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  • Has an employee come to you with a concern?

    Has an employee come to you with a concern?

    You nailed your speak-up campaign. Now it's time to build on that foundation and give your managers the perfect listen-up tool to handle those delicate intake conversations. Since it’s likely that employees will go to their supervisor with...

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  • Received an Employee Concern?

    Received an Employee Concern?

    This elegant guide shows exactly where to go within the company when issues pop up: HR, compliance, or both. A lot of really smart managers and employees don’t know the difference between HR and compliance—the two teams’...

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  • Creating a speak up culture

    Creating a speak up culture

    You can preach “speaking up” until you’re blue in the face, but if your managers aren’t echoing the message—or even worse, unintentionally discouraging it—it’s not going to make a difference. And that’s sad...

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  • Before you close the investigation file, make sure...

    Before you close the investigation file, make sure...

    This simple checklist reminds your investigative team of how to effectively close out and document an investigation. Before an investigation team moves on, there are about a dozen elements of documentation and communication that must occur. It’s...

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  • This checklist simplifies the investigation report drafting process and guides your investigators through everything they need to include—from initial timelines to root causes.

    Writing a good investigation report

    After all the effort that goes into a quality workplace investigation, writing a report that’s both concise and comprehensive can seem exhausting. But you need to memorialize that effort and it’s not something you can afford to get wrong...

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  • The Helpline Chronicles

    The Helpline Chronicles

    We recognize that not everyone fancies themselves a writer, so we've done the hard part and created this plug-and-play template for real life scenarios. Since the helpline is uncharted territory for many folks, uncertainty about what happens after they...

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  • How to speak up and handle tough conversations

    How to speak up and handle tough conversations

    Imagine a world where employees are empowered and skilled at working out their ethics and compliance concerns themselves—before tensions escalate and managers, HR, and/or your helpline investigators have to step in...[insert clouds parting and...

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  • This thorough checklist guides you through the final review to ensure nothing fell through the cracks and your investigation report is courtroom ready.

    Finalizing the investigation report

    You’ve completed a thorough and thoughtful investigation, determined root causes, and have great ideas for how to resolve the issue and keep it from happening again. You’ve even written a fab report using our Writing a good investigation...

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  • Legal and Compliance: Who Does What?

    Legal and Compliance: Who Does What?

    You’ve been asked it; this chart explains it. Set out for your employees the different roles and responsibilities of legal and compliance. Your compliance allies aren’t just in compliance; they’re also part of the legal team. Use this...

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  • If you’ve ever struggled to explain your job to someone, we feel you! The lines are often blurry when trying to distinguish between legal, compliance, HR, and internal audit. Which also means urgent info might take a few detours before arriving at the right destination (or get lost along the way!). Demystify who does what with this handy chart, and look forward to receiving important info that actually belongs in your department, while spending a lot less time sending those “looping in so-and-so” emails. Looking for a pared-down version that works just as hard? Try the “Legal and Compliance: Who Does What?” infographic.

    Legal, Compliance, Audit, and HR: Who does what?

    If you’ve ever struggled to explain your job to someone, we feel you! The lines are often blurry when trying to distinguish between legal, compliance, HR, and internal audit. Which also means urgent info might take a few detours before arriving at...

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  • The 7 elements of a compliance program

    The 7 elements of a compliance program

    Based on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, this infographic sets out the seven elements to create and monitor an effective compliance culture—and helps you explain it to your board. The Federal Sentencing Guidelines aren’t known for being...

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  • This tool helps quickly answer the question, “Who really needs this guidance?” so you can tailor the content to their roles and activities.

    Who should get this training?

    Training everyone on everything is exhausting—for you and the org. It hurts your rep by making compliance feel like an irrelevant formality. But can you really do this differently? Yes! Tailor your training and reminders to the folks who pose the...

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