Business Ethics Advisor, Speaker, & Thought Leader
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Top 40 Under 40, Woman of Influence, YWCA Rising Star, Next Generation Leadership Award
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Former Chief Compliance Officer at a Fortune 500
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Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP), Six Sigma Green Belt
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Keynote speaker, presenter and workshop facilitator
Summary
I am at my best working with clients who are ready to wake-up and live out their core values. Being good is good business.
Ashlee Foltz is Founder of ACF Consulting Solutions where she gives organizations a strategic edge through ethics guidance and crisis avoidance. She has a track record of success in business ethics, law, and government relations. Ashlee empowers clients to become intentional about how they do business.
Ashlee serves as a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator and advisor on the topics of business ethics, corporate consciousness and organizational culture.
Certifications and Awards:
Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional
International Business Ethics and Compliance Certificate
Six Sigma Green Belt
40 Under 40 Award by Cincinnati Business Courier
Woman of Influence Award by LEAD Magazine
Next Generation Leader award by LEGACY
YWCA Rising Star
Ashlee serves as a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator and advisor on the topics of business ethics, corporate consciousness and organizational culture.
Certifications and Awards:
Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional
International Business Ethics and Compliance Certificate
Six Sigma Green Belt
40 Under 40 Award by Cincinnati Business Courier
Woman of Influence Award by LEAD Magazine
Next Generation Leader award by LEGACY
YWCA Rising Star
Experience Highlights
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Chief Compliance Officer at Cintas Corporation
Led across a $6.5B enterprise with 43,000 employees and 400+ locations
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Ethicist in Residence at Xavier University
Advisor and lecturer on current business ethics trends and impact
Education Highlights
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Juris Doctor
University of Dayton School of Law
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Bachelor of Arts
Centre College
Interests
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Conscious Capitalism
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Gender Equity
Questions & Answers
Why did you choose business ethics as your focus?
Business ethics allows me to use both my legal and business experiences to advise organizations on how to live out their values.
Business ethics is at the crossroads of what an organization is legally able to do and what it SHOULD do. My corporate law side analyzes how decisions affect the company, while my expertise in business ethics assesses how those decisions affect everything.
Business ethics is at the crossroads of what an organization is legally able to do and what it SHOULD do. My corporate law side analyzes how decisions affect the company, while my expertise in business ethics assesses how those decisions affect everything.
What are you working on right now?
I'm currently working on content for several upcoming webinars.
What are your long-term goals?
Continued self improvement.
Best advice you've ever received:
Always choose the harder right over the easier wrong.
Blog
Being Good is Good Business
Integrating ethics throughout the business
On this episode of the Principled podcast, host Dr. Marsha Ershaghi Hames interviews Ashlee Foltz, founder of ACF Consulting Solutions and the former chief ethics and compliance officer of Cintas Corp. Ashlee describes her own journey into the ethics and compliance field, her passion for business ethics, and how best to integrate the function into an organization. During the episode, trends in business ethics and drivers for socially responsible companies are discussed, as well as how to...
