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Ethicast

Join host Bill Coffin as he interviews the top thought leaders in the world of business integrity as they share the best practices, innovations, and insights that showcase something every truly successful organization knows: strong ethics is good business.

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00:07:14

2025: The Year of the Ousted CEO

Ethicast ·

2025/12/23

After a year of CEOs getting caught on kiss cams, facing charges for looting their own company, or fielding tough questions form the DOJ about financial mismanagement, Ethisphere Editor in Chief Bill Coffin looks to what we should really be taking away from all of this leadership churn...and what it means for E&C programs everywhere. RELATED EPISODES E&C Lessons from the First Brands Bankruptcy:

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00:07:14

2025: The Year of the Ousted CEO

Ethicast ·

2025/12/23

After a year of CEOs getting caught on kiss cams, facing charges for looting their own company, or fielding tough questions form the DOJ about financial mismanagement, Ethisphere Editor in Chief Bill Coffin looks to what we should really be taking away from all of this leadership churn...and what it means for E&C programs everywhere. RELATED EPISODES E&C Lessons from the First Brands Bankruptcy:

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00:13:50

When to Conduct Root Cause Analysis

Ethicast ·

2025/12/18

Once an investigation into reports of workplace misconduct is closed, organizations often conduct a root cause analysis (or RCA) on the issue. But is that always the right course of action? Should root cause analysis be conducted for all investigations, or are there certain criteria that should trigger a root cause analysis process? It’s a good question, because there are plenty of obstacles to overcome when conducting effective root cause analysis, from

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00:13:50

When to Conduct Root Cause Analysis

Ethicast ·

2025/12/18

Once an investigation into reports of workplace misconduct is closed, organizations often conduct a root cause analysis (or RCA) on the issue. But is that always the right course of action? Should root cause analysis be conducted for all investigations, or are there certain criteria that should trigger a root cause analysis process? It’s a good question, because there are plenty of obstacles to overcome when conducting effective root cause analysis, from

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00:07:01

What Role Should My Substantiation Rate Play?

Ethicast ·

2025/12/12

In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne returns to the topic of internal investigations and answers a most interesting question from the membership of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA): What strategic role should your substantiation rate play? Stick around for a compelling story Erica shares in which an unsubstantiated claim at one company led to a shocking discovery. To learn more about BELA, request guest access to the Member

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00:07:01

What Role Should My Substantiation Rate Play?

Ethicast ·

2025/12/12

In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne returns to the topic of internal investigations and answers a most interesting question from the membership of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA): What strategic role should your substantiation rate play? Stick around for a compelling story Erica shares in which an unsubstantiated claim at one company led to a shocking discovery. To learn more about BELA, request guest access to the Member

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00:14:40

Calibrating Discipline in Investigations

Ethicast ·

2025/12/10

On a long enough timeline, an inevitable outcome of workplace investigations is disciplinary action. Applying the right level of outcome to an investigation is crucial to a fair and effective ethics and compliance program. It’s something that the Department of Justice’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs encourages, but doesn’t necessarily require, which places it in the realm of voluntary best practices. But what is the DOJ really looking for

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00:14:40

Calibrating Discipline in Investigations

Ethicast ·

2025/12/10

On a long enough timeline, an inevitable outcome of workplace investigations is disciplinary action. Applying the right level of outcome to an investigation is crucial to a fair and effective ethics and compliance program. It’s something that the Department of Justice’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs encourages, but doesn’t necessarily require, which places it in the realm of voluntary best practices. But what is the DOJ really looking for

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00:06:16

How Can I Bring Consequence Modeling Into E&C?

Ethicast ·

2025/12/05

In BELA Asks, we answer to high-level questions submitted by the members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) - a membership community for ethics and compliance professionals - for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere. In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne explains what consequence modeling is, how you can use it to advance your E&C program, and why E&C practitioners everywhere should look to their allied functions for

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00:06:16

How Can I Bring Consequence Modeling Into E&C?

