CPR Institute Ombuds Webinar is Aimed at Corporate Counsel

On March 5, 2025, the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution will offer a webinar, "The Organizational Ombuds - What Corporate Counsel Might Want to Consider." Speakers are slated to include: Chuck Howard, Ombuds Consultant; Robyn Diaz, Senior VP & Chief Legal Officer at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (which created an outsourced Ombuds program in 2023; and Chuck Doran, Ombuds and Executive Director of MWI. 

Here's the full description of the program: 

An organizational ombuds serves as an independent, impartial, informal, and confidential resource for members of an organization (employees, faculty, students – known as “visitors”) to help raise and resolve concerns while providing anonymized feedback to leadership. Thousands of companies, universities, and other organizations have benefited from this unique resource that falls outside of standard reporting structures and is, by way of an ombuds charter, independent of formal channels such as HR, legal, and compliance. 

This presentation is designed to help corporate counsel and other participants better understand how an organizational ombuds functions, why an organization might want an ombuds resource, factors to evaluate when considering an ombuds resource, different ombuds models, the dos and don’ts of setting up and maintaining an IOA (International Ombuds Association) compliant program, and more. 

The event is open the the public and only $49 for nonmembers.  (CPR Events.)

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