In this episode, Sven Peterson, Vice President of Compliance, Ethics, & Regulatory Services, and Corporate Compliance & Ethics Officer at Premera Blue Cross, explains how pursuing “ethics as a team sport” has been instrumental in advancing training and communications, developing a highly effective Compliance & Ethics Champion program, and strengthening monitoring and control functions.
Volatility, geopolitical tension, social division, and rapid technology shifts have changed what psychological safety means at work. In this session, Erica Salmon Byrne and Laura Jacobus will explore how expectations have evolved, and why psychological safety is now a core element of an effective ethics and compliance program. They will dig into how Gen Z is redefining acceptable norms for speaking up, how personal and organizational values either reinforce or erode safety, and how psychological safety underpins organizational resiliency when pressure is high. The discussion will also cover practical indicators of low psychological safety, the usefulness and limits of anonymous surveys, and concrete actions leaders can take to create a climate where employees raise concerns early, trust the process, and stay engaged through disruption.
In this episode, Labcorp Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, Tracy Strong, discusses the considerable compliance challenges that come with the company’s active mergers and acquisition strategy, and how her team partners with Labcorp’s M&A team to help facilitate transactions. As a testament to Labcorp’s commitment to running a best-in-class E&C program, the company earned Ethisphere’s Compliance Leader Verification recognition from August 2024 through December 2025.
Tune in for this data presentation where our senior data experts will explore the “why” behind key assessment questions and share first insights from the 2026 World’s Most Ethical Companies® data. This year’s data presentation focuses on the themes of organizational justice and the influence of managers. Then, head to the Data Lab Meetups for facilitated networking, benchmarking, and Q&A.
Kendall Mills, Head of Ethics & Compliance, Americas for JLL, shares how she uses data to highlight the impact of the organization’s ethics and compliance program when meeting with the Board of Directors. This includes building better board presentations, sharing the right KPIs, and crafting a narrative that puts this all together.
Are you ready to transform your workplace culture into an electrifying competitive advantage? Join E&C experts Laura Jacobus and Reginald Youngblood for a deep dive into the strategies that bridge the gap between HR and E&C, turning departmental silos into power partnerships. We’ll discuss:
- Mastering the art of connecting employees to the bigger picture, driving engagement, and ownership through a clear sense of purpose.
- How HR and E&C can strategically collaborate to build seamless, efficient, and dynamic people programs from the ground up.
- Designing and launching initiatives that foster a compliance-aware, values-driven workforce.
Speakers will examine the rapidly evolving DOJ enforcement landscape in life sciences and healthcare. In 2025, False Claims Act recoveries exceeded $6.8 billion, with whistleblower-driven cases outpacing government-initiated matters for the first time. We will discuss emerging enforcement priorities, including criminal prosecution of digital health and telemedicine fraud, transnational organized crime, expanding Anti-Kickback Statute theories, and DOJ’s increasingly aggressive use of the False Claims Act to pursue both billing fraud and regulatory violations. We will also share practical strategies to help organizations stay ahead of escalating civil and criminal enforcement risk and strengthen compliance programs in this high-stakes environment.
The cultural and political climate around workplace fairness initiatives is shifting, creating uncertainty for organizations committed to fostering a sense of belonging and equity. Stakeholders and regulators often hold conflicting expectations, making it difficult to chart a clear course. In this session, leaders share how they are continuing to support fairness, inclusion, and opportunity in their organizations while adhering to non-discrimination requirements. Participants will gain practical insight into how to strengthen trust and uphold their values—even as the external environment evolves.
In this episode, Kimberly White, Vice President and General Counsel-Compliance at global ingredients company Ingredion shares how she launched an ambitious, enterprise-level E&C meeting series to drive strategic alignment on business integrity. And, she shares how this initiative got its start in Ingredion’s application for World’s Most Ethical Companies® recognition, which the company has earned an impressive 11 times. Watch to learn how long it took to make this meeting a reality, how stakeholder-driven strategic planning aligns everyone around business integrity, how this initiative will inform Ingredion’s 2026-2026 planning cycle, a proof point around how Ingredion’s E&C has developed its voice, and how the World’s Most Ethical Companies informs Ingredion’s larger business strategy.
Most advice on training and communications assumes you are trying to reach employees who are sitting at a desk, but don’t forget about the ones that work outside of the standard office setting. In this session, we focus on these employees in particular. Hear how panelists are engaging and communicating with them, how you can build a strong culture for non-office work environments, and training approaches for employees that aren’t tied to a desk.