21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute

51. Journey Together to DEI Success With the Dynamic Duo - HR and Compliance

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Any organization can start a DEI program, but high-impact sustainable programs require collaboration to thrive

    • Turn flashy HR concepts into actionable and compliant DEI policies and initiatives that engage employees, all on a shoestring budget

    • Using compliance as the backdrop, how a specific DEI journey resulted in transforming organizational culture
      

52. How To Sail Through a Difficult Conversation - CEI22

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Recognize and understand the challenges involved in communication with reporters

    • Learn practical tips and ideas to enhance communication, fact-finding, and information-gathering

    • Discuss best practices and strategies for handling difficult conversations with reporters
      

53. General Session 2: Compliance, Ethics, and ESG: Finding Your Fit

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • In today's environment, stakeholder expectations for organizations to do the right thing are ever-increasing, putting pressure on Compliance, Ethics, and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) functions to deliver even more value.
      

    • Three leaders with experience in multiple environments share their perspectives on how their positions and priorities have been shaped by factors such as company size, regulatory complexity, industry, social and political influence, and key business risks.

    • They will also provide perspectives on how to continue to be a value-added function wherever you are, and if you are contemplating a career move to a new environment, hear advice on what to consider in your job search as you make the transition.

54. When Rampant Organizational Fraud Occurs, the Question is Where Was the Board?

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Learn valuable lessons from the failure of the boards at Theranos, Wells Fargo, and other organizations to provide effective oversight resulting in civil, criminal, and regulatory enforcement actions.

    • Discuss the role of an informed and resilient board of directors in reducing organizational fraud and misconduct while protecting the enterprise from financial, litigation, and reputational risk.

    • Share practical tools, best practices, important questions that boards should ask, and other crucial actions that boards can apply to demonstrate effective corporate governance and oversight.
      

55. Culture, Compliance and Communications: The 3 C's of Customizing Your Ethics Program for a Global Audience

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Provide insight into how three multinational companies are addressing global communications challenges

    • Understand how employees in diverse cultures learn and how to easily customize your approach.

    • Learn and gain awareness of digital tools to help build effective communication
      

56. Policies for Humans That Humans Won't Hate - CEI22

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Help drive ethical decision-making with employee centric policies that employees won't hate

    • Avoid simply restating the law or only telling employees what they cannot do

    • Learn tips and strategies to develop policies that are effective and engaging
      

57. Compliance Issues in Corporate Reorganizations

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Recognizing the ethics and compliance issues that may arise during a corporate reorganization

    • Implementing actions to address the ethics and compliance issues that arise during reorganization

    • Integrating ethics and compliance both during and after the reorganization process
      

58. The Madness Behind the Method: Teaching, Coaching, or Mentoring?

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Improve your approach to educating and retaining your staff by examining the relational mindset in your organization: should you be pulling, pushing, or both?
      

    • Adhesion vs. cohesion and three approaches to help you get to where you want to be: attention (teaching), adjustment (coaching), and accomplishment (mentoring)

    • The five components (Emphasis, Focus, Goal, Approach, and Relationship) of these approaches plus how to leverage them for maximum effectiveness when closing skill gaps

59. The Whole Truth: The Impact of Professional Experiences on Ethical Leadership

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Judgment and integrity are characteristics of an ethical leader

    • Employees look for courage and compassion in their leaders

    • Effective leaders learn from others' mistakes and successes

    • Competencies build through experience
      

60. DOJ's Criminal Antitrust Enforcement: Incentivizing Compliance and Rewarding Self-Reporting

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Identify the DOJ's Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Priorities

    • Learn the red flags of collusion, and how the DOJ's Leniency Policy incentivizes early self-reporting if those red flags point to a problem

    • Understand how the Antitrust Division incentivizes strong compliance programs
      

61. Managing the Ethics & Compliance Function in a Hybrid Environment

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Update your risk assessment considering the new population of permanently remote and hybrid employees
      

    • Use creative communication methods to ensure executives, leaders, and employees are connected and engaged

    • Tailor investigations and technology to ensure the most efficient and effective outcomes

62. Remediation: 10-Step Playbook To Cut Costs and Gain Business & Legal Benefits

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • What are regulatory expectations of remediation?
      

