IMPACT 2019
The Ultimate Ethics & Compliance Benchmarking Event
Dallas, TX | April 30 to May 2, 2019
Don’t miss this ground breaking event that allows you to assess the quality of your E&C program, compare your results with peers and work to improve the strength of your program.
It’s not just a conference. It’s a program evaluation.
When was the last time that you attended an event and came back with:
- Actual measures of the maturity of your E&C program?
- Reliable benchmarks of the progress of your organization, compared to industry peers?
- Ideas from best practice, specifically related to the areas where you are hoping to improve?
ECI’s IMPACT event will allow you to do all that, and more! Every organization in attendance will receive access to ECI’s revolutionary High Quality Program (HQP) Assessment tool. Take the assessment before you attend, or complete it on-site. Your results will give you never-before-seen insights in to the way your E&C program functions.
Then, through a series of keynotes and small-group benchmarking sessions, we will provide industry comparisons, contextualize the benchmarks, define what they mean for your program and organization, and discuss practical strategies for improvement.
This is just the start! This annual event is destined to be the “must attend” event to measure the growth of your program year-over-year.
How do you measure HQP?
HQP is measured through a comprehensive self-examination. The assessment is survey-based and can be taken collaboratively, or as a team or department to better gauge how well your program is communicated and functioning across the enterprise.
Our research team has spent years working to develop an assessment tool that can be utilized to create a baseline, foster discussion, and be benchmarked against peer organizational data.
How does it work?
- Take the online HQP Assessment before coming to the event, or come a little early and take the Assessment when you arrive at one of our Assessment stations.
- With your assessment in hand, attend keynote talks and small-group breakout sessions where you can discuss and compare your results the latest benchmarks, statistics and with your peers.
This program is so jam-packed you will want to send more than one person to get the full benefit of what IMPACT 2019 has to offer.
This ethics & compliance industry event is THE event to attend if you are looking to keep up with the latest industry trends and uncover new ideas and practices that you can use to advance your organization and your career.
Learn from renowned keynote speakers, and leverage the experiences of your peers in breakout sessions & hands-on workshops. Return to your organization with a toolkit filled with resources that you can use to lead initiatives that will improve the quality of your E&C program.
Featured Speakers
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Speaking Up Keynote: The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety for Learning, Innovation, and Growth AMY EDMONDSON Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School |
Culture Keynote: The Funomenal Workplace: Energizing People & Culture with the Positive Power of FunTONY BRIGMON The Former Ambassador of FUN for Southwest Airlines |
Accountability Keynote: Inspiring Accountability at Every Level SAM SILVERSTEIN Founder and CEO of Sam Silverstein Enterprises, Inc., an accountability think tank. |
April 29, 2019
E2C Live
Staff & E2C Lunch
April 30, 2019
Continental Breakfast
LPEC Review
E2C Lunch
LPEC Exam
Registration Desk
ECI Conference Welcome
Stemmons Ballroom
Speaker: Patricia Harned
Integrating Into Business Strategy
Stemmons Ball room
Speaker: Bobby Kipp
What’s the Goal?
In organizations with High Quality Programs (HQPs), E&C is not just a function on a chart; it is widely considered to be central to business success. Hear from winners of the Carol R. Marshall Award for Innovation in E&C about the ways they have embedded E&C in their organization and how they engaged leaders in the effort.
- Bobby Kipp, facilitator
- Previous Marshall Awardees
- 2019 Marshall Award winner
Integration of E&C Into Business Strategy: Where Do We Stand?
During this session ECI will reveal the HQP Bench-Mark for comparison with each attendee’s HQP Assessment Tool results.
Networking and Refreshment Break
East Atrium Foyer
Breakout Session 1
Batik A/B
Speaker: Page Motes
To What Extent is E&C Positioned for Success?
This session will focus on the steps practitioners take to make E&C more than just a function on their organizational chart. Peer presenters will share insights from their organizational efforts, and in roundtable discussions participants will compare notes and additional benchmarks from the HQP Assessment Tool.
Peer Presenters & Facilitator: Page Motes, Sr. Managing Director- Global Ethics & Compliance, Dell
TABLE DISCUSSION TOPICS
What Are Others Doing? Benchmarks to be Shared:
- Inclusion of E&C in company goals
- Representation of E&C in high-level teams
- Access to the board and/or its committees
- E&C involvement in organizational strategy
- Senior leaders’ relating E&C to their operations
- Efforts to continually improve the E&C program
Breakout Session 2
Cardinal A/B
Speaker: Michael Volkov
Do We Have the Resources, Structure, Staff, and Relationships to Succeed?
Participants will discuss the resources E&C teams need to integrity into business operations. Peer presenters will share insights from their experiences, and in roundtable discussions participants will discuss additional benchmarks from the HQP Assessment Tool.
Peer Presenters & Facilitators: Michael Volkov, CEO, The Volkov Group
Roundtable Discussions
- Resources dedicated to the E&C function
- Scope of E&C program responsibilities
- Program structure
- Outreach to business leaders & managers
- Collaboration with other key functions (HR, audit, etc.)
