Publications

Here is a partial list of the publications and online interviews involving the Principals of McBride Associates. The list is in reverse chronological order.

Newsletter from Corporate Secretary Magazine's editor - This newsletter explains the catalyst's role Jon McBride played in the crafting of the June 2015 Corporate Secretary Magazine edition's cover article on Ombuds. See the cover article itself, entitled "Ombuds programs: Creating a culture of trust rather than compliance."

"The Organizational Ombudsman: Building a Culture of Trust from the Ground Up" - Article by Jon McBride and Jim Hostetler in NACD Directorship magazine, July/August, 2012.

"Is an Ombudsman Right for your Company?" - Article including quotes from Jon McBride that appeared on the Corporate Secretary Magazine website, May 31, 2012.

"Whistleblower Rules - Time for an Ombudsman?" - Webinar of The Mutual Fund Directors Forum (MFDF), moderated by Susan Ferris Wyderko, Executive Director of MFDF, and featuring Marco Adelfio, a Partner at Goodwin Proctor LLP, and Jon McBride, that was broadcast on March 9, 2012.
- First right-click here and "Save target as" to your desktop. These are the slides used during the interview. Double-click on the downloaded file to see the slides.
- Then left-click here to listen to the audio while watching the slides

The Role of the Ombudsman - Video interview of Jon McBride by Aarti Maharaj, Associate Editor of Corporate Secretary Magazine, regarding the role of the ombudsman, in collaboration with the Corporate Secretary, as a complement to the corporate compliance function, that appeared on the Corporate Secretary Magazine website in January, 2012.

"An Inspector General for Corporate America: The Governance Ombudsman" and "From Dangerous Silence to a Culture of Trust" - Transcription (edited by James McRitchie at CorpGov.net) of two panel presentations that Jon McBride made with Chuck Howard, Partner at Shipman & Goodwin, LLP, and Pat Gnazzo, former Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at both United Technologies Corporation (UTC ) and CA Inc. - "An Inspector General for Corporate America: The Governance Ombudsman" - at the Silicon Valley chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (SVNACD) the morning of October 20, 2011, at the Palo Alto law offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., followed by - "From Dangerous Silence to a Culture of Trust," - a presentation that the panel made at Stanford University's (Arthur and Toni Rembe) Rock Center for Corporate Governance at midday the same day, October 20, 2011.

"Time for an Ombudsman" - Article by Jon McBride and Steve Norman, former Corporate Secretary and Corporate Governance Officer at American Express Company, that appeared in Corporate Secretary Magazine, February, 2011.

"Board Champions for the Ombudsman" - Article by Jon McBride and Jim Hostetler that appeared in Directors Monthly, the newsletter of the National Association of Corporate Directors, in May, 2008.