How to Build an Ethics & Compliance Program That Exceeds Mandates

JBS Foods is a leading global food company that processes, prepares, packages and delivers fresh, further-processed and value-added premium protein products for sale to customers in approximately 100 countries on six continents.

With more than 250,000 team members and operations in 15 countries, JBS is the #1 global beef producer, the #1 global poultry producer, the #2 global pork producer, and the mothership for major- brands such as Pilgrims and Primo. It’s safe to say that if you haven’t yet eaten a JBS product, you probably know someone who has.

Over the last several years, JBS has made substantial efforts not only to deepen and expand its ethics and compliance program, but more importantly, it has done so with an eye towards the future sustainability of the program itself.

Our guest for this episode is JBS's Global Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Michael Koenig. Prior to his current role, Michael served as the Head of Ethics and Compliance for Pilgrim’s, a JBS brand. He previously spent nearly 25 years as an attorney defending companies, individual executives and public officials in criminal, civil and regulatory investigations and trials. He was also a federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

• 1:45: How the current JBS compliance journey began and where it delivers value to the organization today
• 6:02: Incorporating external insights and best practices
• 12:01: How JBS builds a unified ethics culture across a diverse global operation
• 15:20: Tips for securing your compliance program's budget

To learn more about Governance and Compliance at JBS—as well as its culture, leadership, and sustainability efforts—please visit jbsfoodsgroup.com and click on the Our Purpose tab.

And for a library of free resources on ethical culture, corporate governance, and compliance program structure and authority, check out the Ethisphere Resource Center at ethisphere.com/resources.