Ethics, Employment Policies, Compliance

NAVEX’s 2025 Hotline Benchmark Report

The Volkov Law Group on 7/29/2025

NAVEX dominates the hotline market. Given its global footprint, NAVEX has access to a large database of employee reports. Building on this unique perspective, NAVEX provides an annual report analyzing the employee reporting...more

Managing the Compliance-HR Relationship

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 4/24/2025

There’s a lot of discussion about the relationship between compliance and the general counsel. Less words, though, have been dedicated to the important relationship between compliance and HR. Netherlands-based Asaf Shalev,...more

LRN’s Code of Conduct Report: Tracking Innovation and Usage

The Volkov Law Group on 11/6/2024

LRN consistently provides high-quality reports and important insights on ethics and compliance trends. Each year, LRN’s Program Effectiveness Report is anticipated as an important source of cutting-edge ethics and compliance...more

Proactive Policies: Navigating Ethical Challenges and Legal Compliance for Employer

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 11/17/2023

For employers, ethical issues can shake up every aspect of an organization. Scandals can be detrimental to an organization's success and its public perception. Particularly, in recent years, misconduct tied to racial and...more

20 Questions to Ask When Prioritizing Your Policy Development Efforts (Updated)

NAVEX on 12/9/2020

Having too many policies can burden your organization, but having too few exposes it to unnecessary risk. That means we need to assess which policies we prioritize first in our policy management process. As a rule of thumb,...more

Prioritizing Corporate Culture: Lessons for Companies from the Major League Baseball Sign-Stealing Investigation

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/17/2020

The MLB Commissioner held senior leadership accountable for illegal sign stealing - even though the conduct generally involved players and low-level operations employees. On January 13, 2020, Major League Baseball (MLB)...more

Compliance Messaging: Need a Reason? ‘Tis the Season!

The Volkov Law Group on 12/18/2019

As the holidays quickly approach, consider sending a message from the Board or senior management reminding employees about your gift and hospitality policy....more

The Pull & Push of Compliance Policies & Training

NAVEX on 8/8/2017

“…companies used to bring in binders full of their policies….I really don’t care what the policy says….I’m more interested in how the policies actually operate.” That’s a quote from Hui Chen from an interview with...more

20 Questions to Ask when Prioritizing Your Policy Development Efforts

NAVEX on 4/14/2017

Having too many policies can burden your organization, but having too few exposes it to unnecessary risk. That means we need to prioritize which policies we will develop (or revise) first. As a rule of thumb, policies are...more

2016 Trends #4: Politics Invade the Workplace

NAVEX on 1/14/2016

In the U.S., the 2016 election now dominates the news, social media and many employee conversations. And for global companies, it’s always election season somewhere. So now is a good time for ethics and compliance officers to...more

Can Your Employees Understand Your Policies? How Readability Impacts Your Ethics & Compliance Program Effectiveness

NAVEX on 12/3/2014

I’m a new mom of a beautiful 16-month-old little girl. One of her newfound loves is watching a television show called “Sofia the First.” Sofia is a little girl who suddenly becomes royalty after her mom marries the king....more

Making the Most of Compliance and Ethics Week

NAVEX on 5/5/2014

This week, ethics and compliance departments at organizations across the country will celebrate Corporate Ethics and Compliance Week, an opportunity to highlight the essential connection between business integrity and ethics....more

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