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.

The Clinton Foundation has confirmed it accepted a $1 million gift from Qatar while Hillary Clinton was U.S. secretary of state without informing the State Department, even though she had promised to let the agency review new or significantly increased support from foreign governments, Reuters is reporting.

“Qatari officials pledged the money in 2011 to mark the 65th birthday of Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton’s husband, and sought to meet the former U.S. president in person the following year to present him the check, according to an email from a foundation official to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign chairman, John Podesta. The email, among thousands hacked from Podesta’s account, was published last month by WikiLeaks,” writes reporter Jonathan Allen.

A foundation spokesman confirmed that it accepted the $1 million gift, but claimed this did not amount to a “material increase” in the Gulf country’s support for the charity. The spokesman declined to say whether Qatari officials received their requested meeting with Bill Clinton.

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Navex Global will present the sixth annual Ethics & Compliance Virtual Conference on Nov. 15 — a free, one-day, online event.

The conference will be Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Pacific time.

A goal of the event is to discuss how to deliver quantifiable value to an  organization, while meeting constantly changing legal and regulatory requirements.

The agenda consists of 11 educational sessions focused on harnessing the business value of an ethical culture, including three sessions specifically on the driving forces behind regulatory change and compliance challenges.

Howard Putnam, former CEO of Southwest Airlines, will headline the event, discussing how the culture of  Southwest Airlines benefit employees, reputation and profits—and the critical role compliance professionals played.

Register for the event.

NAVEX Global’s 2016 Ethics & Compliance Training Benchmark Report shows compliance professionals struggling with small budgets, growing numbers of learners and limited time to train.

The company offers the report for downloading at no charge.

NAVEX says this benchmarking data can be used to measure a company’s program against its peers, and come away with strategies to solve key training challenges.

The ethics and compliance training benchmark report:

• Helps you make data-based decisions about who, when and how much to train
• Pinpoints emerging training topics and strategies to watch
• Reveals common program gaps and offers real-world solutions for tackling them

Download the report.

Portland, Oregon-based Compli offers an on-demand webinar designed to help companies avoid unethical conduct that can drag them into news headlines, costing the companies dearly by impacting both their reputation and their bottom line.

The webinar covers the key elements for a successful ethics and compliance program, and how to keep your company from making the same costly mistakes.

Speakers are Ambyr O’Donnell, corporate law consultant, and Rick Ruden, Complí’s resident ethics and compliance expert. The discuss:

• New and noteworthy ethics and compliance issues emerging in the media
• The 5 key elements of a successful ethics and compliance program
• How these issues impact you

Watch the on-demand webinar.

No challenge is ever too big for a chief compliance officer, but such an attitude comes with a cost, warns Michael Volkov of the Volkov Law Group in his look at trends in compliance and ethics for the new year.

In his article, he discusses the elevation of the CCO in the boardroom, the consolidation of the CCO-CEO relationship, technology leveraging, the Justice Department’s hiring of Hui Chen as a Compliance Counsel, and ethical decision making.

Read the article.