We ask people to care about codes of conduct, conflicts of interest and anti-bribery policies, but what they are usually given as the “why” is an e-learning module and a checklist.
It's not hard to see how compliance can start to feel like a box-ticking exercise rather than something that protects colleagues, customers and communities.
People take their cues from what they see others do when a real decision has to be made.
The moment someone walks away from a dubious deal
The time a manager backs an employee for speaking up, and means it
The examples people remember about what the organisation backs, what it overlooks and what it is prepared to act on
That's how employees see which policies an organisation is truly prepared to stand behind.
I wrote about this in a recent piece for Corporate Compliance Insights, looking at how storytelling can help turn compliance from words on a page into something more lived and more meaningful in practice.
Read the full article Here
I’d be interested in where you’ve seen this done well, or badly.