American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Includes Expansion of Whistleblower Protection Statutes

ACFE's 2008 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse

Internal Control Checklist: Five Anti-Fraud Strategies to Deter, Prevent, and Detect Fraud - Read about the five key elements that could protect your organization

Hard Times Turn Spotlight on Business Ethics - an editorial that looks at the focus on ethics in an economic downturn and the risk for fraud to increase; features quotes from Steve Priest, President, Ethical Leadership Group

Bill Gives Stronger Tweet to Whistle-blowers - New "False Claims Act" encourages whistleblowers with monetary incentive

United States: FAR Mandatory Disclosure Rule: "Mandatory Disclosure Rule" - New Amendment to FAR Places Emphasis on Contractor Business Ethics

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) 2008 Report on Occupational Fraud & Abuse

Ethics is More than Compliance - article from Compliance Risk & Opportunity Journal, featuring an interview with Steve Priest, President, Ethical Leadership Group

Does Being Ethical Pay? - article from The Wall Street Journal, discussing customer perceptions on corporate reputation and ethical organizations

Can the Psychology of Ethics Drive the Rise or Fall of Investment Firms? - article from the May/June 2008 issue of CFA Magazine, featuring quotes from Steve Priest, President, Ethical Leadership Group, a Global Compliance company

Brightline Learning Division's General Counsel Quoted in "The ABCs of Board Education" in Bank Director Magazine

Cultivating The Grassroots of Ethics – article from Compliance Week magazine defining the roles and challenges facing all departments involved in an organization's ethics mission

Non-Profit to Develop Whistleblower Hotline Standards – article from Compliance Week magazine describing the coalition of governance experts that came together to form OCEG’s Hotline Working Group in order to determine the best way to manage and measure the effectiveness of hotlines

When Formal Channels Aren't Enough: The Advantages of an Ombuds Program – article from Association of Corporate Counsel newsletter that outlines the role of the ombuds office, advantages it can provide, and tips on setting a program up

Birth of the Ethics Industry – article from Business Ethics magazine discussing how the complexity of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation has launched a vast new industry of consultants and suppliers ready to assist companies with ethics and compliance

Anonymous Submission of Suspected Wrongdoing - Issues for Audit Committees to Consider – A tool prepared by the AICPA Antifraud Programs and Controls Task Force to assist audit committees in the evaluation of their whistleblowing hotlines

Blowing the Whistle – article published in Corporate Secretary magazine discussing how the benefits of getting the right ethics hotline in place go far beyond mere compliance

Three Chief Compliance Officers' Points of View on the Value of an Ombudsman Program – article from the May 2005 issue of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics newsletter which provides the perspectives of the Chief Compliance Officers from American Express, Shell, and Alliance Capital in regards to their ombuds programs

Fraud and the Responsibilities of the Audit Committee: An Overview – article from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Audit Committee Toolkit which highlights areas of activity that may require additional scrutiny by the audit committee

Publications by The Ethics Resource Center (ERC) Fellows Program, a select group of corporate, government, non-profit and educational leaders who share an expertise and strong practical interest in the fields of organizational ethics.

The Organizational Ombuds: Complementing The Ethics Office – article from the September/October 2003 issue of ethikos and Corporate Conduct Quarterly detailing the role of an organizational ombuds and how it differs from an ethics officer's role

European Sarbanes-Oxley: The Advantage of Being the Tortoise – standard setters in Europe hope to learn from first review of U.S. internal controls

Aberdeen Group Publishes "E-learning for Compliance and Ethics Management Benchmark Report"

"The Ethical Side of Compliance" - article featuring comments from Michael Johnson, co-President, Brightline Learning Division of Global Compliance

Labor Law Reports article on the Fair Credit Reporting Act and internal investigations

HR on Campus article on conducting lawful internal investigations

Ethikos and Corporate Conduct Quartely report on Morgan Stanley's Insider Trading Program