Broad range of business ethics challenges and opportunities to be addressed at the 12th Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute

Ethical Risks, Culture, Values, Transparency and Integrity all to be addressed

October 6-9, 2013, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC

MINNEAPOLIS, July 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society or Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) today announced the 12th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute Ethics Track. Twelve sessions are scheduled to address business ethics issues.  In addition, noted ethicist Michael Josephson, founder of the Josephson Institute is one of the keynote speakers at the conference. 

"There is a crisis in confidence in business," said SCCE CEO Roy Snell.  "Much of that is due to questionable ethical decision making.  These sessions are designed not to simply discuss the issue but to help ethics and compliance professionals develop effective solutions for ethical challenges.

Sessions included in the Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute's Ethics Track:
-Ethics in the Age of Velocity
Speakers: Mary Doyle, senior manager, Ethics & Compliance Program Office, Intel

-Whistleblowing: A Historical Overview from the Civil War to Dodd-Frank
Speaker: Paul Fiorelli, professor of legal studies and co-director, Cintas Institute for Business Ethics, Xavier University

-Equipping Employees to Voice Their Values
Speaker: Blair C. Marks, director, Ethics Awareness and International Operations, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Michael J. Mulleavey, senior business analyst, Ethics and Sustainability Office Lockheed Martin Corporation

-Ethical Risk Profiles: Organizational Value Add
Speaker: Ann D. E. Fraser, executive director, VICR, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

-Seeing Transparency Clearly
Speaker: David Gebler, president, Skout Group, LLC

-Building and Reinforcing an Ethics-Based Culture
Speaker: Joseph Hayes, assistant general counsel, vice president Ethics & Business Conduct, Service Corporation International

-Designing an Annual Ethics and Compliance Initiative Report
Speakers: Julie Murray, principle, Gary W. Hill, principle, Charles Ruthford, principle, Solutions House

-Humanity as a Key to Embedding an Ethical Culture
Speaker: Jane Mitchell, director, JL&M; chair eCP

-Compliance, Character and Corporate Culture
Speaker: Frank Arnold, professor, St. Leo University

For complete agenda details visit www.complianceethicsinstitute.org

About the Compliance & Ethics Institute
SCCE's Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute, being held on October 6-9, 2013, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, is the primary education and networking event for professionals working in compliance and ethics around the world. At this meeting, attendees learn the latest methods and strategies for developing and improving their compliance programs in this rapidly growing and evolving profession.

The Compliance & Ethics Institute features more than 100 educational sessions, 130 speakers and in addition to the Ethics track, offers five other specialized educational tracks including:
-Risk Track
-Hot Topics in Compliance Track
-Multinational/International Track
-Case Study Track
-Advance Discussion Groups

About the SCCE
The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE), headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, is a non-profit professional member association that serves compliance and ethics professionals globally. The association provides resources and training to compliance professionals and champions ethical practices and compliance standards.

Visit the SCCE website at www.corporatecompliance.org.

SOURCE Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics