Format: Online
In regulated financial institutions, formal codes of conduct, policies, and compliance frameworks are essential—but they are not enough on their own. The true test lies in whether ethical values are genuinely embedded in decision-making, leadership behavior, internal controls, and organizational culture. This webinar explores how internal audit, compliance, and governance professionals can move beyond reviewing policy documents to assessing whether ethics and culture are truly operationalized in practice.
Participants will examine practical approaches to auditing ethical culture, identifying red flags, evaluating tone at the top and tone in the middle, and testing whether institutional behaviors align with stated values and regulatory expectations. The session will also highlight how auditors can provide meaningful assurance over culture in a way that is credible, evidence-based, and relevant to boards and senior management.
This webinar serves as a preview of the conversations and insights that will be explored at the 2026 Financial Services Exchange Conference in New York City. Join us at the conference from August 31 - September 1, 2026 to connect with audit, risk, and compliance leaders for a two-day experience focused on innovation, collaboration, and the future of financial services.
DATE: Jun 30, 2026
TIME: 12:00 PM–1:00 PM ET
One (1) NASBA CPE will only be awarded to participants on the live broadcast who are logged in for a minimum of 50 minutes and engage on at least three poll questions per each hour of the event.
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By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Distinguish between formal ethics frameworks and the actual behavioural evidence that demonstrates an ethical culture in practice.
- Identify key indicators, warning signs, and cultural red flags within regulated financial institutions.
- Apply practical audit techniques to assess ethics, conduct, accountability, and tone across different levels of the organization.
- Evaluate how governance, incentives, speak-up mechanisms, and leadership behaviours influence organizational culture.
- Strengthen audit reporting and assurance approaches related to ethics and culture for boards, regulators, and senior management.
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SPEAKER
Marc Y. Tassé, MBA, FCPA, FCA, FCG, CFF
University of Ottawa
Marc Y. Tassé is a globally recognized authority on governance, ethics, and strategic leadership. A Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant (FCPA, FCA) and Fellow Chartered Governance Professional (FCG), he advises boards, regulators, and senior executives in Canada and internationally on integrity, risk, and fiduciary oversight. His work has included strategic collaboration with the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, and OECD, and he was twice selected to participate in the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the IMF and World Bank Group.
Mr. Tassé has held senior governance roles across the public sector, including Chair of the Governance, Ethics & Nominating Committee at Reporting and Assurance Standards Canada, member of the Governing Council of the Standards Council of Canada, and appointee to Ontario’s Education Sector Audit Committee. He has provided expert testimony before Canada’s House of Commons and Senate committees and served as a trusted advisor to federal departments on enhanced due diligence, procurement integrity, and anti corruption, holding both Secret and Top Secret security clearances.
An experienced independent director and trustee, Mr. Tassé has served on more than twenty private and not for profit boards and committees. He is a National Board member of the Chartered Governance Institute of Canada and helped advance boardroom practice through the creation of the TASSE Score, a forward looking diagnostic that enables boards to identify reputational risk early, strengthen decision making, and prevent foreseeable harm before crises emerge.
An award winning academic and practitioner, Professor Tassé teaches in the Executive MBA Program and Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, where he also serves as Director of the Telfer MBA Program and Senior Fellow for the Directors Education Certificate (CD.G). He is Associate Chair of the MBA Program at the Royal Military College of Canada, mentors emerging leaders through King’s Trust Canada, and is a frequent speaker at leading international forums. His contributions to ethics and public trust have been recognized with His Majesty King Charles III Coronation Medal and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Commemorative Pin.