In this week's Ethicast, Tensie Whelan, Clinical Professor of Business and Society and Director, Center for Sustainable Business, NYU Stern School of Business discusses why sustainability matters and what investors should expect in 2017 and beyond. More on Whelan here.

Erica Salmon Byrne, EVP, Ethisphere recently chatted with Eric Morehead, Principal Consultant at Morehead Compliance Consulting on the positives and negatives of marketing or publicly announcing your particular commitment to compliance and ethics.

Here's more on Compliance Beat. 

In the following interview, Mike Wallace, Managing Director, BrownFlynn discusses the importance of providing investors with hard numbers as they relate to a company's sustainability and corporate responsibility efforts. 

Tune into Robert Bostrom, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.; Melissa Stapleton Barnes, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer and Sr. Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management, Eli Lilly and Company; and Brian Beeghly, Vice President, Compliance, Johnson Controls;as they discuss how leaders need to hold themselves accountable for matters of integrity. 

Join Roger Brossy, Managing Director, Semler Brossy Consulting Group; Timothy P. Olson, Senior Corporate Counsel and Corporate Secretary, NorthWestern Energy; Carey Roberts, Deputy General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc; and our Erica Salmon Byrne for a discussion on Pay-Gap in Practice: Company Responsibility and the Shift in Compensation Transparency, which took place at Ethisphere’s 8th Annual Global Ethics Summit. More on the panel here.

This Ethicast highlights the a panel of widely respected CEOs and board leadership from Ethisphere's 8th Annual Global Ethics Summit. This episode provides a brief snapshot of how ethics has been a differentiator, competitive advantage, and performance enhancer.

In this Ethicast, Damien Atkins, General Counsel of the Panasonic Corporation of North America talks more about the successful pillars of an effective ethics and compliance program and how Panasonic keeps all employees around the globe on the same page.

Lisa Beth Lentini, Vice President, Global Compliance at Carlson Wagonlit Travel spoke to Ethisphere's Aarti Maharaj in this week's Ethicast about sustaining a culture of trust and integrity across the global travel management company. 

This week's Ethicast series features Jon Sullivan, Senior Manager of Corporate Communications at Aflac. In this episode, Jon explains how data points should be used to create and promote a culture of integrity.

At Aflac, Sullivan plays a leadership position in planning and executing the FORTUNE 132 Company's external communication and media relations. Jon and his corporate communications team were the 2013 winners of the American Business Awards Corporate Communications Department of the Year award and the team is a two-time finalist for PR Week's In-House Agency of the Year Award (2012 & 2013). Jon and his team have received numerous other industry awards for their work, including a Cannes PR Lion, Silver and Bronze Anvils and an Effie. In 2015 Jon was a top four contender for PR News’ Media Relations Professional of the Year.