Ethics and Compliance Switzerland (ECS) is a unique cross industry not for profit organization in Switzerland. ECS welcomes compliance officers and anyone interested in the compliance discipline including regulators, risk professionals, in-house counsel, auditors, board members and those who work with or supervise compliance functions.
In addition to individual members, ECS currently has the following organizational members: Nestlé, Givaudan International, Swisscom, Holcim Groups Service Ltd, Agon Partners Compliance, Bayer Consumer Care, BDO, Business Keeper, EQS Group / Intergrity Line, Infront Sports & Media AG, Institute for International Business Law, Waldewyss AG, Koenig Bauer Banknote Solutions, Nachrichtendienst des Bundes NDB, Niederer Kraft & Frey, Tillotts Pharma AG and the Basel Institute on Governance.
If you would like to join ECS as an individual or organizational member, click here!
ECS engaged the Basel Institute on Governance to maintain its secretariat.
ECS is a not-for-profit association dedicated to promote the cross sectorial discussion of compliance topics amongst its members and compliance practitioners.
Communication and exchange is enabled on different platforms including traditional face to face meetings, internal and public events and via online publishing.
ECS puts great emphasis on being inclusive and welcomes active stakeholder involvement in its future development and setting of priorities. We are looking forward to developing ECS with you.
Protecting Whistleblowers: Promises Kept or Broken? Join us online – 18 March 2025 at 15:00 – 16:00h Speaker: Mark Worth, Executive Director, Whistleblowing International For the past 30 years, whistleblower protection has been heralded as one of the most effective ways to expose, stop and punish corruption. From the UN to the EU to the (more…)
27 March 2025
10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
Weitere Informationen, Programm und Anmeldung: https://www.zhaw.ch/irw/compliancekonferenz
📅 When? March 28th at 9 AM (register here) ⏰
👤 Who? Dr. Tatiana Bordiug, Ph.D. in Law, LL.M. Candidate in Compliance at Fribourg University, former Chief Specialist at the Supreme Court, lawyer and compliance specialist with experience in managing cross-border projects in a top law firm in Zurich, will examine how AI is influencing and transforming the legal field, with specific focus on legal research, document drafting and due diligence.
Save the Dates for THE AI ROAST! Mark your calendars—every last Friday of the month at 9 a.m., we’ll gather for coffee and insightful conversations at THE AI ROAST. Each session will feature a brief presentation on a hot topic in AI and compliance, followed by an engaging group discussion. What’s Brewing Behind the Scenes? New (more…)
Unmasking Corruption: OSINT Techniques for Anti-Bribery and Compliance Professionals May 15 from 4.30pm – 6pm at Bayer Schweiz, Uetlibergstrasse 132, 8045 Zurich A focused workshop on leveraging Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) to enhance anti-corruption efforts. Participants explore practical tools and strategies to detect, investigate, and mitigate bribery risks, fostering a proactive approach to corporate ethics and (more…)
OSINT Against Misinformation: Strengthening Integrity in Anti-Bribery and Corruption Efforts This session highlightens practical strategies to identify and mitigate risks associated with false information that can undermine compliance and ethical decision-making. June 17 from 4.30pm – 6pm at Bayer Schweiz, Uetlibergstrasse 132, 8045 Zurich Why attend: Combat false information – learn how misinformation can be (more…)
End-of-Summer Roundtable Discussion and Networking Drinks, Zurich on 5 Sept 2025, 16:00-18:30h Join us for this annual ECS tradition, now in its 12th year! This participatory event is designed to allow discussion—in a small, safe setting—of critical current compliance topics and trends, plus to catch up socially after our summer breaks, Moderated by ECS Board (more…)
Möchten Sie sich als Compliance-Expert:in in der Finanzindustrie etablieren? Mit dem CAS Compliance Management im Finanzmarkt halten Sie Schritt mit den komplexen Compliance-Anforderungen des Finanzmarktes und rüsten sich für die digitale Zukunft. Die nächste Durchführung des CAS startet am 15.09.2025.
Weitere Informationen zur Weiterbildung finden Sie auf der Webseite:https://www.zhaw.ch/irw/cas-cmf
Join this premiere annual event and hear from leading Swiss and international compliance leaders, regulators, and board members. Chaired by Gabe Shawn Varges, this event is celebrating its 16th year. It provides an effective way to stay on top of cutting-edge practices for the management of compliance and ethics programs as well as for networking with fellow professionals.
To reserve a spot and receive the registration materials when available, write to miranda.diggelmann@unisg.ch
What are the links between corruption and current challenges like shifting geopolitics, democratic regression, climate change or migration? How can companies and other organizations tackle corruption in a changing world? Learn from leading practitioners and top academics in an interdisciplinary setting. Join us in this forward-looking study programme provided by the Basel Institute on Governance and the University of Basel.
Please find further information on our continuing education programmes on our Basel STUDY website: https://baselgovernance.org/study
