CSR Event

Ethics & Compliance: Balance or Integration

Please join the Northwest Ethics Network (NWEN) and the Ethics & Compliance Officer Association (ECOA) for a full-day forum focused on cutting-edge excellence in ethics and compliance. Ethics & Compliance: Balance or Integration gathers top practitioners alongside senior government leaders to offer insights on the current state of ethics and compliance and what steps are proving effective for organizations to achieve a culture that encourages ethical conduct.

Attendees will enjoy excellent keynote addresses and panel discussions as well as have the opportunity to engage and ask questions of leading ethics & compliance thinkers through question-and-answer periods, lunch, and a reception. Don't miss this rare opportunity to meet locally with 100 of your peers and learn from the best the ethics & compliance field has to offer.

Meeting Agenda

Thursday, August 2, 2007

8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast

9:00-9:15 a.m. Welcome & Opening Comments
John Dienhart, The Frank Shrontz Chair for Business Ethics, Seattle University
Keith T. Darcy, Executive Director, ECOA

9:15-10:45 a.m. Plenary Session
How the USSC Put Ethics into the Boardroom
Introductory Presentation by Paula Desio, Chair, Ethics Policy, Ethics Resource Center, and former Deputy General Counsel, United States Sentencing Commission
The Honorable Ruben Castillo, Vice Chair, United States Sentencing Commission; U.S. District Judge (Northern District Illinois)

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Plenary Session
HHS-OIG: Promoting a Compliance Culture in Health Care
Larry Goldberg, Principal Deputy Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, HHS

12:00-1:00 p.m. Networking Lunch

1:00-2:30 p.m. General Session
Cross-Industry Panel: Who's Responsible for Culture, Ethics, and Compliance?
Bridget Carney, System Director of Ethics and Theology, Center for Mission, PeaceHealth
John Dienhart, The Frank Shrontz Chair for Business Ethics, Seattle University
Odell Guyton, Compliance Director, Law & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Corporation
Nabil Istafanous, VP, Compliance and Ethics, Premera Blue Cross
Moderator: Harry Carstens, Ethics & Compliance Officer, Regence BlueShield

2:45-4:15 p.m. General Session
Benchmarking Initiatives and Other New Research
Pat Harned, President, Ethics Resource Center on the ERC's 2007 NBES Survey
Tim C. Mazur, Chief Operating Officer, ECOA on the ECOA-ERC Benchmarking Initiative
Charles E. Ruthford, Ethics Specialist, Boeing Company on the DII's Benchmarking Initiative

4:15-6:00 p.m. Hosted Reception

Come interact with the day's speakers