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Wachsende Bedeutung der Unternehmenskultur

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Was Unternehmen aus einem der größten Baseball-Skandale lernen können - Selten hatte die juristische Aufarbeitung sportlicher Verfehlungen einen so großen Nachhall wie zuletzt beim „Sign Stealing“ in der Major League...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Foul Balls and Red Cards: How Baseball and Soccer’s Different Approaches to Cheating Illustrate the Power of Organizational...

This spring, two major sports teams were caught cheating. Both are consistent championship contenders in recent years. In the United States, hardly any sports fan could have missed the report released by Major League...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Players and Communicating Compliance

The Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal is only going to get worse and worse. In addition to the report by Wall Street Journal (WSJ) of the “Dark Arts” program by the Astros front office to steal signs in a program called...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Tribute to The Boys of Summer and Toxicity in Houston

The Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal filled out quite a bit last week with two significant new items. The first was an interview on the MLB Network by Tom Verducci, of disgraced Astros manager A.J. Hinch (Hinch...more

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It’s Not Whether You Win or Lose but How You Steal the Game

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The Houston Astros’ reputation is benched for the foreseeable future. The interesting thing is that it is not for stealing; it’s for how they stole. Baseball is a game that embraces stealing. You can steal bases and – as many...more

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Compliance Perspectives: Sign Stealing in the MLB

Breaking the rules is breaking the rules no matter where it occurs. And for those of us in compliance there is much to learn from scandals of all sorts. Chris Rose, the co-host of Intentional Talk on the MLB Network and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance – Part 6: Final Thoughts on the Scarlet ‘C’

Culture and Why It Matters - For anyone who was paying attention to the Astros, it has long been clear that the team had a very insular and toxic culture. The Astros culture was broken, toxic and this culture lead directly...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance – Part 5: The Whistleblower and The Amnesty

I am nearing the end of a multi-part exploration of the Major League Baseball (MLB) investigation into allegations that the Houston Astros engaged in a multi-year scheme to steal signs and signals from opposing teams. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance – Part 4: Ethics and The Truth of the Game

Today, I wanted to consider some of the ethical issues involved, why do we have ethics, more specifically, why do we have ethics in sports. At its most basic, ethics is knowing right from wrong. There is no question the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance – Part 3: Compliance Lessons

I am in the midst of a multi-part exploration of the Major League Baseball (MLB) investigation into allegations that the Houston Astros engaged in a multi-year scheme to steal signs and signals from opposing teams. MLB issued...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance-Part 2, Hinch and Luhnow

I am in the midst of a multipart exploration of the Major League Baseball (MLB) investigation into allegations that the Houston Astros engaged in a multi-year scheme to steal signs and signals from opposing teams. MLB issued...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Houston Astros and a Compliance Defense in the FCPA

The Astros act like a corporation and like almost all corporations they look to pay the absolute cheapest that they can to get something. Those who advocate that there be a compliance defense added to the FCPA miss this...more

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