HISTORY's Pawn Stars Rick Harrison to Headline SCCE's 10th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute, September 11-14, 2011, Las Vegas, NV

Hear From Government and Business Leaders  from U.S. Sentencing Commission, Dow Jones, Microsoft, Bechtel, TAMKO, Philip Morris, Eli Lilly, World Bank Group, Department of Homeland Security, Boeing, U.S. Department of Justice, FBL Financial Group, British Telecom, Starbucks, Walmart, and many more

MINNEAPOLIS, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Corporate Compliance and Business Ethics will be at center stage along with Rick Harrison, star of HISTORY'S own Pawn Stars at the Compliance & Ethics Institute, September 11-14, 2011 in Las Vegas, NV, the Society or Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) announced today. Rick Harrison, the star of Pawn Stars and owner of Las Vegas' Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, will keynote the opening session of the 2011 Compliance & Ethics Institute where he'll share how he ensures every employee in his store acts lawfully and ethically, while conducting over a thousand transactions each week.

Bechtel's Vice President & Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer,  Nancy Higgins, Esq. will moderate Tuesday's opening general session a panel discussion -'What Your Board Wants to Know About Your Ethics & Compliance Program' - with panelists Carolyn Corvi, Board of Directors, United Continental Holdings, Inc. and Goodrich Corporation; (Retired) Vice President/General Manager Airplane Programs and Supply Chain Management, Boeing Company; Marillyn Hewson, Board of Directors, DuPont; Executive Vice President, Electronic Systems, Lockheed Martin Corporation; and Anne Stevens, Board of Directors, Lockheed Martin Corporation.

A lively debate will follow with 'Let's Get This Party Started: Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Bounty Protections, Internal Company Programs and More!' The panelists come from the whistleblower advocate, in-house counsel, and compliance and ethics practitioner communities, include Donna Boehme, Principal, Compliance Strategists, LLC; Eric Havian, Attorney, Phillips & Cohen LLP; Stephen Kohn, Executive Director, National Whistleblowers Center; and Amar Sarwal, Associate General Counsel, Association of Corporate Counsel.  

The 10th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute program agenda features 80 sessions, 115 speakers, special "ethics" as well as "risk" tracks plus Advanced Discussion Groups and Compliance and Ethics Case Studies from corporations including Alcatel-Lucent, Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Cisco Systems, FBL Financial Group, Inc., J.C. Penney, and Microsoft. To view the complete agenda click here: http://www.corporatecompliance.org/staticcontent/2011CEI_brochure.pdf

"The agenda this year is particularly diverse," said SCCE Chief Executive Officer Roy Snell. "The compliance community is facing new challenges, and it's important that our agenda reflect both the range of issues and responses, including from unconventional perspectives."

About the SCCE

The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE) is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Its mission: SCCE exists to champion ethical practice and compliance standards in all organizations and to provide the necessary resources for compliance professionals and others who share these principles. Visit the SCCE Web site at http://www.corporatecompliance.org, Tel: +1 952 933 4977; Toll Free: 888-277-4977. Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics is located at 6500 Barrie Road, Suite 250, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435. E-mail: [email protected]

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