The Principled Podcast recently wrapped its ninth season and will launch its next series of episodes in the fall. With the season coming to a close, we wanted to know which discussions on culture, ethics, and compliance resonated most with our listeners. So we dug into our website data to pull the most popular episodes from Season 9. Be sure to listen to these conversations—covering responsible AI, effective training and communications, compliance program localization, company values, and planning a corporate E&C week—ahead of the next season.
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Top 5 episodes of the Principled Podcast, Season 9
- Episode 2 – How to make your international E&C program resonate locally
- Episode 4 – Actionable ideas for your corporate Ethics & Compliance Week
- Episode 5 – How company principles and values make compliance simple
- Episode 15 – The key to effective training and communications? Simplicity.
- Episode 16 – What does responsible AI and machine learning look like for business leaders?
Episode 2 – How to make your international E&C program resonate locally
What you’ll learn on this episode
- Ethics and compliance practitioners are often thinking about ways to engage their employees and motivate them to live their values, rather than doing the minimum required by the rules. But how can you make engagement real on a global scale when you’re dealing with a truly global workforce? This episode discusses how E&C professionals can make their international programs resonate through localization.
This episode features
- Host – Susan Divers, LRN
- Guest – John Toy, GlobalFoundries
Episode 4 – Actionable ideas for your corporate Ethics & Compliance Week
What you’ll learn on this episode
- Engagement is a hot topic in the ethics and compliance space—it impacts training, communications, and overall program effectiveness. But driving engagement gets tricky when you have a global presence or employee populations with different working conditions and technologies. How can E&C professionals foster engagement in a way that resonates with everyone—and even makes it fun? This episode explores how to plan a successful corporate ethics and compliance week, including best practices around event content, communication, and participation.
This episode features
- Host – Dave Hansen, LRN
- Guest – Kerry Ferwerda, NSG Group
Episode 5 – How company principles and values make compliance simple
What you’ll learn on this episode
- What is the most effective way to help employees make ethical and compliant decisions regardless of the different situations they face? Should they consult a lengthy list of rules and try to find one that fits the situation? Or can they be trusted to apply critical principles that embed company values? This episode looks at how compliance teams can better empower employees to live their company’s mission and values.
This episode features
- Host – Susan Divers, LRN
- Guest – Dana McMahon, Stryker
Episode 15 – The key to effective training and communications? Simplicity.
What you’ll learn on this episode
- Building a winning culture of ethics and compliance requires efficiency and effectiveness in all aspects of a program—including training, communications, and a code and conduct. But how do you ensure these elements all work together to create a meaningful and intentional learning experience? While also contributing to desired business outcomes? This episode explores why a deep understanding of curriculum design is essential to developing an effective program, using a learning curriculum designed for property management software company Inhabit as a case study.
This episode features
- Host – Carolyn Grace, LRN
- Guest – Erick Sawyer, Inhabit
- Guest – Damien DeBarra, LRN
Episode 16 – What does responsible AI and machine learning look like for business leaders?
What you’ll learn on this episode
- Generative AI is on the agenda of most every company right now. Business leaders are grappling with how to use it in products, services, and in workflows. Managers and their teams are wondering if artificial intelligence is coming for their jobs. Regulators are trying to wrap their arms around it as its potential for misuse is high. If you’re concerned about corporate ethics, culture, and compliance, what is your role in the responsible development and deployment of AI-oriented business initiatives? This episode talks about what “responsible AI” means and how business leaders can move forward in this rapidly changing landscape that is surely as monumental a shift as the invention of the Internet.
This episode features
- Host – Jen Üner, LRN
- Guest – Seth Dobrin, Responsible AI Institute
The key takeaway
These top five episodes offer just a sample of the kinds of topics the Principled Podcast explores each season. To listen to more, check out the Podcasts page on LRN.com and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Stay tuned for more conversations on culture, ethics, and compliance in the coming months.
