Welcome to the 10th edition of OIG Shorts. In this post we discuss why it’s important that Chief Legal Officers (and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officers) have meaningful, real-time involvement in the key legal, organizational,...more
7/20/2023
/ Board of Directors ,
C-Suite Executives ,
Chief Ethics and Compliance Officers (CECO) ,
Chief Legal Officers ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corporate Governance ,
Decision-Making Process ,
Diversity ,
Investors ,
Risk Management ,
Thought Leadership
Welcome back to the 9th edition of OIG Shorts, a publication of the Sheppard Mullin Organization Integrity Group (OIG). This post discusses the importance of a targeted, multi-layered compliance program focused at individual...more
Welcome back to the seventh edition of OIG Shorts, a publication of the Sheppard Mullin Organizational Integrity Group. Today’s discussion focuses on the thorny issue of Ethics & Compliance (E&C) program funding.
Arguing...more
The inattention some companies pay to their ethics and compliance program never ceases to surprise us. You’d think the frequency of DOJ press releases and prosecutions holding companies accountable for employee wrongdoing...more
In 1657, mathematician Blaise Pascal commented in a letter to his church leaders “I have made this longer than usual because I did not have time to make it shorter.” More than 100 years later, another Frenchman, Napoleon...more
6/17/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Crisis Management ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
Health Care Providers ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Internal Investigations ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Shareholder Litigation
“Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 prohibits the Federal Government from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, ‘any...more
1/16/2020
/ China ,
Compliance ,
Exports ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Policy ,
Huawei ,
Imports ,
NDAA ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
US Trade Policies
Approaching organizational integrity to resolve reputational threats before and after they may occur requires accounting for corporate values, public trust, corporate stakeholders, and reputation while seeking out and...more