Are AI Notetakers Safe for Investigations? Untangling AI Privilege and Privacy Risks

AI is influencing how organizations handle some of the most legally sensitive information they hold: privileged communications. Under pressure to leverage AI for efficiency, Legal and HR teams are using...

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Old Risks, New Tools: Addressing AI’s Role in Workplace Harassment

AI Harassment Risks Aren’t New, But They’re Now Easier Than Ever When we think about workplace harassment, AI might not be the first thing that comes to mind. Sure, you’ve...

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What AI Is (Actually) Changing in Workplace Investigations

AI is making inroads into nearly every HR workflow — from automated onboarding checklists to chatbots that answer policy questions. And now, it’s showing up in one of the most...

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Is your mandatory training so bad that employees are getting AI to do it for them?

Boring, irrelevant training drives employees to take shortcuts, and with ChatGPT’s new Agent Mode, skipping it entirely opens up enormous legal risk. When training feels like a box-checking exercise, disengagement...

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How to Use the DOJ’s ECCP to Build (or Fix) Your Compliance Program

When it comes to ethics and compliance programs, “good enough” is anything but. From record-breaking FCPA settlements to sweeping investigations across industries, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has made...

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What is HR case management? A guide for People teams

When employees raise concerns — whether it’s about workplace conflict, discrimination, policy violations, or anything in between — how does your HR team respond? If your answer involves digging through...

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What is an ethics hotline?

If something felt off at work — maybe you overheard a manager making discriminatory comments, or noticed a pattern of suspicious financial reporting — would you know what to do?...

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7 Elements of an Effective Ethics & Compliance Program

When headlines break about corporate misconduct, the questions are always the same: How did this happen? Where was compliance? Why didn’t someone speak up sooner? The reality is, most ethical...

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Hostile work environment: signs, examples, and solutions

Review these hostile work environment examples and learn how to prevent them in your workplace.

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Ethical management: your best defense against misconduct

This post originally appeared in the January 2025 issue of Ethisphere Magazine. With a new Administration in office, and a world full of challenges facing everyone, now is a good...

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Lessons from 5 real-life ethical management failures

Ethical lapses in management are so much more than bad PR. They have real consequences for employees, investors, and the public. Scandals can erode trust, trigger legal repercussions, and cause...

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Ethical Management: a new course from Ethena & Ethisphere

Middle managers play a pivotal role in shaping workplace culture. They’re the ones setting the tone for their teams — the "tone from the middle", if you will — ensuring...

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