How to Conduct Investigations that Empower and Engage

Ingredion is a leading, plant-based, global ingredients solutions company that whose products “make crackers crunchy, candy sweet, yogurt creamy, lotions and creams silky, plastics biodegradable and tissues softer and stronger.” Ingredion is also a current World’s Most Ethical Companies honoree – a distinction it has earned an impressive 10 times. So it came as no surprise when we learned the company is doing some compelling work in the area of speak-up culture and internal investigations to improve engagement and make everyone feel heard. Which is why we reached out to Ingredion Vice President and General Counsel-Compliance, Kimberly White, to learn more.

• 1:38: Building speak-up culture by conducting post-investigation interviews with witnesses
• 2:37: Common investigations pitfalls and how to avoid them
• 6:09: How Ingredion empowers its employees to speak up against misconduct

To learn more about what Kim and her team are accomplishing, please visit ingredion.com and mouse over the Our company drop-down on the upper-right corner of the page. There, you’ll find links to Ingredion’s Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility, and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion programs. But most of all, make sure to click on the link for Business Integrity, Ethics & Compliance for an integrity message from Ingredion CEO Jim Zallie, Ingredion’s Code of Conduct, and more.

For a wealth of free resources on Investigations and Reporting, please visit the Ethisphere Resource Center at ethisphere.com/resources.

If you know of a practitioner or program that exemplifies excellence within the ethics economy, let us know at [email protected]. We’d love to spotlight their best practices and success stories on the show.