Speaking Up
Job aids
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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?
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
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?
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)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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?
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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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
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)
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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Helpline Flowchart
It’s a lot easier to encourage people to share thoughtful, accurate, and detailed information when YOU do it first! Help your teams shake off the uncomfies about contacting the helpline with this stellar flowchart that explains exactly what happens...
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Stuck with a tough decision? (line art version)
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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What concerns should I report to the helpline?
Sometimes employees aren’t sure what issues they should raise through your helpline so you get everything from “so-and-so walks around barefoot in the office” to “I think my manager might be committing fraud.” This...
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Making a call to the helpline?
Is your investigation team suffering from a case of so-and-so-is-breaking-the-rules anonymous report blues? Cure what ails you with this crafty one-pager. It lists all the ingredients for a fact-based report that your team can act on. Side effects...
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When managers should escalate concerns to Compliance
We love it when leadership takes ownership of compliance, but what happens when they try to handle big-deal issues all on their own? Don’t leave ‘em in the dark wondering when they should loop you in. With this guide, they’ll know...
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Helpline: Anonymous vs. Confidential
Investigations can be complex, but your speak-up comms don’t need to be! Keep it basic with this straightforward chart that quickly eases fears about reporting to the helpline. By breaking down confidentiality and anonymity, folks will understand...
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