Tom A. Kosakowski's Blog – July 2011 Archive (3)

Ethics and Compliance Expert Illustrates Work of Corporate Ombuds

The latest issue of the Corporate Crime Reporter features an interview with Patrick Gnazzo, an attorney who has held a variety of executive positions, including as the former chief compliance officer at Computer Associates. Gnazzo says that the optimum set up for a corporation is "a strong ethics and compliance office and a strong ombudsman’s office." He illustrates this position with a story from his work as the chief…

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Added by Tom A. Kosakowski on July 29, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Opens Newest Federal Organizational Ombuds Program

The U.S. intelligence agency responsible for national security and military imagery and mapping has established an Ombuds program for internal and external stakeholders. According to a new website, "The NGA Ombudsman is an informal resource to help answer questions and resolve concerns from employees and external consumers of NGA products about inefficiencies, inconsistent application of policies, potential unfair…

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Added by Tom A. Kosakowski on July 29, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

Call for Proposals: Annual Conference of the International Ombudsman Association

The professional association for organizational ombuds is seeking proposals for its seventh annual conference in Houston, Texas on April 15–18, 2012. The IOA Conference Committee is accepting proposals from potential speakers through Friday, September 16, 2011. Speakers need not be practicing ombuds; past plenary and concurrent sessions have featured attorneys, mediators, HR experts, researchers, organizational development specialists, and executives.

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Added by Tom A. Kosakowski on July 19, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments