Resource Center at www.ethisphere.com/resources. Chapters (00:04:46) - Speak-up culture depends on the strength of its anti-retaliation efforts(00:08:04) - Addressing workplace retaliation means addressing the toxic culture that enables it(00:11:38) - The importance of thorough, honest, and fair internal investigations(00:14:54) - How to begin an enterprise-wide rehabilitation, when the issues start at the top(00:19:45) - How the scandal at KPMG Australia creates a domino effect for other companies

  5. Jul 29

    2027 World’s Most Ethical Companies® Application Best Practices

    The World’s Most Ethical Companies recognizes enterprises that have demonstrated best-in-class ethics and compliance programs, corporate governance practices, and cultures of integrity. The 2027 application period begins tomorrow, July 29, and the final submission deadline is Thursday, October 29 at 8:00 p.m. ET. As returning applicants know, the application process is always a little different from year to year as the landscape of ethics and compliance itself never stops changing. So let’s get into some of the ways that applicants can set themselves up for success. In this episode, Ethisphere Chief Strategy Officer, Erica Salmon Byrne, shares her insights on some best practices to keep in mind when applying for the 2027 World’s Most Ethical Companies® recognition. Including: How should applicants budget their time and people-hours for this task Properly documenting your application How to connect with allied functions across the enterprise to get crucial details Advice for first-time applicants, especially with smaller or younger E&C programs What Ethisphere does - and doesn't - want to see from this year’s applicants To learn more about the World’s Most Ethical Companies, visit worldsmostethicalcompanies.com. The 2027 application period runs from July 29 to October 29 at 8:00 p.m. ET. To take a deep dive into the application process itself, register for our free webinar, Guide to Applying for the 2027 World’s Most Ethical Companies®, at https://ethisphere.com/webinars

  6. Jul 20

    How the World's Largest Bakery Made Integrity Part of Its DNA

    Grupo Bimbo is the world's largest baking company — 130,000 employees, nearly 200 plants, and 13,000 products sold across 3 million points of sale worldwide. In 2026, it was named a World's Most Ethical Companies® Honoree for the 10th time, a milestone few organizations ever reach even once. On this episode of the Ethicast, host Bill Coffin sits down with Ignacio Stepancic, Global Compliance Leader at Grupo Bimbo, for a candid conversation about what it actually takes to sustain a decade of ethical leadership. Ignacio talks about how artificial intelligence has transformed third-party due diligence, why the company treats its Code of Conduct as a living document that gets revisited every year, and how a genuine "speak-up" culture has become a recruiting and retention advantage. He closes with straight talk for any organization considering its first World's Most Ethical Companies application. Chapters (00:02:47) - How Grupo Bimbo maintains a high standard of excellence in E&C over time(00:06:53) - Some of the most important evolutions of Grupo Bimbo's E&C program since its first World's Most Ethical Companies recognition(00:09:12) - The role of technology in the program(00:10:26) - Updating the Grupo Bimbo Code of Conduct(00:12:12) - The importance of building an internal culture of ethics(00:13:53) - How developing a reputation for ethics helps find and retain talent(00:15:22) - What the program has in store over the next 18-24 months(00:16:47) - On collaborating with other departments across the organization(00:19:04) - Advice for first-time applicants

  7. Jul 13

    Western Digital’s Path to Eight World’s Most Ethical Companies® Honors

    Western Digital has earned World’s Most Ethical Companies® honors eight times — a streak that doesn’t happen by treating ethics and compliance (E&C) as a finished project. In this episode of the Ethicast, host Bill Coffin sits down with Joe Santosuosso, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer at Western Digital, to unpack how his team keeps a large, complex organization performing at that level year after year. They cover how Western Digital uses external recognition as a benchmarking tool rather than a trophy, how a risk-based approach lets a lean team cover more ground, and how the company’s newest set of values builds ethics into the definition of excellence instead of treating it as a separate track. Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction: Western Digital and Joe Santosuosso(00:01:17) - What eight-time World’s Most Ethical Companies® honors and Compliance Leader Verification™ recognition mean to WD’s E&C program(00:03:19) - How these honors help tell the E&C story to internal and external stakeholders(00:05:06) - Benchmarking the program: measuring performance and staying current with best practices(00:07:49) - How Western Digital prioritizes risk within its risk-based approach(00:10:08) - Western Digital’s evolving company values, and how ethics and compliance shapes and reflects them(00:13:36) - Why ethics and compliance is work Joe gets to do, not just has to do

  8. Jun 29

    The Courage to Transform Investigations

    What happens when you stop treating investigations like a black box — and start treating them like a tool for cultural transformation? Scott Sullivan, former Chief Integrity & Compliance Officer at Newmont Corporation, the world's largest gold mining company, did exactly that. The result: a 385% increase in reporting over four years, a radical rethinking of speak-up culture, and a model for how ethics and compliance leaders can build trust with the entire organization — not just manage risk for the few. In this episode, Scott breaks down how the 2021 Rio Tinto report on workplace behavior prompted Newmont to lift the hood on its own investigations process, how shifting from "speak up" to "ask, listen, act" moved accountability to leadership, and how the Organizational Justice and Integrity Dashboard (OJID) gave employees and executives alike a clear, honest picture of what was actually happening inside the organization. He also makes a case that culture doesn't have to be expensive. It just takes guts — and the right allies. If you're a compliance leader looking to drive real culture change, this one is worth your full attention. Chapters (00:00:00) - Opening and Intro(00:01:01) - Transitioning organizational culture by adopting radical transparency(00:04:00) - Building an organizational justice integrity dashboard to measure results(00:06:09) - Dealing with a nearly 400% increase in reporting overnight(00:07:20) - How to gain leadership support and internal allies for bold E&C initiatives(00:09:35) - Improving culture doesn't take money, it takes guts(00:10:52) - The best part about working in ethics and compliance

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Join host Bill Coffin as he interviews the top thought leaders in the world of business integrity as they share the best practices, innovations, and insights that showcase something every truly successful organization knows: strong ethics is good business.

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  • Creator
    Ethicast
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
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