Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 4: Don't Be Evil: In the Hot Seat of Data Privacy, Part 1
Privacy Issues from Third-Party Website Tags
Episode 331- NAVEX State of Risk and Compliance Programs
What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program
Managing Social Media Risk
Compliance Lessons from Dating in Your 50s
Managing Compliance Risk for Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 3: Claims and Investigations
False Claims Act Insights - The Art and Science of Corporate Compliance in Managing FCA Risk
Preparing for a Government Healthcare Audit
Episode 318 -- LRN's Recent Study Underscores Importance of Ethical Culture and Values-Based Leadership
Understanding the HHS OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance
Climate Risk, the emerging risk
What's Going on with FCPA?
Compliance, Project Management, and Process Improvement
Leaning in on AI in Compliance Programs
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Gavels & Gowns - Title IX Regulations - Changes on the Horizon
Episode 312 -- Eddie Green, CEO SnippetSentry, on Communications Preservation Risks
Behavioral Health Compliance
Last month, I wrote a blog post on the tone at the top, exemplified in Star Trek’s Original Series episode, Devil in the Dark. Based on the response, some passionate Star Trek fans are out there. I decided to write a series...more
Get ready for inspiration, innovation, and new ideas! Join us in Amsterdam for the 12th annual European Compliance and Ethics Institute, 18–20 March 2024. We look forward to gathering in-person once again to share insights...more
One of the benefits of old(er) age is perspective and experience. (As we age, we have to find the positive reasons to tout). If there is one thing (of many) the compliance profession has demonstrated, it is that compliance...more
Michael Ortwein, Chief Compliance Officer of General Motors sits down for an exclusive video interview for ACI Insights with Rebecca Hughes Parker, Editor-in-Chris of Anti-Corruption Report. ...more
In-person is back! Join us in Amsterdam for the 2023 European Compliance & Ethics Institute! Strengthen your compliance and ethics program by attending our 11th annual European Compliance and Ethics Institute, 20-22 March...more
This is a topic that every compliance professional has to address in one form or another. Chief compliance officers are so busy that they often cannot even take the time to tackle this difficult issue. This is a real...more
For some reason, many companies do not include Ethics in the title of the CCO but expect the CCO to assume responsibility for a company’s ethical culture. Well, it is high time for companies to confirm this important...more
On 9 June 2022, NAVEX hosted the 2022 European Risk and Compliance Virtual Conference, in which industry leaders and experts came together to discuss all the latest news, trends, updates and challenges surrounding company...more
There are lots of sources for compliance guidance — prosecutors, regulators, compliance organizations, and many others have set forth important and valuable guidance for the design and implementation of an effective ethics...more
Despite an industry uproar, the sky is NOT falling with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DoJ”) requirement that chief executive officers (“CEOs”) and chief compliance officers (“CCOs”) certify that their compliance programs...more
Compliance by fear is not an effective strategy for promoting the purposes of a compliance program – to enhance a company’s ethical culture and compliance performance, and to prevent and deter misconduct. A proper calculation...more
At the 2022 SCCE European Compliance & Ethics Institute Dr. Jan Sprafke, Head of Compliance, Europe and Latin America and Jad Mhanna, Regional Compliance Officer at Ericsson will be leading a session entitled Cultural Divide...more
Chief compliance officers play a key role in managing a company’s ethical culture. Most companies fail to pay proper attention to its culture because it is difficult to define, measure and monitor. Such an approach is...more
UK companies should be aware of the increasing focus on corporate culture by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. In a recent speech that has garnered significant attention, US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco...more
Sometimes compliance issues are simple. Most times they are nuanced. This is a simple issue but it carries with it a significant message. So here goes – where is the CCO’s office?...more
We often discuss the importance of a “Speak Up” culture. We encourage employees to report their concerns, we emphasize the important of such reporting to the life of an organization....more
Our Basic Academies are ideal for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience who are ready to support, enhance and manage a comprehensive compliance program. They are taught by compliance professionals,...more
Chief compliance officers (CCOs) are talented professionals. As Donna Boehme always emphasizes, CCOs are subject matter experts (SMEs) in compliance risks, controls and mitigation. CCOs focus on legal and compliance risks...more
ACI’s New York Conference on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is returning in a virtual format on June 2 – 3, 2021. Once again, this anti-corruption event will gather the key stakeholders: senior government officials, industry...more
While my first posting highlighted the positive developments in the CCO’s role and professional development, the next two postings present troubling concerns....more
Joe Morgan died yesterday. He was one of my earliest baseball heroes as he began his career in Houston in 1963, way back when they were the Colt 45s. Two years later they became the Astros and have soared ever since. Morgan...more
The Justice Department gave compliance officers a significant piece of guidance in June with its latest update to the evaluation of corporate compliance programs. The guidance begs the fundamental question: Is the compliance...more
Pete Hamill died Wednesday. According to his New York Times (NYT) obituary, he was the “streetwise son of Brooklyn who turned a gift for storytelling, a fascination with characters and a romance with tabloid newspapers into a...more
Chief compliance officers are heroes. They labor every day to advance a company’s ethics and compliance program without much recognition, with few resources, and with well-known gaps in their programs....more
The Justice Department “listens and learns” from companies and compliance practitioners. As part of every enforcement action, DOJ prosecutors review and assess compliance programs in accordance with the standards explained...more