Transition Break
During the networking break and throughout the happy hour reception, ECI’s “HQP Genius Bar” will be open to help attendees with their own HQP assessment, provide additional analysis and answer questions about the HQP Assessment process.
Happy Hour Reception
East Atrium Foyer
May 1, 2018
Continental Breakfast
ECI Welcome & the Plan for the Day
Stemmons Ballroom
Speaker: Patricia Harned and Earnie Broughton
Compliance Week Panel on HQP
Stemmons Ballroom
Speaker: Compliance Week
Measuring E&C Program Quality
Two years ago, several members of the ECI community formed a Working Group, and set about the creation of a roadmap for measuring the quality of an E&C program. The members of the group will share insights from that process and their lessons learned about measuring the maturity of an E&C program.
- Compliance Week, facilitator
- Karen Clappsaddle, Ethics Director, Lockheed Martin
- Suzanne Milton, Vice President, US Food
- Steve Scarpino, Director, Ethics & Compliance, BP
- Paul Zikmund, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Bunge
This session will be broadcast live and available by Livestream. Registration details coming soon.
Break
East Atrium Foyer
During the break ECI’s “HQP Genius Bar” will be open to help attendees with their own HQP assessment, provide additional analysis and answer questions about the HQP Assessment process.
Identifying and Mitigating E&C Risks
Stemmons Ballroom
Speaker: Jeremy Wilson
What’s the Goal?
An important characteristic of an HQP is that responsibility for risk identification and mitigation is shared across the organization, yet E&C program is a key component of the effort. What should that look like? Hear from a panel of experts with a unique perspective – independent monitors who have worked with organizations to review/refine their risk assessment processes in the wake of compliance failures.
- Jeremy Wilson, Conduct Risk Leader, Wells Fargo & Company, facilitator
- Eric Feldman, independent monitor for Booz Allen
- Scott Marrah, independent monitor for Volkswagen
Identification & Mitigation of E&C Risks: Where Do We Stand?
ECI will reveal HQP Assessment averages and benchmarks from participation in the High Quality Program (HQP) Assessment Tool.
Lunch
Breakout Session 3
Batik A/B
Speaker: Steve Guymon
Are We Effectively Integrating E&C Into the Overall Risk Process?
The focus of this session will be the steps organizations take to integrate E&C into the enterprise-wide risk assessment process. Peer presenters will share insights from their organizational efforts, and in roundtable discussions participants will compare notes and additional benchmarks from the HQP Assessment Tool.
Peer Presenters & Facilitators:
Steve Guymon, Senior Director, Ethics and Compliance, Eli Lilly
Roundtable Discussions:
- Involvement of E&C in enterprise-wide risk management
- Calibration of E&C program objectives to key risk areas
- Support & resources for employees exposed to E&C risks
- E&C involvement in third party due diligence
- Standards & monitoring third parties
Breakout Session 4
Cardinal A/B
Speaker: David Bunker
Are We Doing Enough to Identify & Mitigate E&C Risks?
Participants will discuss what organizations are actually doing to identify and mitigate E&C related risks. Peer presenters will share insights from their experiences, and in roundtable discussions participants will discuss additional benchmarks from the HQP Assessment Tool.
Peer Presenters and Facilitator:
David Bunker, Compliance Officer, Vulkan, Inc.
Roundtable Discussions:
- Leadership engagement in identifying & mitigating risks
- Defining/identifying E&C-related risks
- Helping leaders understand their E&C risks
- Helping employees understand E&C risks
- Monitoring the integrity of third-parties
Refreshment Break
East Atrium Foyer
During the break ECI’s “HQP Genius Bar” will be open to help attendees with their own HQP assessment, provide additional analysis and answer questions about the HQP Assessment process.
Afternoon Keynote
Stemmons Ballroom
Speaker: Sam Silverstein
What’s the Goal?
What does it look like when every employee lives by the core values? Organizational accountability is more than just disciplining wrongdoers; it is creating an environment where everyone understands and accepts their role in holding themselves accountable for their behavior. Sam Silverstein, CEO of a think tank dedicated to the advancement of organizational accountability, will share insights and suggestions for “building a culture of accountability.”
- Sam Silverstein, Author of No Matter What: The 10 Commandments of Accountability
Taking Action & Holding Ourselves Accountable: Where Do We Stand?
ECI will reveal the industry average for from the High Quality Program (HQP) Assessment.
Breakout Session 5
Batik A/B
How Well Do We Set the Expectation that Employees Will Be Held Accountable?
The focus of this session will be the steps organizations take to create a shared understanding that employees will be held accountable for wrongdoing. Peer presenters will share insights from their organizational efforts, and in roundtable discussions participants will compare notes and additional benchmarks from the HQP Assessment Tool.
