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BELA OF THE BALL

Explore the best of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance...at the Global Ethics Summit!

BELA DAY is the first day of the Global Ethics Summit, with an agenda track dedicated specifically for members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance. Every year, BELA Day isn't just an exciting start to an intense deep-dive into the best practices of business integrity. It is also a signature moment when the ethics and compliance community can come together to connect, compare notes, and share their challenges and success stories. This year's BELA Day was no different, with outstanding keynotes, networking opportunities, and a strong reminder that right now, this community needs community. And we're here for it.

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“I attended with a colleague and we agreed that we were glad we stepped away from our day job to be at the conference and immerse ourselves in the E&C info at hand.”

Angela Bohlen, Duke Energy

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Great experience, full of great professionals with really impressive profiles. We will definitely be back for upcoming years.”

Luis Flores, Hitachi Energy

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Such a great conference, direct value add to my day to day responsibilities and always good to meet the network in person!

Dianne Ramos, Guardian Life Insurance

The BELA Impact Awards honor BELA member companies and individual ethics and compliance leaders for their extraordinary commitment to advancing community engagement, growth, and transformation.

At a time when organizations face turmoil and uncertainty around AI, corruption, human rights; and increasingly polarized stakeholders, this year’s BELA Impact Award honorees meet that challenge with their unwavering commitment to meeting those challenges together in the interest of business integrity for everyone. Please join us in congratulating this year's honorees.

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For outstanding contributions to the member community by way of content resources, event participation, publications, mentorship or peer-to-peer support.

Dianne Ramos & Phil Pescatore
GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE CO

John Castelly
SERVICENOW

Jessica Henn
UNUM

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For exemplary leadership in expanding the reach of BELA and advancing our mission to meet the needs of a global compliance and ethics community.

Yolanda Rabun
IBM

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For individual leaders who have fostered the growth of the BELA community through their personal efforts and generosity in sharing their time and expertise.

Antonio Fernández
FIRSTENERGY

Kristi Kevern
DELL TECHNOLOGIES

Suzanne Echevarria (o/b/o Bo van Zeeland)
SABIC

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Recognizing individuals who have provided enduring and inspirational advocacy for the compliance and ethics profession over the lifetime of their involvement with BELA and the broader ethics and compliance profession.

Wendy Warren (o/b/o Kathi Whalen)
HCA Healthcare

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Last year, BELA Members expressed a desire to put the power of the BELA community to work for the benefit of the host community of Atlanta during the Global Ethics Summit. So this year, BELA Partnered with Hands On Atlanta, a non-profit organization that partners with other non-profits to mobilize the Atlanta community to tackle the city's most pressing needs, from food insecurity to environmental sustainability, to educational equity.

At the end of BELA Day, 250 BELA volunteers packed 1,000 STEAM Kit packs for the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, a Hands On Atlanta partner organization. Girl Scouts of the USA’s vision for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) is to encourage Girl Scouts of all ages to engage in STEM, become scientifically literate, and have the option to explore STEM careers. The STEAM Kits BELA members prepared will help Girl Scouts learn by doing, and unlock their trademark "I've got this" attitude.

Tonight, you're going to build relationships, you're going to have a ton of fun, you're going to support educational equity here in metro Atlanta and you're going to pack about 1,000 STEAM kits for students in our partner schools.

TIM ATKINS, Director of Marketing and Corporate Impact, Hands On Atlanta

BELA: Your New Superpower

As a member of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), you tap into data, expertise and resources to enable you to work smarter, faster and better

Data to drive decisions: compare your practices to peers using the largest E&C dataset in the industry
Expertise to inform issues: access regulatory guidance and expert commentary, along with insights from peers at exclusive events and roundtables
Resources to accelerate programs: download hundreds of ready-to-use templates, toolkits and company-contributed examples to boost your efforts

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