Program Best Practices

With the new EU Whistleblower Protection Directive looming large, building employee trust will be crucial to successful reporting programs. To build a strong program and “speak-up” culture, you’ll need these three pillars of trust: awareness, confidence and responsiveness.

In 2021, whistleblowers will come into their own in ways previously unseen. Learn how the EU Whistleblower Law will elevate the status of the whistleblower, increase the role organizations play in bringing unethical behavior to light, and drive standardization and professionalism.

Businesses will continue to grapple with hard decisions this year: Whether to require employees to be vaccinated, how to deal with increased mental health concerns, and whether to return to the office at all. Use these four steps to get ahead of these issues.

Over the past year, employers have largely answered the call to re-examine their pursuit of diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a result, we can expect companies to take a more comprehensive approach to DEI, with increased transparency, collaboration, and accountability.

Planning for disruption has never been more important. To start creating a business continuity plan, you’ll need a risk assessment, business impact analysis, business continuity plan, and ongoing testing and communication.

Every year, we make – and struggle to keep – New Year resolutions. Here are some useful commitments for your risk and compliance program that can help give you a strong start to the New Year.

New frontiers and emerging technologies are changing the roles and responsibilities of compliance professionals, along with the risks they face - raising pressing questions that risk and compliance need answered. Luckily, our experts have done just that.

Strong corporate compliance goes hand-in-glove with strong enterprise risk management. That’s the theory, anyway. Here’s how 2020 guidance published by COSO and the SCCE helps compliance and risk officers put that theory into practice.

How have recent events and continuing trends impacted the development and importance of diversity and inclusion efforts, and what do those changes mean for the future of DEI programs? Former EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum, educator and D&I specialist Patrice Palmer, and NAVEX Global Vice President of HR and Organizational Development Cindy Raz discuss.

If the business operations people are responsible for managing the risk, what does compliance do? How should compliance officers monitor and guide that risk management happening in the operations?

If your board is looking for fewer reports from your company’s whistleblower hotline, you’re in trouble. Regardless of how well your hotline performs, organizations typically make the same mistakes. Avoid these 3 common hotline mistakes to increase the value of reporting.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the world conducts business - and as businesses adapt to the new normal, return-to-work planning is top of mind. Here are five steps to lay the groundwork and identify priorities, so you can plan a safe return to work with a risk-based approach.

The new CFTC memo is the latest in a chorus of regulatory bodies asking for an “effective compliance program.” What does this mean for compliance professionals? Find out with these three key takeaways for building and effective compliance program.