NAVEX Global has compiled an e-book that presents predictions about the top trends and events that will impact ethics and compliance programs in 2018 — along with recommendations for compliance.

The book can be downloaded from the NAVEX site at no charge.

“Business, societal and political events transpired this past year at a pace that left many with a fractured view of the ethics & compliance industry and its expectations,” the company says on its website. “The experts at NAVEX Global and its thought-leadership network discuss these challenges and opportunities based on their experiences with over 12,000 clients to provide well-informed predictions on what’s to come in 2018.”

The e-book covers:

• The top trends and events that will impact your ethics and compliance program in 2018
• How increased awareness and reporting of sexual harassment will affect your program
• The evolving role of the ethics & compliance officer
• How to create a culture of compliance

Download the e-book.

More than 1,700 compliance professionals are expected to attend the 16th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute in Las Vegas Oct. 15-18, 2017.

The event — at Caesars Palace — will be presented by the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics Institute.

The agenda calls for more than 150 speakers in more than 110 sessions.

Learning tracks will include ethics, risk, case studies, compliance lawyer, multi-national/international, IT compliance, general compliance/hot topics, and advanced discussion groups.

New for 2017 is a full-day pre-conference workshop on building professional skills.

Register for the event.

Navex Global will present a complimentary webinar on the company’s annual Ethics & Compliance Hotline Benchmark Report, a tool compliance professionals around the globe reference every year to help measure their program and highlight areas for improvement.

The event will be Tuesday, March 21, 2017, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern time. Anyone who registers but can’t attend the live event will receive a link that will provide access to the recording at a later date.

Navex studied more than 936,000 anonymized reports from their clients’ intake systems, analyzed the data and interpreted the trends.

This webinar will address questions such as:

• Are the number of reports increasing or decreasing?
• What’s happening with case closure times?
• Are retaliation reports being substantiated within the organization at higher rates?
• How do open door reports impact the data?

Register for the webinar.

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) recently released Director Essentials: Strengthening Compliance and Ethics Oversight, providing an overview of the role of the board in compliance oversight and outlining key questions directors can ask management to assess whether compliance and ethics programs have a real impact on business conduct.

This guide will be especially helpful for onboarding new directors and as a resource for board members who wish to refresh their knowledge about core governance topics.

In light of renewed regulatory focus, directors should consider strengthening their oversight of corporate compliance and ethics programs. New U.S. Department of Justice emphasis on the effectiveness of compliance and ethics programs in preventing, detecting, and mitigating the risk of individual wrongdoing is raising the bar for companies’ compliance efforts.

The full publication is available exclusively to NACD members, but a complimentary executive summary is available for anyone to download.

Download the summary.