A speak-up channel works when reports reach someone independent of the people named, get triaged within days and never cost the reporter. Under the DOJ pilot, a company's 120-day clock starts with the internal report.
Most codes are written to be signed, not used. Rebuild yours around the decisions employees face, with plain questions, real limits and a named person to ask, and test whether people can find answers in it.
A quarterly question set for private-company and nonprofit boards, covering close quality, cash controls, the hotline, related parties and AI use, with good and worrying answers side by side.
A related-party policy that works: who counts, how approval runs, what ASC 850, Form 990 Schedule L and credit agreements each require, and an annual workflow to keep the log complete.
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A first conversation is a scoping call: what worries you, what you need to show, and to whom. You leave it with a view on where to start, whether or not you hire us.