Ethics and Compliance

Your company's integrity.
The Conference Board Ethics Program is designed to assist those both new to ethics and compliance management as well as more seasoned executives. Industry guidelines are illustrated through real world best practices from leading corporations. Typical topics addressed include: gaining support, oversight and effective leadership, communications and training, discipline monitoring and program assessment.

Events/Forums

Conferences

Business Ethics and Compliance Conference
Effective Best Practices for Challenging Times

Councils

European Legal Council
Updates on EU competition law developments, building a European legal team, controlling outside costs, and the interface between legal and global management are principle items on this council's agenda.

Global Council on Business Conduct
Builds a global perspective in discussion of the on concerns of companies from diverse regions such as articulation of core principles, developing effective compliance systems, and balancing stakeholder interests.

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Forums

Leadership Forum: Ethics + Business Performance
This forum is a unique leadership development opportunity limited to 15 high potential leaders who report to the CEO and are being groomed for advancement.

Research Working Group

Ethics & Compliance Criteria in Government Enforcement Decisions
This research working group will create a searchable database of cases from countries where E & C program effectiveness had an impact on the decision to bring charges or on sentence severity.

Publications

Executive Action Reports
Working at the Intersection of Human Resources and Business Ethics – the Need for Collaboration When it comes to the implementation of an effective ethics and compliance program, corporate culture, performance incentives, and disciplinary systems must be closely integrated with standard human resources and talent management processes.		A Place at the Table: Should the Ethics Function Report to a Company's Highest Authority? An increasing number of professionals in the ethics field advocate that the chief ethics officer report to a company's highest authority.
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Research Reports
Finding the Right Balance: The Risks and Rewards of Third Party Ethics Programs This survey based report provides findings on company practices regarding compliance and ethics requirements and standards to third parties.		Corporate Governance Handbook 2007: Legal Standards and Board Practices This handbook is intended to be an easy-to-use compendium of rapidly evolving laws and rules and the best practices adopted by leading companies.