ERC in the News

Patricia J. Harned, ERC President quoted.

Dallas - A longtime Texas congresswoman pledged to return more than $20,000 in donated funds meant for needy students after disclosures that she gave the scholarships to her relatives and those of her staff.

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Democrat whose district represents a swath of central and southern Dallas, said late Monday that she would return the money by week's end to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which runs the scholarship program.

Working with ERC, New Zealand announces 2010 state services integrity survey.

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Ethics Advisers Are Seeing Renewed Interest in How to Monitor Expense Reports

Firms that help companies thwart expense-report violations say they're seeing more interest in their services since irregularities prompted the ouster of former Hewlett-Packard Co. chief Mark Hurd earlier this month.

The Ethics Resource Center has just released a report from its 2009 National Business Ethics Survey. The report, called "Retaliation: The Cost to Your Company and Its Employees," documents how companies that tolerate retaliation suffer increased levels of employee misconduct. The report documents how the employees' mere perception of retaliation is sufficient to deter reporting of misconduct.  It is also an indicator of the level of actual misconduct.

Member of ERC’s board of directors Pat Gnazzo quoted by Compliance Week.

Gnazzo notes that certifications are usually made by line officers with profit-and-loss responsibilities; the compliance role is a staff job, where the CCO recommends to the board and CEO what steps they should take. A truly effective compliance program doesn’t hinge on the CCO, but rather on management and the board, he says. As such, they should be the ones held accountable for compliance.

A new study from the Ethics Research Center confirms that people who are in a more ethical environment are more likely to report misconduct. This may seem like an obvious conclusion, but at the same time, it adds to the many reasons to strive for a more ethical and honest work environment.

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Duke Energy has been involved with the Ethics Resource Center
(ERC) in supporting ethics hotline research. An ERC
task force on procedural justice has been working with
academics—researchers like Tom Tyler at New York University—who have been surveying employees who contact
company hotlines.

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"The Ethics Resource Center of Arlington named Thurgood Marshall Jr., former senior White House aide, to its board of directors."

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A recent supplemental research report by the Ethics Resource Center observes that companies are put at risk when leaders fail to see that ethical leadership  is a vital component of effective and responsible management.

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Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is organizing a $25,000 going-away dinner for departing general manager Ben DeCosta, funded by contributions solicited from airport contractors, tenants and others.

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