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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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  • What happens when you contact the helpline? - horizontal

    What happens when you contact the helpline? - horizontal

    The helpline isn’t a black box. Use this quick-hit graphic to show your employees what to expect before they make the call. Need to go into more detail? Check out "What happens when I contact the helpline?"

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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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  • How to speak up when you're a bystander

    How to speak up when you're a bystander

    Employees don’t always speak up when they see things that don’t align with your org’s values or policies. Often, they throw in the towel because they think it’s someone else’s responsibility, that the issue was already...

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  • Stuck with a tough decision?

    Stuck with a tough decision?

    Ordered around how people actually think, this decision tree aids employees wrestling with whether something is permissible. Everyone experiences that queasy feeling when they’re not sure what how to do the right thing. We ask some...

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  • Non-retaliation for managers (Do this, not that)

    Non-retaliation for managers (Do this, not that)

    Do this, not that! Show your managers how—and how not—to address employees' ethics concerns effectively. Leveraging the learning power of contrasting pairs, this task-based piece walks managers through how to react when an employee raises an...

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  • Non-retaliation for managers

    Non-retaliation for managers

    Ensure your managers know how to address employee concerns with this helpful go-to guide. We love contrasting examples—they’re extraordinarily powerful in helping people learn appropriate behavior. Here, this approach is used to show your...

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  • Our Code of Conduct

    Our Code of Conduct

    This ingenious infographic is the missing link between your masterful Code and having your employees actually use it. After all, you poured your compliance heart into an amazing reference tool that speaks practically about your values and expectations...

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  • Video:  Non-retaliation for Managers

    Video: Non-retaliation for Managers

    In this short, targeted training video (0:44), managers will learn how they should address employee concerns to encourage speaking up and prevent retaliation claims. We’ll guide them through how to react when an employee raises a concern using...

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  • Speak up: You have options!

    Speak up: You have options!

    Misconceptions around speaking up like, “you have to talk to your manager first” or “you should only go to compliance if someone’s breaking the law” will be a thing of the past with this infographic! Not only does it inform...

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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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  • What happens to information I share with the compliance helpline?

    What happens to information I share with the compliance helpline?

    Why’s it so scary in the dark? Because you can’t see what’s in it—duh! Shed some light on the unknown with this illuminating Helpline infographic.  It breaks down who sees Helpline reports, why, and how to remain completely...

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  • Video: What does the ethics and compliance team do?

    Video: What does the ethics and compliance team do?

    In this short, targeted training video (0:56), employees will learn how the E&C team puts your organizational values into practice.  We'll cover the "why" of training and policies, your role in overseeing the helpline, and your responsibility...

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  • This micromodule equips your managers to create a speak-up culture that empowers employees to voice their concerns.

In seven brief slides, the journey starts with explaining why employees might not feel comfortable raising concerns, and continues with several stops along the way: (1) how to foster open communication, (2) handling mistakes tactfully (including their own!) and (3) when and how to invite  employees to raise concerns. 

Add this micromodule to the Annual Refresher Course, What to do when an employee raises a concern module, or couple it with the Creating a Speak-up Culture job aid or video to drive the point home.

    Creating a speak-up culture (mini-module)

    This mini-module equips your managers to create a speak-up culture that empowers employees to voice their concerns. In seven brief slides, the journey starts with explaining why employees might not feel comfortable raising concerns, and continues...

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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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  • What to do when an employee raises a concern

    What to do when an employee raises a concern

    So, your employees feel comfortable raising concerns to management.  Good! Your speak-up culture is on the right track for success. But wait, have you trained your managers on how to handle these delicate conversations? Prime your managers with the...

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  • 7 myths about speaking up (and the truth)

    7 myths about speaking up (and the truth)

    The truth is employees hold misconceptions about your helpline that keep them from reporting. But you can bust those myths with this eye-catching infographic. It tackles seven common misbeliefs from “My company probably already knows about...

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  • What happens when I contact the helpline?

    What happens when I contact the helpline?

    The hotline isn’t a black box. Take the mystery out of how the helpline process works with this easy explainer—you’ll show your people exactly how compliance reporting works, step-by-step, before they make the call. This is meant to...

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  • When should you raise a compliance issue?

    When should you raise a compliance issue?

    This decision tree quickly helps employees determine the right time to raise concerns—and how to do it. You want your people to speak up, but they don’t want to bother the wrong person or feel like they’re whining. This aid walks...

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  • Video: How to speak up when you’re a bystander

    Video: How to speak up when you’re a bystander

    Give employees the confidence they need to intervene when they see or hear something that doesn’t seem right. This short, targeted training video (1:23) empowers your employees to take action by telling them: (1) How to prepare to respond, (2) What...

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  • Video: What happens when I contact the helpline?

    Video: What happens when I contact the helpline?

    This short, targeted training video (1:20), will transform even the most reticent employee into one that’s 100% comfy with contacting the helpline. This video covers the basics, from what info to share with the helpline, to what happens after a...

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  • Help folks understand how the E&C Team impacts their day-to-day and why they are essential to our business with this infographic.

    What does the Ethics and Compliance team do?

    Next time you’re at a party and someone asks you what you do, hand them this! Okay, maybe don’t—that’s kinda weird, but you can use this inspiring infographic to to teach employees what the Ethics and Compliance team...

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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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  • Non-retaliation for managers (Do this, not that) (line art version)

    Non-retaliation for managers (Do this, not that) (line art version)

    Do this, not that! Show your managers how—and how not—to address employees' ethics concerns effectively. Leveraging the learning power of contrasting pairs, this task-based piece walks managers through how to react when an employee raises an...

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