    • What are the business and legal benefits?

    • What are the key elements of effective remediation?

63. We're Still Talking About Social Media Risk: What's Old Is New Again

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Find your company's hidden social media risks and how to mitigate those risks effectively

    • Learn the rules around firing an employee for their social media post to avoid trouble

    • Detail best practices for managing risks and improving your social media policies (with examples)

64. The Science of Compliance: How the DOJ Evaluates Ethics and Compliance Programs

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Determine how Chapter 8 FSGO fines are calculated and applied by the DOJ
      

    • Review DOJ declinations, DPAs, and NPAs under the Biden Administration

    • Analyze how the DOJ evaluates EandC programs, giving practical examples of questions they pose

65. Wildly Successful International Compliance Champion Programs: Making Them Great

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Learn brand new ways to structure successful outreach programs - from ombuds to coordinators

    • Find out how topic-specific ambassadors and champions work together in a siloed world

    • Discover how to make people want to join the program and be proud they are part of it
      

66. Want To Be an Ethics Advocate in the Workplace?

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Differentiate two ways to be an ethics advocate in the workplace: first advisor and first responder

    • Understand moral muteness and its two causes in the workplace

    • Learn four tools for being an effective first responder
      

67. Trends in Internal and External Reporting (or Whistleblowing) and How Internal Programs May Need To Change

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Learn the trends in internal and external employee reporting, their current trajectories, and drivers

    • Review how organizations can respond to these trends and discuss ways to mitigate risk related to whistleblower reports

    • Consider whether the current intense job market is further empowering external reporting
      

68. Listen Up or Employees Will Not Speak Up

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Understand why employees do not perceive a speak- up culture in your workplace

    • Overcome employees' perception and genuine fear to speak up

    • Create actions that reflect authentic and active listening from people leaders
      

69. The DOJ's Antitrust Compliance Program Guidance: Challenges and Opportunities

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Hear the US DOJ Antitrust Division's expectations of an effective antitrust compliance program

    • Master approaches to identify and mitigate the greatest antitrust risk areas

    • Learn strategies for stretching compliance resources to address competition trouble spots
      

70. Why Compliance and Ethics Professionals Need To Consider Employee Culture When Developing Their ESG Strategies

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Conduct cultural assessments to understand ESG expectations of current and prospective employees

    • Leverage risk assessments and other compliance techniques to identify ESG opportunities and risks

    • Mitigate compliance risk related to employee attrition and disengagement through your ESG strategy
      

71. Think Big. Think Small. The Importance of Managing COI

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Understanding why managing COI is even more important in today's business environment

    • It's not rocket science; learn how to implement a simple COI program

    • Elements of a practical roadmap to implementing COI
      

72. 6 Myths of Business Ethics

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Distinguish between actual truths and myths about business ethics)

    • Explore tools for enabling better management of these myths

    • Present ideas to help organizations as well as individuals to become more ethical
      

73. Why Should an Organization Take Conflict of Interests Seriously Especially in Overseas Locations

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Why it is important for organizations to do annual conflict of interest certifications

    • How an organization should respond when these issues come up

    • Best practices global organizations can use to manage COI
      

74. A Fundamental Shift: The New Model for Cross-Border Investigations in China (Case Study)

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Grasp China's recent laws on Data Security, Sanctions, and Personal Information Protection

    • Understand practical impacts of China's new laws in context of cross-border investigations

    • Learn to investigate conduct in China without falling short of U.S. regulators' expectations
      

75. General Session 3: Where Do We Go From Here?

    21st Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute  | October 18, 2022 

    • Explore how and where compliance programs need to innovate

    • Learn how to make compliance more valuable for the new environment

    • Adjust your and the business's thinking to a changing enforcement environment