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Transformational Narratives:

Where Ethics and Corporate

Compliance MeetPresented by Carmen Poole and Douglas Kelly

Meet Your Presenters

Douglas Kelly

Douglas Kelly is EVERFI’s Lead Legal Editor. He

generates thought leadership content about

modern ethics and compliance programs, data

security, corporate compliance and culture. He

received his J.D. from Berkeley Law.

Carmen Poole

Carmen Poole is the Lead Instructional Writer

at EVERFI. Dr. Poole develops the design and

curriculum of EVERFI’s compliance courses. She

earned her Ph.D in Social Justice Education

from the Ontario Institute for Studies in

Education at the University of Toronto.

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Agenda• How Ethics Relates to Compliance

• How Teach Ethics

• How to Achieve Compliance

• Questions

How Ethics Relates

to Compliance

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Problem• Traditional Compliance is Dead

• Code of Conduct Fails, Training Fails

• Buzz Words Don’t Work

What’s Missing is Ethics• Ethical Dexterity

• Definition of Ethics

• Good for Employee, Good for Company

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Ethics →

Compliance with the Law• Knowledge of the Law

• Values

• Internal Motivation

How to Teach Ethics

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Educate for Ethics• Ethics: Legal vs. Philosophical Definitions

• Goodness for Goodness’ Sake

• “Effective Training”

Tools for Successful Training• Transformational Narratives and Ethical

Dexterity

– Meaning Making

• Reframing

• Storytelling

• Rhetorical Strategies

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How to Achieve

Compliance

Law + Ethics:Values

= Culture• Managers

• Measure via Training

• Transparency

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Daily Actions

• Everything Should Be a Reflection

of Your Company’s Values

• Measure via Climate Survey

• Measure via Soft Skills Training

“Act as Though…”

Legitimacy• Accountability

• Code of Conduct + Transparency

• Metrics

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Takeaways

Narratives + Laws + Ethics = Compliance

Ethics + Laws

Laws

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Questions?

Douglas Kelly Carmen Poolecpoole@everfi.comdkelly@everfi.com

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