With the Global Ethics Summit winding down in New York, one of the event’s final sessions focused on board diversity. “There’s become a compelling case for board diversity,” Veta Richardson, president and CEO, Association of Corporate Counsel, noted. “Particularly as research has showed that more diverse boards outperform their global peers.” She then noted the …
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Global Ethics Summit day one session: The anti-corruption landscape
Among the breakout sessions at the Global Ethics Summit was a panel discussion on compliance and the anti-corruption landscape. As Donna Dabney, executive director, Governance Center of The Conference Board, noted, in the 80s and 90s there were incentives for corporations to not have a compliance function for fear that they would have to report …
- March 10, 2015
- Alex Cook
Global Ethics Summit day one keynote: The CEO conversation
The seventh annual Global Ethics Summit kicked off this morning in New York with a keynote conversation involving a diverse set of CEOs. Tom Pfeifer, senior vice president of sales for Thomson Reuters, moderated a panel discussion with James Roberts, president and CEO of Granite Construction; Andrea Illy, chairman and CEO of illycaffe’; and Rodney Martin, …
- March 10, 2015
- Alex Cook
Thomson Reuters Legal Current Blog Introduces New Podcast: “Wait, What?”
EAGAN, Minn. – The Legal business of Thomson Reuters recently launched a new twice-monthly podcast. “Wait, What?” – equal parts Socratic instruction and casual end-of-the-bar conversation about the technologies that have become too close and large to be ignored. Hosted by Matt Angelicola, Joe Harris, Rob Russell and Jason Thomas – all Thomson Reuters Government segment …
- March 10, 2015
- Alex Cook
The Ethsiphere Institute celebrates the World’s Most Ethical Companies
To celebrate the ninth annual World’s Most Ethical Companies list, the Ethisphere Institute hosted the World’s Most Ethical Companies Gala in New York last night. More than 520 representatives from this year’s honorees — including Thomson Reuters — joined dignitaries at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan for this year’s event. Gala attendees also were treated to …
- March 10, 2015
- Alex Cook
A preview of the Global Ethics Summit with Dr. Jack London of CACI
On March 10-11, CEOs, board chairs, compliance and risk management leadership, and more will meet at the 7th Annual Global Ethics Summit, sponsored by Thomson Reuters and Ethisphere. Each year, the summit features compelling conversations on the ethical performance, behavior and reputation of organizations all over the world. Among the business leaders at this year’s …
- March 4, 2015
- Alex Cook
Marketing Partner Forum recap: Partner accountability is essential
Silvia L. Coulter, principal, LawVision Group LLC, writes about her experience at the West LegalEdcenter 22nd Annual Marketing Partner Forum, including firm marketing trends that may emerge over the coming months: Each year Thomson Reuters Marketing Partner Forum presents a host of opportunities for attendees. My favorites for 2015 included: Visiting with various sponsors and …
- March 3, 2015
- Alex Cook
Justice Ginsburg Tops Super Lawyers Supreme Court Lunch Date List
EAGAN, Minn. – The dream of sharing a meal and conversation with a Supreme Court justice would seem to be the ultimate lunch date. But which justice? And where would you take them? Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, surveyed 99 of the top lawyers in the U.S. and asked them, “Which U.S. Supreme Court …
- March 3, 2015
- Alex Cook
West LegalEdcenter to host Women’s Transformative Leadership event this week
On Tuesday, March 3, West LegalEdcenter will host Transformative Leadership: Empowering Women by Improving Participation and Representation – an inaugural event designed to address the challenges affecting leadership opportunities for women in the world’s largest organizations. And with International Women’s Day on March 8, the event takes on a particularly timely tone. Patsy Doerr, global …
- March 2, 2015
- Alex Cook
Jason Thomas joins new Coin Center advisory board
Jason Thomas, manager of Innovation at Thomson Reuters, has joined the advisory board of Coin Center, a non-profit research and advocacy organization focused on the public policy issues facing cryptocurrency technologies. Based in Washington, D.C., the organization seeks to inform and act as a resource for policy makers and media outlets on digital currency technologies, …
- January 14, 2015
- Alex Cook
