Assorted News

As we get closer to the release of the new book, we will post some small excerpts from the books to whet your appetite. Check back regularly. In the meantime...


Interesting Ethics News
The University of California has taken a bold step and decided to have all its employees take an ethics course.


Article Alert
As mentioned in a previous post, Joshua Leet wrote an article covering the SCCE's CCEP certification program for ethikos. The issue containing that article is out now. (The article is not online - a copy of ethikos must be ordered.)

You can also expect another article online elsewhere in the near future as part of our efforts to promote the project. More on that in the coming month.


Interview Update
Several of the individuals interviewed for the books have since changed jobs or received promotions. Recently, Rodney Smith informed us that while he is still with the Timken Company, he has been promoted to be Sr. Associate Relations & Safety Analyst at Timken's Faircrest Steel Plant. He is excited about his new role, though it is less of a broad compliance role.

Other interviewees whose information has changed since the first book include:
-Donna Boehme, now acting as a Special Advisor to CSLG and its clients, among other things
and
-George Wratney, closed his Wratney Ombuds Concepts

Plans for the new year

Things are quiet here again during the holidays, but next week we will be announcing some big news about the Working for Integrity project, so be sure to check back.

Also expect those additional links as promised and some more tidbits from the book and field. We are also discussing beginning some interviews just for the blog with various people in the field. Those interviews would be like the ones in the book, but shorter and more focused. We will post more on this in the future.


Those of you who frequent the news sections of sites like SCCE and ECOA may have already seen this story, but for the rest, take note that China is serious about punishing fraud.


That's all for now, so Happy New Year, and remember, don't drink and email.

Blog Plans - Links

Next week, we will be adding a significant number of links to the sidebar. These links will lead you to websites that provide various compliance resources and services.

The update will be accompanied by a post explaining the link sections and highlighting the new links.

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In the meantime, if you are bored, live near Houston, and are not yet sick and tired of all things Enron, you may want to catch a show.

"Enron: The Musical" features local actors and dramatizes the events of the Enron Scandal for your amusement. We have not seen it, but if you are an Enron junkie, it is probably worth the $25 ticket price. The musical only opened last weekend, but its only remaining engagements look to be this weekend.

Enron: The Musical

The Canadian Conference Board's New White Paper

Recently, the Conference Board of Canada released a white paper entitled The Evolving Role of the Ethics and Compliance Officer. According to a press release, the paper, in discussing the ethics and compliance function in North America, asserts "Chief ethics and compliance officers should ideally report directly to their company’s chief executive officer and have unfettered access to their company’s board of directors." That certainly got our attention, since you will find similar assertions in Working for Integrity.

More information on the paper (including downloading instructions) can be found here.

You can download the 44-page document for free after registering with CBC.

HR Magazine Notices Compliance Salaries

Today, we heard that the newest issue of HR Magazine contains an article about compliance salaries. The article draws upon a Salary.com survey for the Ethics & Compliance Officer Association (ECOA). Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) members can view the article online and everyone else can find the article in the December 2006, (Vol. 51, No. 12 ) edition of HR magazine.

You can also find information about the survey in a September 18th press release at CSRwire.