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Episode 331- NAVEX State of Risk and Compliance Programs [Audio]

NAVEX delivers quality studies and important insights on ethics and compliance topics. In its 2024 State of Risk & Compliance, NAVEX provides a comprehensive report on current trends and practices involving risk and...more

Episode 330 – Halyna Senyk on Anti-Corruption Progress in Ukraine [Audio]

Listen to this conversation between Michael Volkov and Halyna Senyk in which they focus on Ukraine's anti-corruption efforts amidst the backdrop of its ongoing war with Russia. Halyna Senyk, an expert from the CEELI...more

NAVEX’s Report on the State of Compliance: Positive News with Serious Gaps Noted

NAVEX delivers quality studies and important insights on ethics and compliance topics.  In its 2024 State of Risk & Compliance, NAVEX provides a comprehensive report on current trends and practices involving risk and...more

Episode 327 -- Another Look at the Importance of Corporate Culture [Audio]

LRN has issued another important report -- in its latest report, The 2024 Benchmark of Ethical Culture Report, LRN has focused on the critical issue of corporate culture. LRN is a pacesetter and the leader in reliable...more

LRN’s Call to Action: 5 Steps Every Company Should Take to Promote an Ethical Culture (Part II of II)

LRN’s  research consistently paints a picture that every board member, senior executive and middle manager should view — corporate culture is an organization’s most valuable intangible asset and is a significant determinant...more

LRN Report Highlights (Again) the Importance of Ethical Culture (Part I of II)

In its latest report, The 2024 Benchmark of Ethical Culture Report, LRN has focused on the critical issue of corporate culture.  LRN is a pacesetter and the leader in reliable studies on complex ethics and compliance issues....more

LRN 2024 Program Effectiveness Report Underscores Importance of Values, Adaptation and Accountability

LRN’s latest report was based on a survey of more than 1,400 ethics and compliance professionals, most of whom were employed at organizations with at least 1000 employees in 19 different countries and 26 industries across...more

Boeing Reaches $51 Million Settlement with State Department for ITAR Violations

Boeing continues to struggle. As troubles mount for Boeing, it  is clear that it suffers from real and pervasive culture issues that have been reflected in serious safety failures, financial difficulties, regulatory...more

“Person” of the Year: Technology and the Challenges for Ethics and Compliance

I always enjoy retrospective “year in review” postings to start off the new year.  For years, I have sought to identify and capture important compliance trends, typically focused on specific professionals in the compliance...more

HHS-OIG Guidance — Chock Full of Compliance Best Practices and Strategies (Part II of III)

Board Oversight of the Compliance Program - The GCPG cross-references the US Sentencing Guidelines board responsibility requirements of the organization’s compliance program, and provides that the board shall “be...more

The Evolution of the Compliance Profession

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

DOJ Revises Standard Ethics and Compliance Requirements Used in Settlements

As The Volkov Law Group previously noted in the context of a blog post authored by Michael Volkov,  the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”)—at the behest of Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco—recently updated the requirements...more

LRN’s 2023 PEI Report: Values and Corporate Culture

LRN’s annual Program Effectiveness Report is chock full of important findings.  Frankly, LRN’s PEI Report is a “board worthy” report (as Donna Boehme used to say — every board member should read it)....more

A Compliance Reminder: Focus on Your Culture

We all agree on the importance of corporate culture.  Everyone gets it – corporate leaders mouth the words but rarely understand the nuances, and the need to attend to a company’s culture.  Compliance professionals want to...more

ECI’s New Survey – The State of Ethics & Compliance in the Workplace

The Ethics and Compliance Initiative (“ECI”) is a terrific organization that provides important ethics and compliance insights and leadership.  Starting in 1994, ECI has conducted a longitudinal, cross-section study of...more

The Key Elements of an Employee Reporting System (Part II of III)

Corporate leaders know what to say and when to say it – for example, a CEO may state at an employee meeting, “We want to hear your concerns. We want you to bring these concerns forward and we will address them.  We are...more

A Robust Consequence Management System (Part I of III)

The Department of Justice has laid down a marker – companies would be smart to understand the significant change in ethics and compliance program expectations.  Companies that ignore this new landscape are gambling with their...more

NAVEX’s 2023 State of Risk & Compliance Report: Compliance Steps Up

NAVEX’s annual report on the state of risk and compliance is a must read.  Each year NAVEX supplies helpful insights that compliance professionals, corporate managers and board members can use to benchmark their respective...more

The Unique Elements of Healthcare Compliance Programs (Part II of II)

Corporate compliance programs in the healthcare industry include many of the same elements that we are all familiar with – risk assessments, code of ethics, written policies and procedures, comprehensive training...more

The Inextricable Link Between Ethical Culture and Profitability

Corporate governance frameworks seek to maximize management efficiency, risk mitigation, and business success.  The most important tool for accomplishing these objectives is straightforward – a Culture of Ethics and...more

A Five Step Program for Every Company to Address the New Enforcement Threats

Companies have to demand a new focus from their CEOs, senior executives and legal compliance team in response to the new DOJ and regulatory initiatives.  These steps are not just suggestions nor items that can be prioritized...more

Corporate Culture: Monitor, Intervene and Remediate (Part III of III)

Once defined, installed, and surrounded with a consequence management system, a corporate culture is not fixed in stone.  To the contrary, as the business adapts through growth, innovation or in response to outside market and...more

Promoting Your Corporate Culture – Accountability and Messaging (Part II of III)

As a company’s most valuable intangible asset, we have witnessed the wreckage of companies that have fallen victim to reputational damage, scandal and ultimately the wasteland of a rotten corporate culture.  In these...more

Making Corporate Culture a Reality: Define and Embed (Part I of III)

Everyone has jumped on the corporate culture bandwagon.  For some new converts, they like to espouse corporate culture as a recent discovery, or a new-fangled approach for compliance programs....more

Bringing HR and Compliance Together for Compliance and Consequence Management (Part II of II)

The Justice Department’s recent emphasis on ethics and compliance culture, along with greater specificity on “consequence management” is a welcome breath of fresh air.  It is a policy coming for a long time and will bring...more

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