Anti-bullying Programs for Schools: How to Protect Children as a Parent
We talk a lot about what schools can do to improve their anti-bullying programs, but it never crossed my mind that parents play a role in ensuring their children aren’t instigators. There’s only so much a school or a third-party vendor like us can do. Of course, it’s not our place as a software provider to address this problem, but we must keep the whole picture in mind when we’re considering how we can play a part in eliminating bullying.
Clear Policy Management Is Your Compliance Program's Best Defense
Some may say the purpose of an investigation is to uncover the truth, and that’s true, but what’s the process or business focus? Really very simple: Did the behavior alleged rise to be a violation of a published policy? Although the question is direct and succinct on the surface, there’s a lot to unpack there.
How to Improve Your Corporate Compliance Program With the Help of the Department of Justice
Periodically, the US Department of Justice Criminal Division updates and releases guidelines for prosecutors for the evaluation of corporate compliance programs. Increasingly, the lines are blurred around liability between the bad actor who caused the incident, the permissive environment that allowed it to go previously undetected, and the company.
No Weapons Allowed? Says Who?
Employers need to know they have the power to enforce whether they will or will not allow firearms on their property, but proper enforcement requires clear policies, effective training, and attentive case management.
Gaining Perspectives on Risk
Given an ever-increasing global threat level, and more compliance issues than ever before with more emerging every day, advance warning becomes the single most critical step companies can take to aggregating risk and threats into a single view.
ETHIX360 Named a "Startup to Watch" for 2022
As 2021 comes to a close, Charlotte Inno has published their top 10 list of startups to watch in 2022. ETHIX360 is excited and humbled to have been included in the list alongside other groundbreaking local startups.
3 Ways Your Company Can Benefit from an All-in-One Technology Vendor
Many HR professionals feel the stress of keeping track of the legal, cultural, and communication standards and expectations that seem to be evolving faster as we hit each new year. Their day-to-day can seem like they’re endlessly putting out fires instead of maintaining and improving their management methods.
Three HR Challenges & Solutions for Companies of All Sizes
Whether you have a team of 50 or 50,000, one thing is certainly true: your human resources department plays a vital role in the success of your company. Tasked with sourcing the highest quality talent, HR professionals are responsible for hiring a team that can deliver winning strategy, high-performing products, quality customer service, and more. Without HR, and…
The Foundation of an Ethical Workplace Investigation
At ETHIX360, we believe that workplace investigations and the associated processes form an integral part of any effective compliance program. In fact, I’ve always believed that although companies may have a general Code of Ethics, any organization that manages internal workplace investigations should also have…
Early Warning Signals
We’ve all certainly watched the weather to get an indicator of how to prepare for tomorrow. Almost everyone knows what a tornado siren is or has seen a hurricane tracker. A tornado siren saves lives, a hurricane tracker prompts evacuation. Even a weather report informs how we dress or reminds us to bring an umbrella. All of these, and many more early warning signals, are designed to…
Getting Off On a Technicality
One of the many unpleasant tasks that HR and compliance professionals routinely deal with is the investigation that goes along with alleged misconduct, fraud, or any one of many other violations of policy – the key word in that sentence being policy. The majority of investigations take place after an alleged violation is reported through any number of ways, but for this discussion, let’s…
Getting the Most from Case Management Systems
Even though we are in 2021, compliance, communications, and culture challenges are still at the forefront of corporate conversations. Our team was interested in learning about what is keeping our client leaders up at night and gleaned some interesting and timely information.
ETHIX360 Closes Equity Funding Round
ETHIX360 announced the closing on an additional funding round today, led by Early Light Ventures. Other investors from prior rounds continued their support of the firm with follow-up investments in this latest equity raise for the company, including Blu Ventures, also of Washington DC.
New Hanover County Schools and ETHIX360
It’s been a little over a year since we welcomed New Hanover County Schools into our ETHIX360 family of clients. They, like our other K-12 clients, use our software to allow students and staff to report issues ranging from bullying to discrimination to sexual harassment. We were recently featured…
When the Bough Breaks...
I sometimes wonder what anthropologists will write generations from now about the evolution of societal norms and their impact on ethical standards. It’s easy for us now to look at history and understand that, over time, as Martin Luther King Jr said, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” Historically, we can apply that to issues of…
ETHIX360 is First Case Management Solution Provider to Offer AI-Based Call Center Alternative
ETHIX360 today announced the release of Davi™, the digital call center alternative with initial concern intake that is more cost-effective than a traditional call center.
Gratitude-Based Workplace Ethics
Most of us believe that a big part of ethics can be wrapped up into simply doing the right thing, every time you have a choice. 2500 years ago, Plato maintained a virtue-based concept of ethics. In fact, in Plato's Republic…
NHCS using new ETHIX360 system to streamline complaints
During a tumultuous few weeks for the New Hanover County School District following the arrest of a Roland Grise Middle School teacher and the resignation of Superintendent Dr. Tim Markley, school board members have encouraged parents and community members to turn to their ETHIX360 system to file any complaints.
ETHIX360 Releases EyesOnLine
October 25, 2019 | Charlotte, NC – ETHIX360 announces the release of EyesOnLineTM, the first application in the Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) market to monitor social media as a part of their industry leading CaseTracTM, award winning ethics and compliance case management solution.
SCCE Conference 2019 Recap from ETHIX360
Yet again, the SCCE knocks the ball out of the park in 2019. My team and I just attended the 18th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute show at the Gaylord Hotel, in National Harbor, MD. We had a great experience; our days were full of networking, valuable knowledge, and best practice sharing amongst peers.