BETTER Ethics. BETTER Business: Sept. - 2009

Clean Up Conflicts of Interest - NOW

Government and Industry Groups Take Action

Border-crossing schemes and multi-million dollar settlements ensure that fraud and bribery grab the headlines, historically overshadowing conflicts of interest (COI). That's changing - and it's changing fast. COIs have emerged as a serious organizational risk for government agencies, academic institutions and companies in virtually every business sector.  A wave of new regulations and successful prosecutions has put public and private organizations on notice that conflicts of interest carry significant costs. Industry groups have taken up the call, issuing their own ethics standards and advocating for strict adherence among their members. State governments have enacted new laws designed to limit the potential for conflicts of interest, particularly between physicians and the medical products industry. Universities and research organizations are setting tight restrictions on the relationships between their employees and potential suppliers.

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Kaplan EduNeering and Seventh Generation Introduce Sustainability Institute

Kaplan EduNeering and Seventh Generation, a leading brand of non-toxic personal and home care products, announced the opening of our new Sustainability Institute. The Institute will provide unique training programs and best practices and will include a library of online courses, a set of video modules for ongoing learning, an online communications toolkit and other knowledge assets.

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Corporate Codes of Conduct for the Global Enterprise

"Don't Just Globalize, Localize!"

In the pursuit of a meaningful interpretation of the concept of "effective" ethics and compliance programs, many companies have come around to the idea that a powerful and accessible code of conduct is going to be the cornerstone around which all other program elements are to be built.  This realization has resulted, in the past five to ten years, in a thorough rethinking of what codes of conduct are and how they can be written and designed to truly impact a company's culture of ethics. 

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