People often think of the Code of Conduct a flat set of rules and requirements. They get rolled out once a year, covering everything from company values to policies around cybersecurity, privacy, gifts, and harassment. Everyone reads them (or at least says they do), signs off and you’re done for another year. But are you…
Most of our clients use Emtrain for their ongoing mandatory training, so we spend a lot of time thinking: how can we make required training more interesting and impactful for employees? A hot topic for us is the Code of Conduct, the written rules of business. We’ve spent the last several months completely rethinking our approach.…
2020 is a milestone that represents “the future of work” – a more efficient world where we can scale our guidance to employees in real-time and have data inform our corporate governance decisions. Even so, we’ve experienced several recent culture failures stemming from the same governance dynamics that seem to cycle through every generation. Before…
Workplace ethics issues have made more headlines in the past couple of years as a result of the #MeToo movement, business scandals, and code of conduct violations. While they may not be as dramatic as those that have made the headlines, every company has faced an ethics violation to some degree, even if those involved…
Workplace ethics directly contributes to a business’ success. Making the right business decisions, happier and motivated employees, and a boost in morale will positively impact a company’s success. Starting from childhood, we are taught to “do the right thing,” or we face the consequences. As an adult in the workplace, some consequences can hurt the…
Imagine coming into work every day at a workplace that encourages or tolerates misconduct and brilliant jerks as long as they get the job done. Sure, there are those short-term gains, but you may eventually see higher turnover rates, lower productivity, damaging employee’s mental health, and facing public scrutiny, ultimately hurting the company reputation. However,…
As the Wells Fargo scandal continues to unfold, it’s become clear that we need external checks and balances in place to hold publicly traded companies accountable. Internal controls can only go so far if your executive team is negatively influencing workers from the top-down. What went awry at Wells Fargo? Let’s explore what happened in…