Innovating Ethics: Creativity in Corporate Compliance with Katie Lawler

About this episode

This episode explores the integration of creativity into corporate compliance and ethics programs with insights from Katie Lawler.

Where does creativity fit into compliance? In more places than you think. Problem-solving, accountability, communication, and connection—they all take creativity. Join Tom Fox and Ronnie Feldman on Creativity and Compliance, part of the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network. Ronnie’s company, Learnings, and Entertainment, utilizes the entertainment devices people use to consume information in their everyday, non-work lives and applies it to important topics around compliance and ethics. It is not only about being funny. It is about changing the tone of your compliance communications and messaging to make your compliance program, policies, and resources more accessible. In this episode of Creativity and Compliance, Tom Fox and Ronnie Feldman are joined by Katie Lawler, EVP and Global Chief Ethics Officer at U.S. Bank. They deeply dive into the importance of creativity in corporate ethics programs, particularly how innovative approaches help engage employees and drive behavior change. Katie shares insights on embedding ethics into daily operations, discussing successful initiatives like the ‘Ethics RideShare’ video series and ‘Ethics Mythbusters.’ They highlight balancing…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom Fox, Ronnie Feldman

Guest: Katie Lawler

Topics covered

• creativity
• compliance
• ethics
• corporate governance
• employee engagement

Keywords

• problem-solving
• accountability
• communication
• Ethics RideShare
• Ethics Mythbusters

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ethics RideShare, Ethics Mythbusters

Books & works: Innovating Ethics: Creativity in Corporate Compliance, Ethics RideShare, Ethics Mythbusters, The Value of Creativity in Ethics Programs, Mean Tweets, Workplace Tonight Show

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