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Ethico

COLLAB
Velocity3.8

The whistleblower hotline vendor is assembling a compliance suite, one module at a time.

compliancecase-managementrisk-assessmentpolicy-managementautomationconfigurability
◆Current state
Ethico's case management platform has added a module roughly every quarter: a Risk Assessment module, a role-based myCM dashboard, a custom chart builder in ecoReports, redesigned case follow-ups with automation workflows, category and sub-category hierarchy configuration, and a Communications Hub consolidating emails, reporter updates and comments into one place. The newest release introduces Policy+ and a Form Builder. Announcements are published as previews on LaunchNotes ahead of the actual release, so the notes are brief and forward-looking.
◆Where it's heading
The direction is stated plainly in the latest title — a connected compliance ecosystem rather than a hotline with a case queue. Each module extends further up the compliance lifecycle: risk assessment before an incident, policy distribution and attestation alongside it, case handling after. The consistent secondary theme is configurability, with categories, dashboards, charts and account settings all moving from fixed to customer-defined.
◆Prediction
Policy+ and Form Builder suggest the next work is tying attestation and intake data back into case and risk reporting, since that is the connection the ecosystem framing implies. The published entries are truncated previews, so the actual scope of each release is not fully visible here.

◆Recent moves

  1. 7d ago

    Introducing Policy+ and Form Builder - Building a Connected Compliance Ecosystem

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    Policy management arrives as a distinct product rather than a feature of case management, alongside a Form Builder. It is the module that turns Ethico's sequence of additions into an actual suite — risk before, policy during, cases after.

  2. 3mo ago

    Faster workflows, smarter oversight, and a refreshed case management experience

    A Communications Hub consolidates case emails, reporter updates — previously called Resolutions — and comments into a single surface, alongside a refreshed case management experience. Consolidation work of the kind that has to happen before a platform can credibly add more modules on top.

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  3. 7mo ago

    🚀 End of the year Release: Category & Reporting Enhancements + Automation Improvements

    Category and sub-category configuration becomes hierarchical, with reporting and automation enhancements alongside. Part of the steady move from vendor-defined taxonomies toward ones each compliance team sets for itself.

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  4. 8mo ago

    Automation Workflows and Case Follow-up Redesign

    Case follow-ups are redesigned for a clearer path from start to finish, and automation workflows arrive to drive them. The follow-up surface gets revisited again five months later in the Communications Hub, suggesting this redesign did not settle it.

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  5. 10mo ago

    Risk Assessments re-promoted for the new program year

    A re-announcement of the Risk Assessment capability released earlier in the year, framed around proactive program management for the coming year. Marketing rather than a shipped change.

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  6. 0y ago

    Configuration options broadened for account customization

    A set of configuration enhancements giving customers more control over how their account is set up. Thin on specifics in the published preview, but it fits the configurability thread running through the last year of releases.

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