It’s been a busy summer for Joseph E. Murphy, a Haddonfield-based attorney. A popular speaker about compliance and ethics issues, Murphy visited India, Ethiopia and Malaysia to meet with government officials and industry leaders.
First stop was Mumbai, India, in July, when Murphy was invited to speak and participate in the workshop “U.S. Department of Commerce and Confederation of Indian Industry, Business Integrity and Compliance Roundtable.” The presentation detailed the strategies for developing an affordable, practical and effective company compliance program for Indian and global markets.
“It is important, in the fight against corruption, that we each be willing to play our part. The companies and organizations at the conference showed that they understood this,” said Murphy, who is the director of Public Policy at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics. “In my experience, people in business either find a way or they find excuses. There are already too many excuses for corruption. In this remarkable conference no excuses were on offer. Rather, the U.S.
Commerce Department and the Confederation of Indian Industry convened a meeting of those looking to find a way to fight against corruption and not accept excuses.” Next stop was Africa in August, where Murphy participated in the AGOA Ethiopia 2013 Forum held in Addis Ababa at the headquarters of the African Union, in an event called The Benefits of U.S.
African Public-Private Partnerships. Murphy’s presentation was “Compliance Programs for Small and Medium-Sized Companies.” At his final summer destination, Murphy presented on compliance and ethics programs for small businesses at “Train the Trainer Workshop for Codes of Ethics,” sponsored by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
