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[Virtual Event] Encouraging, Managing, and Integrating Employee Reporting - May 30th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT

Optimize your compliance program with a “speak up” workplace culture - Building an organizational culture that encourages employee reporting is key to compliance program success. When employees are comfortable voicing...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

3 Key Factors in Safeguarding National Security: Economic Sanctions, Voluntary Self-Disclosures, and Whistleblower Retaliation

Companies and their executives can reduce Department of Justice (DoJ), OFAC, and Commerce Department risks (and liability) by understanding and respecting the relationship between economic sanctions, voluntary...more

The Volkov Law Group

Supreme Court’s Unanimous Decision Provides Important Protections for Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers

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In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the case, Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC et al. (February 8, 2024).  The Supreme Court’s decision reaffirms an...more

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Top challenges for white collar crime and investigations lawyers in 2024

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We asked our global white collar crime team for their views on the key challenges in 2024 for in‑house investigations teams and white collar crime lawyers, and how to manage the associated risks. Here is what they said. ...more

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The Whistleblower Experience – Unpacking the Benefits and Best Practices

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If you find yourself thinking, “there are so many whistleblower stories in the news these days,” you’re not wrong. From historic awards being distributed from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to the EU...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC Settlements Over Whistleblower Protections Pile Up

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As the SEC closed its fiscal year, it filed three separate enforcement actions against companies for purported violations of Rule 21F-17 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, which prohibits persons from impeding...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Non-Retaliation and Protections for Those Speak Up

I recently concluded a podcast series with Case IQ. Over this series, I visited with Sharlyn Lauby, Jakub Ficner, Kenneth McCarthy, and Meric Bloch on the different facets of a great speak-up regime and how each of those...more

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Separating the Whistleblower from Whistleblowing in the U.K.

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On December 7, 2022, NAVEX hosted a Whistleblowing in the U.K. event at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. Our guest speakers for the session were MP Mary Robinson, who has been pivotal in driving the new...more

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Creating a No-Tolerance Approach to Retaliation

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Over one-quarter (28 percent) of organizations surveyed in our 2022 Regional Whistleblowing Hotline Benchmark Report did not confirm that an anti-retaliation policy was a part of their organization’s confidential reporting...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

What's Going on With Whistleblower Lines

The Navex 2022 Risk & Compliance Hotline & Incident Management Benchmark Report provides a fascinating look into what’s going on in compliance in general and how employees are using helplines specifically. The 2021 report...more

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How to Get From Whistleblower Protection to Accountability

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Corporate compliance can be a noisy and confusing world, with many different issues demanding a compliance officer’s attention. One message, however, has always been a keynote cutting through all the cacophony -- the...more

The Volkov Law Group

Danger! Danger!: Retaliation Against Employees is Increasing (Part II of II)

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The FCPA Guidance issued by the Justice Department and the SEC says it best – “The truest measure of an effective compliance program is how it responds to misconduct.” ...more

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Louisiana Appellate Court Extends Whistleblower Protections to Compliance Officers

The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal recently held in Derbonne v. State Police Commission, No. 2019 CA 1455 (October 14, 2020), that an employee whose duties require that he or she report violations of state law is not...more

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[Virtual Conference] NAVEX Next: Beyond the Moment - October 22nd, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm PDT

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Register for NAVEX Next, our annual risk and compliance virtual conference. Formerly the Ethics & Compliance Virtual Conference (ECVC), the new name recognizes that we must be forward-looking as we face an increasingly...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 5. News Briefs: February 2020 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 5 (February 10, 2020)  - David Laufer, the former chief of the Prosthetics and Orthotics Department at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, was charged...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

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Retaliation in the Workplace: Practical Steps for Reducing Nuts-and-Bolts Risks

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Corporate compliance officers already know that retaliation against whistleblowers is a significant problem, and violation of anti-retaliation statutes is a significant risk. The magnitude of the retaliation problem is...more

The Volkov Law Group

Time for Companies to Establish an Independent Corporate Ombudsman

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Corporate commitment to speak up cultures is suffering. The Ethics and Compliance Initiative’s recent Global National Business Ethics Survey contained a critical finding – corporate instances of retaliation against employee...more

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The State of Whistleblowing

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We continue to read headlines of whistleblowers receiving large, sometimes, multi-million-dollar awards after successful prosecutions of companies for a variety of criminal and civil offenses. ...more

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ECI’s New Business Ethics Survey Confirms Misconduct Rates Declining — But Retaliation Rates Increasing

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The Ethics and Compliance Institute recently released the results of its global business ethics survey. The last survey was conducted in 2013 and ECI’s survey provides important and valuable insights into corporate metrics...more

BakerHostetler

[Event] CLE Event: "Whistling at Work" - December 7th, Columbus OH

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The Top 5 Issues for Navigating the Employment Relationship to Avoid and Defend Whistleblower Retaliation Complaints Topics - - Whistleblower 101: Law and Process - Whistleblower and Compliance Policies: Prevention...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Operationalizing Compliance: Part III – Human Resources

This week I am engaging in a week-long series on how a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) or compliance practitioner might think about operationalizing a compliance program with other corporate functions and disciplines. I am...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for February 2017

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more

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2017 EMEA & APAC Culture and Compliance Benchmark Report - Data And Insights To Put To Work In Your Programme Today

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NAVEX Global partnered with an independent research agency to investigate how companies headquartered across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC) develop and execute their ethics and compliance (E&C)...more

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Why You Shouldn’t Relax on Pretaliation—Even if Policymakers Do

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About two years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made history when it brought the first “pretaliation” whistleblower enforcement action against KBR Inc., a technology and engineering firm in Houston. The...more

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