Ethics Culture Assessment: What You Need To Know

The Ethics & Compliance Initiative’s (ECI’s) Ethics Culture Assessment is a comprehensive employee survey that measures the impact of ethics & compliance (E&C) programs and ethics culture. ECI’s survey framework is based on over three decades of research and collaboration with leading E&C practitioners and academics. Since 1990, ECI has tested and fielded over 300 questions through its Global Business Ethics Survey® (GBES®) and client surveys. ECI has isolated a series of key topic areas and questions that have proven to be reliable and valid indicators of E&C program strength and ethics culture. Findings from ECI’s Ethics Culture Assessment can be used in conjunction with ECI’s HQP Assessment to provide organizations with an analysis of the impact and quality of their E&C programs and ethics cultures. This document provides a high-level overview of the topic areas included in ECI’s Ethics Culture Assessment. The length of the assessment is customized based on the needs of each organization.

2024-03-22T16:18:34-04:00Friday, April 30, 2021|

The Impact of Organizational Values and Ethical Leadership on Misconduct

Each year ECI conducts the Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES) to better understand the state of ethics in the workplace from the perspective of employees. With the 2019 GBES, ECI built upon its existing research by further exploring the presence of shared organizational values and ethical leadership in organizations around the world. This report examines the link between organizational commitment (to organizational values and ethical leadership) and the following two key ethics outcomes: 1) Observed Misconduct Rates 2) Reporting of Observed Misconduct The 2019 GBES findings discussed in this report are based on employee responses from 18 countries. The results are discussed by five global regions, composed of the following countries: Africa & Middle East: South Africa, United Arab Emirates Asia Pacific: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea Europe: France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom North America: Mexico, United States South America: Argentina, Brazil

2024-03-22T16:19:34-04:00Thursday, April 22, 2021|

The Link Between Supervisor Leadership and Workplace Behaviors

In 2019, ECI expanded upon its existing Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES) research in organizational culture through several new lines of inquiry. Supervisor Behavior Around the Globe ECI examined and measured supervisor behavior across two dimensions: 1. Supervisor Values Employees: The extent to which employees feel valued by their supervisor. 2. Supervisor Feedback and Professional Development: The extent to which employees feel that supervisors provide valuable feedback and encourage professional development. Workplace Behaviors Around the Globe ECI explored employee expectations related to behaviors they may see or experience in the workplace specifically with regard to the reporting of misconduct and accountability. Employees were also asked whether or not two behaviors: "publicly reprimanding" and "gender discrimination" would be acceptable within their organizations. The findings in this report reinforce the critical role that supervisors play in influencing the ethics cultures within organizations. In almost all cases, strong supervisor leadership was associated with better ethics outcomes. Employees who worked with supervisors who exhibited strong leadership qualities across the two dimensions explored in this report were: 1. More likely to trust their organization with regard to the reporting of misconduct and accountability. 2. Less likely to say that publicly reprimanding and gender discrimination were acceptable behaviors within their organization. The findings in this report are based on employee responses from 18 countries. Global percentages consist of the median from all 18 countries. The results are provided by five global regions, composed of the following countries: Africa & Middle East: South Africa, United Arab Emirates Asia Pacific: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea Europe: France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom North America: United States, Mexico South America: Argentina, Brazil

2024-03-22T16:19:03-04:00Thursday, April 22, 2021|

ECI Ethics Academy 2021 Scholarships Announced!

Fostering the Next Generation of E&C Practitioners: ECI Ethics Academy 2021 Scholarships Announced!To further our mission to empower individuals and organizations to build and sustain high-quality ethics & compliance programs, ECI’s Ethics Academy invests in the education of future E&C practitioners. Generously funded by the Northrop Grumman Foundation, ECI Ethics

2024-03-26T00:06:37-04:00Monday, April 19, 2021|Event News|

IMPACT 2021: Navigating for the Future of Ethics & Compliance Together

The ultimate benchmarking event for ethics and compliance, IMPACT 2021 offers tools that allow practitioners to evaluate their programsagainst others and outline a path toward stronger programs in the future.The Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), a global non-profit organization that empowers organizations to build and sustain cultures of integrity, is

2024-03-26T00:07:04-04:00Thursday, April 15, 2021|Event News|

MAY 20 | Best Practice Forum | Supercharging E&C Communications

Following the 90-minute presentation, please join us for a 30-minute "BPF Fish Bowl" conversation and Q&A. Part 1. Effective Communications Effective communications — separate from and complementary to training — are a crucial part of any compliance program. (Even according to the DOJ.) Rethink Compliance will talk about how to

2024-03-27T13:45:07-04:00Monday, April 5, 2021|