Steven Baruch - Health Care Compliance Association

Social Networking
John Falcetano
Editor’s note: John Falcetano, CHC-F,
CCEP-F, CHRC, CHPC, CIA is
Chief Audit/Compliance Officer for
University Health Systems of Eastern
Carolina and Treasurer of the HCCA
Board of Directors. John may be
contacted by e-mail at
jfalcetano@uhseast.com.
This month, I though I would focus on another function of our social
networking site: The ability to blog and comment on particular compliance
topics. Today’s column provides some insight to the world of blogs.
Suj Shah, from Chicago recently blogged about two ways to strengthen
your employee hotline. The following are excerpts from his blog.
Two ways to strengthen your employee hotline
“Fear of retaliation for speaking up about ethical violations in the workplace
not only affects whether workers are willing to report wrongdoing
to management, it drives the level of misconduct itself,” according to a
recent study released by the Ethics Research Center. See Research Brief,
Retaliation: The Cost to Your Company and Its Employees (http://
www.ethics.org/files/u5/Retaliation.pdf).
Second, employees are less willing to report wrongdoing when it is
perceived that the report will not be taken seriously. One of the proposed
amendments to the Organizational Sentencing Guidelines also emphasizes
“taking reasonable steps” in reaction to incidents. See Amendments
to the Sentencing Guidelines: http://www.ussc.gov/2010guid/20100503_
Reader_Friendly_Proposed_Amendments.pdf.
Strengthen your employee hotline by a clear non-retaliation policy and a
commitment to appropriate and timely report follow-up.”
Web 2.0 is about the
new, faster, everyone
connected Internet.
HCCA is embracing this approach and offers you
a number of ways to build out your network,
connect with compliance professionals, and
leverage this new technology. Take advantage of
these online resources; keep abreast of the latest
in compliance news; and stay ahead of the curve.
Dozens of discussion groups and
more than 6,000 participants
http://community.hcca-info.org
Profiles of over 3,800 compliance
and ethics professionals
http://www.hcca-info.org/LinkedIn
Follow HCCA_News to keep up with the
latest compliance news and events
http://twitter.com/HCCA_News
To participate in the discussion, review the comments, or just talk
with your peers, you can access the Social Network site by going to the
following link: www.hcca-info.org/sn n
Connect with compliance and ethics
professionals on Facebook
http://www.hcca-info.org/Facebook
Each resource is 100% dedicated to
compliance and ethics management.
So sign up for whichever one works
best for you, or for all four if you’re
already living the Web 2.0 life.
Health Care Compliance Association • 888-580-8373 • www.hcca-info.org
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