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FEATURED BOARD MEMBERS

Mark E. Meaney, Ph.D.

Dr. Meaney is an ethicist, whose work has focused on organizational ethics and corporate compliance. Before founding ICEG, Dr. Meaney was Vice President of Programs and Publications at the Midwest Bioethics Center, Kansas City, MO. He has also served as Director, Center for Ethics in Health Care, Atlanta, GA.

In February of '08, Dr. Meaney stepped down from the day-to-day operations as Executive Director of ICEG. He currently serves as the Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Compliance for the City of Chicago.

His consulting experience in business ethics and compliance covers a wide array of industries including telecommunications, healthcare, engineering and construction, retail, distributors and manufacturers, government contractors, transportation services, not-for-profits and government agencies.

Dr. Meaney developed e-business compliance programming in a strategic partnership with the Internet Healthcare Coalition. He conducted worldwide ethics and compliance assessments, ethics and corporate social responsibility audits and related program analyses for both U.S. and non-U.S. based organizations facing sanctions under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. He implemented an integrated ethics/compliance and sustainable development program for a multinational engineering and construction company with offices in 50 countries.

Dr. Meaney has developed monitoring procedures for organizations in various industries. The focus of this work is to identify risks and vulnerabilities with respect to harmful work conditions and other human rights violations (within the United States and abroad) in accordance with the U.S. Department of Labor, United Nations and ILO guidelines and standards.

Dr. Meaney has an extensive history in working with senior executives and Boards of public companies in the design and implementation of corporate governance programs as the starting point for the company’s overall process of ethics, business conduct and compliance.

He has developed and implemented ethics and ethical awareness training programs for organizations on a worldwide basis, including the design of interactive technology, desktop learning applications and train-the-trainer programs.

Dr. Meaney has worked with corporate counsel and ethics officers in the implementation of worldwide ethics programs, including the design of corporate codes of conduct, downstream communications, ethics training and helpline/hotline management.

Dr. Meaney has taught corporate responsibility and business ethics with the Legal Studies Department at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has held appointments with the Graduate School of Management, Pennsylvania State University; the College of Health Professionals, Thomas Jefferson University; and the School of Nursing, Seton Hall University. He held a joint appointment in applied ethics with the Division of Medical Humanities, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

In 2002, Aspen Publishers released his book on ethical issues in compliance, Guide to Professional Development in Compliance. Kluwer Academic Publishers published his latest work in 2003 on globalization, Capital as Organic Unity.

Dr. Meaney earned his doctoral degree from Marquette University.

 

 

Anthony O. Boswell, M.Ed., JD

Tony Boswell is an attorney and educator who has led major corporate ethics and compliance initiatives with Fortune 500 and global corporations world-wide. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Office of Compliance for the City of Chicago.

He served as corporate counsel and ethics and compliance officer for three Fortune 500 companies over the past 16 years. He implemented compliance programs in a variety of industries including engineering and construction, healthcare, and transportation services.

Mr. Boswell has conducted global ethics and compliance assessments, ethics and compliance audits, sustainable development program audits, and internal investigations on the full spectrum of compliance-related issues for both U.S. and non-U.S. based corporations.

While at Laidlaw, Inc. , a multinational healthcare and transportation conglomerate, he designed, implemented and furnished leadership for Laidlaw companies' ethics and compliance programs across diverse healthcare and business operations.

Mr. Boswell also directed corporate defense strategy of various civil and criminal governmental investigations for Laidlaw. He provided strategic guidance to corporate officers regarding corporate business practices; improved business relationships and served as a liaison with federal and state payers and government agencies; and conducted internal investigations to resolve allegations of violations of law and corporate policy. He negotiated settlements on behalf of Laidlaw with DOJ, private payers and state and local government entities.

Mr. Boswell shepherded healthcare and transportation divisions through four (4) federally and state-imposed corporate integrity agreements. He designed and delivered corporate-wide education and training programs for more than 110,000 divisional employees of Laidlaw's multinational companies.

Mr. Boswell reported to the Laidlaw Chief Executive Officer and the Vice Chairman of the Laidlaw Board of Directors. He served as Secretary of the Laidlaw Board of Directors Health Care Committee, and Secretary of the Laidlaw Board of Directors Ethics and Compliance Committee.

At AMEC, plc, the London-based engineering and construction company, Mr. Boswell served as Senior Vice President for Ethics and Compliance and U.S. Government Relations. In this capacity, he designed, implemented and furnished global leadership for the AMEC business ethics and compliance program for 50,000 AMEC employees in 50 countries.

Mr. Boswell also designed and integrated an AMEC ethics and compliance and sustainability program. He furnished oversight for AMEC global human rights initiative, and established on-going dialogue with non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The focus of this work was to identify risks and vulnerabilities with respect to harmful work conditions and other human rights violations both within the United States and abroad in accordance with U.S. Department of Labor, United Nations' Global Compact and ILO guidelines and standards. He also designed, implemented and provided leadership for the AMEC U.S. Government Relations program.

Mr. Boswell earned his Master's of Education degree from UNC-CH and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

 

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