Peer Presenters and Facilitator:
TBD, The Boeing Company
Roundtable Discussions:
- Promotion of organizational values & standards
- Communication that violations will not be tolerated
- E&C in incentive programs and performance reviews
- Leadership accountability for ethical conduct
- Getting leaders/managers to hold people accountable
Breakout Session 6
Cardinal A/B
Speaker: Wendy Evans and Roxane MacGillivray
Do We Have the Resources, Processes and Follow-Through to Hold People Accountable?
Participants will discuss what organizations do to actually hold violators accountable when violations occur. Peer presenters will share insights from their experiences, and in roundtable discussions participants will discuss additional benchmarks from the HQP Assessment Tool.
Peer Presenters and Facilitator:
- Wendy Evans, Senior Corporate Ethics Investigator, Lockheed Martin
- Roxane MacGillivray, Senior Corporate Ethics Investigator, Lockheed Martin
Roundtable Discussions:
- Policies and procedures for reporting misconduct
- Communication of reporting channels
- Systems for escalating significant reports
- Maintaining investigative excellence
- Case tracking and management
- Disciplinary procedures
- Review processes & continuous improvement
Transition Break
During the networking break and throughout the happy hour reception, ECI’s “HQP Genius Bar” will be open to help attendees with their own HQP assessment, provide additional analysis and answer questions about the HQP Assessment process.
Happy Hour Reception
East Atrium Foyer
May 2, 2019
Continental Breakfast
Welcome
Stemmons Ballroom
Speaker: Patricia Harned and Earnie Broughton
https://www.ethics.org/about/awards/
Presentation of the 2019 Marshall Award
Patricia Harned, CEO, ECI
Morning Keynote
Stemmons Ballroom
Speaker: Amy Edmondson - Author, Harvard Business School Faculty
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6451
Creating an Ethical Speak-Up Culture
What’s the Goal?
A critical element in the effort to create a high quality E&C program is the perceived ability – by everyone – to speak up with questions and concerns, and to catch and correct deviations quickly. The foremost scholar on “psychological safety” in the workplace will share tips and tools to help employees feel safe in speaking up.
- Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School
Building A Strong, Ethical, Speak-Up Culture: Where Do We Stand?
ECI will reveal the industry average for from the High Quality Program (HQP) Assessment
Breakout Session 7
Batik A/B
Speaker: Keturah Pestel and Myra Dingman
To What Extent Does Our Culture Encourage Ethical Behavior?
The focus of this session will be the steps organizations take to build and sustain a strong culture of integrity. Peer presenters will share insights from their organizational efforts, and in roundtable discussions participants will compare notes and additional benchmarks from the HQP Assessment Tool.
Peer Presenters and Facilitator:
Keturah Pestel, Program Maters and Facilitator:nager, Business Ethics Office, Thrivent
- Myra Dingman, Global Ethics Learning Leader, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Roundtable Discussions:
- Incentivizing leaders to act with integrity
- Promoting organizational values
- Enlisting leaders in the effort to build culture
- Enlisting employees in the effort to build culture
- Encouraging employees to raise concerns
Breakout Session 8
Cardinal A/B
Speaker: Victoria Sweeney and Kaia Samson
How Well Do We Protect People Who Come Forward to Raise Concerns?
Participants will discuss they ways organizations encourage, protect, and value the reporting of suspected misconduct. Peer presenters will share insights from their experiences, and in roundtable discussions participants will discuss additional benchmarks from the HQP Assessment Tool.
Peer Presenters and Facilitator:
- Victoria Sweeney, Principal, KPMG
- Kaia Samson, Risk & Compliance Manager, Valiant Integrated
Roundtable Discussions:
- Empowering employees to raise concerns
- Mechanisms for reporting
- Tracking and escalating reports that are received
- Ensuring consistent and fair treatment of reporters
- Anti-retaliation strategies
- Communication with employees about reports received & disciplinary action taken
Lunch & Closing Keynote
Stemmons Ballroom
Speaker: Tony Brigmon
http://www.tonybrigmon.com/meet-tony.html
Who says that E&C can’t be fun?
For years, Tony Brigmon was Ambassador of Fun and “the face” for organizational values at Southwest Airlines. Join us for a lighthearted closing session, and learn how to create a FUNOMENAL workplace.
Tony Brigmon, Former Ambassador of FUN, Southwest Airlines
Conference Close
Stemmons Ballroom
Speaker: Earnie Broughton
Closing Remarks: Patricia J. Harned, Ph.D., CEO and Cindy Moehring, Chair, ECA Board of Directors

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Members: $1,395 if registered by Feb. 21, 2019
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Impact 2019: E2C Leadership Training Course Early Bird Price $645.00
Join us on April 29th for an in-person training course. This ticket is only for the course it does not include Impact 2019 conference registration or LPEC exam fee. Member Early Bird Price $495
Impact 2019: ECI Fellows Complimentary Pass: $2,150
As part of the ECI Fellows Membership, each company is awarded one complimentary pass to Impact 2019. You must use the discount code that was provided to you to receive a complimentary ticket.
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