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As 2015 draws to a close (where did the time go?), the 2016 planning season is in full swing. You likely already have an idea of initiatives you’ll want to tackle, but taking your ethics and compliance program to the next level can feel daunting.

To help you have the most organized, stress-free planning season yet, we’ve created our best 2015 Ethics & Compliance Virtual Conference agenda ever. This is the largest E&C event of its kind, and we’re pleased to offer complimentary registration to the E&C community.

To get more in-depth insights from industry experts in each of these key areas and more on Tuesday, November 17, during our free, online Ethics & Compliance Virtual Conference. 

1. Get a Seat at the Cybersecurity Table

Did you know that, according to Kroll’s 2014 Anti-Bribery and Corruption Benchmarking Report, 75% of compliance officers are not involved in managing cyber security risk, yet the majority of board members have concerns about it? Compliance officers have an opportunity to take a more active role in cybersecurity. Hear Governor Tom Ridge and NAVEX Global CEO Bob Conlin discuss:

• Why E&C professionals are critical in creating a more cyber secure and resilient global economy
• What the top cybersecurity threats and opportunities for organizations are
• How E&C professionals can overcome the most common barriers to making their organizations cyber secure

2. Engage Your Multigenerational Workforce 

While millennials aren’t a totally different species of human, they do have some different expectations when it comes to how the workplace operates. If you’re struggling to develop an ethics and compliance program that meets the needs of millennials, baby boomers and everyone in-between, you’re not alone. There are things you can do to help modernize your program. Making your program multi-generation-friendly includes:

• Recognizing and reducing conduct risk for employees who are new to the workforce
• Including innovative gamification strategies to boost engagement and learning
• Studying how leading organizations are using social and collaborative learning tools to enhance their E&C programs

3. Prove Your E&C Program is Effective

Measuring E&C program effectiveness is both an art and a science. You’ll want to combine “hard” and “soft” data to create a compelling narrative about your program—one that will more accurately reflect your program’s performance as well as better engage your board and senior leadership. Prepare for your next reporting meeting by learning:

• How to overcome the most common barriers to creating a program measurement strategy
• The six most reliable program metrics you can use to measure program effectiveness
• How to create proof points: best practice strategies for reporting to your board and senior leadership

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4. Automate Your Third-Party Risk Management  

Third-party risks continue to be a top concern for compliance professionals as regulatory enforcement increases. Organizations are left with three choices to manage this risk: hire more people, automate or live with it. If you are interested in automating your third-party risk management program, we’ll help you learn:

• How to assess your automation opportunities by creating a third party due diligence process map
• How to make the business case for automation and best practices for transitioning to an automated approach
• Real world best practices from organizations who have successfully automated some or all of their programs

5. Embrace Whistleblowers and Develop a Culture that Repels Retaliation

How confident are you that your organization is doing all it can do to both stay within the law and create a compliant culture of ethics and respect—especially in regards to whistleblowing and retaliation? To ensure your program is meeting best practices, get up to speed on:

• The latest legal and regulatory trends—including an update on activities of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee (WPAC) and the SEC
• The nine most common mistakes companies make when it comes to handling reports of misconduct
• Best practices for creating and implementing a retaliation response system

6. Maximize Benchmark Data

Each year, NAVEX Global publishes benchmarking research on critical E&C areas—training, policy management and hotlines (and later this year, third party risk management). Get our experts’ take on the top five “aha moments” we had while looking at data across all of the reports, and share program adjustments you can make today to improve your program effectiveness, including:

• Best strategies to combat organizational resistance to change so you can stay ahead of emerging and evolving risk
• How to identify and address blind spots in the legal defensibility of key program elements
• How to address the root-cause problems of fragmented program ownership and lack of dedicated budgets

7. Get Ahead of Critical Regulatory Changes & Enforcement Trends

Keeping up with E&C regulatory trends and guidance can feel like a full-time job. Hear about the most important recent actions and guidance and learn implications for your organization, including:

• Workplace impact of recent SEC and DOJ actions
• Hotline program updates to make in light of the latest report from the OWB
• Which ISO standards to keep an eye on, and differences in how programs in various geographies need to respond

8. Create a Code of Conduct that Brings Your Culture to Life

Developing a new code of conduct can feel like both an invigorating project and an overwhelming task, but as we all know, the code is your most critical policy and the foundation upon which your E&C program is built, and therefore well worth the time and resource investment. From making the case to leadership that you need a new code to introducing the code to your workforce, to breathe new life into your code, you’ll want to consider:

• How to anticipate and overcome common barriers to creating a new code of conduct
• Best approaches for gaining internal alignment on code messaging and design
• Key benefits of creating web-based, interactive codes

9. Simplify Your E&C Improvement Plan

Ever wished you could take some simple steps to increase your ethics and compliance program effectiveness that would pay dividends? Get 25 of the best and most practical ideas we’ve seen work brilliantly to save time, improve performance and increase value for our clients across all industries, including:

• A powerful yet simple way to exponentially increase the effectiveness of your training program
• One thing you can start doing with your third parties that could drastically decrease your risk exposure
• An incredibly effective and easy way to find out whether your hotline is really working for reporters

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