Centre For Ethics and Transparency www.cetng.org

27/03/2019

The New Zealand Terror Attack Shows Our Ethics Lagging Way Behind Our Technology

The rise of white nationalist terrorism shows how accelerating technology needs a new ethics of use.

30/10/2017

Compliance is now a global movement, and by celebrating Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week together, employees can see that this isn't just a program by their employer, but a part of something much, much bigger

21/09/2017

The extent to which ethical behaviour correlates with profitability has been the million dollar question for businesses since time immemorial, with no easy answer. To put it another way: is good ethics good business?

20/09/2017

This is a question of governance and leadership. Directors and senior executives of organisations that choose to participate in the wealth-management sector must turn their minds to the key issues that enable their organisations to build and sustain this trust.

31/08/2017

Following discoveries of fraud amounting to huge sums of money in both private and public sectors, with little heard about punishment, the president of Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Munzali Jibril, has said that sanction against flouters of corporate governance in Nigeria is not adequate.
In Nigeria, fraud cases and incidences of non-compliance to instituted corporate governance in public institutions and private companies dominate discussions, but nothing is said of convictions to serve as deterrent.

31/08/2017

If the board of directors does not understand compliance, a CCO needs to educate the board through a natural ally, a board member who understands the importance of compliance, either from experiences at another company or his/her experience in a senior executive position

Sometimes my references to Seinfeld episodes or Curb Your Enthusiasm vignettes do not work or can charitably be characterized as a little off....

31/08/2017

"To trust that employees will behave with integrity at all times, leaders must also create an environment where a culture of integrity is consistently reinforced among front-line employees."

CEB Says Only 25 Percent Of Employees Trust That Their Colleagues Behave Ethically, Stocks: NYSE:CEB,NYSE:IT, release date:Aug 21, 2017

11/08/2017

A review by American Red Cross in June 2010 uncovered irregularities in financial records and reported discrepancies to the CEO of the Connecticut Region and the national Red Cross Investigations, Compliance and Ethics Division.

A former finance director of a Connecticut chapter of the American Red Cross has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzling almost a…

11/08/2017

This article exposes the realities of how the legal system, instead of actively promoting effective compliance and ethics programs, has in many ways undercut such programs. It also points out the weaknesses in programs today, due to these undercurrents and the failure of government to take a more consistent and proactive approach

The Rutgers University Law Review has published, Joseph E. Murphy, Policies in Conflict: Undermining Corporate Self-Policing, 69 Rutgers U.L. Rev. 42 (2017)

11/08/2017

In a statement today, Petrofac said: “As part of the Company’s ongoing commitment to, and focus on, compliance and ethics, Petrofac today announces that it has established a new Compliance and Ethics Committee of the Board.

“This Committee will be responsible for overseeing the Company’s compliance and ethics programme, as well as the continued monitoring of the effectiveness of the Company’s Code of Conduc

UK oilfield services firm Petrofac is to establish a “compliance and ethics board” amid an ongoing fraud probe. Petrofac said last month that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) watchdog had launched an investigation into the firm and that its chief executive and chief operating officer had been intervie...

09/08/2017

Essay topic: In your opinion, what is the world's greatest challenge, and how does it affect your local community and/or the world? What are the ethical issues involved and how can we work together to overcome this problem? Contest open to teachers and students anywhere in the world, deadline Decemb...

03/08/2017

It’s as much about instilling good governance as it is implementing strong compliance. Done right, it can inoculate a company against a host of unwanted outcomes.

Out of the 13 pages, 10 areas of concern and 46 steps for improvement in Eric Holder’s culture report on Uber, one underlying theme stands out. A system is missing to provide structure and discipline toward achieving the company’s objectives – aka policy management.