BELA Asks: How Do I Make the Case for Dedicated E&C Communications?

About this episode

In this episode, Erica Salmon Byrne answers how to build the business case for a dedicated communications specialist within an E&C department.

At Ethisphere, we believe there is no competition in compliance. That’s why we’re using this show as a platform to answer high-level questions about business integrity that have been posed to us by the members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, or BELA. BELA is a global ethics & compliance community that provides exclusive access to helpful data, benchmarking, events, and other resources to advance your E&C program. It also provides a concierge service by which members can submit questions around best practices, and our internal experts will provide an answer, plus helpful resources with more information. Many of these questions are particular to a specific company’s needs. But many more of them speak to challenges or opportunities facing E&C professionals everywhere. So in this episode, we’re going to answer one such question as part of our ongoing mission to make the world a better place by advancing business integrity. Joining us once again to answer your questions is BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne. In this episode, Erica answers the following question: How can I build the business case for an embedded and dedicated communications specialist within our E&C department…

People in this episode

Guest: Erica Salmon Byrne

Topics covered

• business integrity
• ethics
• compliance
• communications
• BELA

Keywords

• E&C communications
• business case
• ethics
• compliance
• BELA
• Ethisphere

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ethisphere, Business Ethics Leadership Alliance

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