Ethicast ·

2025/12/05

In BELA Asks, we answer to high-level questions submitted by the members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) - a membership community for ethics and compliance professionals - for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere. In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne explains what consequence modeling is, how you can use it to advance your E&C program, and why E&C practitioners everywhere should look to their allied functions for

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00:16:43

From Toxic Patterns to Healthy Culture

Ethicast ·

2025/12/03

Ethical culture is at the heart of business integrity. It is measurable and can create a virtuous cycle of psychological safety, values-based leadership, and higher financial performance. But it doesn’t always go that way. Every culture, no matter how well-meaning, lives with certain pressures that, if not handled the right way, can foster poor-decision making and foment unethical behavior. In this episode, organizational culture expert Tobias Sturesson

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00:10:22

What are Best Practices in "Test-Out" Style Training?

Ethicast ·

2025/11/21

One of the best benefits of membership in the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) is that members can submit any question regarding ethics & compliance, and our internal experts will provide an answer, plus helpful resources with more information. And while we invite everyone watching and listening to join BELA, we also know that there’s no competition in compliance, which is why the Ethicast thematically responds to high-level questions from

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00:10:22

What are Best Practices in "Test-Out" Style Training?

Ethicast ·

2025/11/21

One of the best benefits of membership in the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) is that members can submit any question regarding ethics & compliance, and our internal experts will provide an answer, plus helpful resources with more information. And while we invite everyone watching and listening to join BELA, we also know that there’s no competition in compliance, which is why the Ethicast thematically responds to high-level questions from

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00:25:01

E&C Lessons from the First Brands Bankruptcy

Ethicast ·

2025/11/19

In late September 2025, aftermarket auto parts manufacturer and brand owner First Brands suddenly filed for bankruptcy, which took many in the world of finance (and auto parts) by surprise. But the failure was a long time coming, fueled by a debt-driven acquisition strategy and more importantly, an opaque, asset-based finance system that exists largely outside of regulatory restraint and perhaps even the most basic tenets of good corporate governance. In

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00:25:01

E&C Lessons from the First Brands Bankruptcy

Ethicast ·

2025/11/19

In late September 2025, aftermarket auto parts manufacturer and brand owner First Brands suddenly filed for bankruptcy, which took many in the world of finance (and auto parts) by surprise. But the failure was a long time coming, fueled by a debt-driven acquisition strategy and more importantly, an opaque, asset-based finance system that exists largely outside of regulatory restraint and perhaps even the most basic tenets of good corporate governance. In

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00:05:34

How Do I Build a New Skills and Capabilities Matrix...

Ethicast ·

2025/11/14

One of the highly utilized benefits of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) is its concierge service, in which members of the BELA community can submit any question regarding ethics & compliance, and our internal experts will provide an answer, plus helpful resources with more information. Since there is no competition in compliance, we respond thematically to high-level concierge questions for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere. And in

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00:05:34

How Do I Build a New Skills and Capabilities Matrix...

Ethicast ·

2025/11/14

One of the highly utilized benefits of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) is its concierge service, in which members of the BELA community can submit any question regarding ethics & compliance, and our internal experts will provide an answer, plus helpful resources with more information. Since there is no competition in compliance, we respond thematically to high-level concierge questions for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere. And in

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00:19:52

Emotional Data Is the Key to Driving Culture

Ethicast ·

2025/11/12

For most E&C programs, a robust data analytics element is table stakes for running a best-in-class business integrity effort. But as data volumes grow to astounding levels, we must ask ourselves an important question: are we gathering the right kind of data? Case in point: How people feel about a particular issue is one of the most commonly overlooked data sets in employee behavior. And yet, it is an element that many data analytics programs simply

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00:23:18

Ethicast Reacts: NBA Insider Trading Scandal

Ethicast ·

2025/11/05

On Oct. 23, the FBI indicted more than 30 people within the National Basketball Association for charges related to illegal gambling; namely insider trading-style schemes around so-called "pop bets," that wager not on a game's outcome but on an individual's performance or a specific moment or event within a game. The indictments have been described by the FBI as a major blow against organized crime, and characterize this as a major crisis for the NBA. For

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00:23:18

Ethicast Reacts: NBA Insider Trading Scandal

Ethicast ·

2025/11/05

On Oct. 23, the FBI indicted more than 30 people within the National Basketball Association for charges related to illegal gambling; namely insider trading-style schemes around so-called "pop bets," that wager not on a game's outcome but on an individual's performance or a specific moment or event within a game. The indictments have been described by the FBI as a major blow against organized crime, and characterize this as a major crisis for the NBA. For

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