Episode 331- NAVEX State of Risk and Compliance Programs
FCPA Compliance Report: Erica Salmon Byrne on Closing The Speak Up Gap
Compliance Lessons from Dating in Your 50s
What's the Tea in L&E? "Passive" Harassment: When Does Workplace Decor Contribute to a Hostile Environment?
Episode 327 -- Another Look at the Importance of Corporate Culture
In Brief: Election Law & Government Ethics Unpacked: National Convention Guidance
Compliance into the Weeds: Scathing Report on Culture at The FDIC
Culture Crafters - Turning Around a Toxic Culture: Part 5 - Ongoing Monitoring and Continuous Improvement of Culture
FCPA Compliance Report: How Boeing Can Make a Cultural Comeback
Episode 318 -- LRN's Recent Study Underscores Importance of Ethical Culture and Values-Based Leadership
Navigating Employment and Separation Agreements: Lessons From Al Pacino's Serpico — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Overcoming Internal Barriers to Compliance Success
Episode 297 -- Susan Divers on LRN's 2023 Program Effectiveness Report
DE Talk | From Human “Doing” to Human “Being”: Transforming to Own Your 50
Branding Your Compliance Program
Hear Lisa Monaco's Announcement of M&A Leniency Policy
Compliance Programs Part 1: What is a Compliance Program and Why do Businesses Need One?
Episode 285 -- The Importance of a Consequence Management System
ESG, DEI and Compliance
Succcessful Compliance and Ethics Ambassadors Programs
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The 2022 Monaco Memo emphasized the basic point that the key to every company is culture. The bottom line is that corporate culture matters and corporate culture that fails to hold individuals accountable, or fails to invest...more
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In her remarks to the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco outlined the forthcoming whistleblower program that seeks to fill in the gaps of existing...more
In a recent episode of the FCPA Compliance Podcast, we discussed the 2024 Ethisphere Ethical Culture Report, “Closing the Speak Up Gap,” with Erica Salmon Byrne. As an expert in ethical culture and a familiar voice to our...more
We continue our exploration of corporate culture. Today, we consider the intersection of the Fraud Triangle and a toxic culture. The Fraud Triangle is well-known to most compliance practitioners. It is pressure, opportunity,...more
We continue our exploration of aspects of corporate culture. Today, we turn to the dark side by reviewing some of the characteristics of a toxic corporate culture. An article in the MIT Sloan Management Review provided some...more
In the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog this week, I will explore corporate culture from various angles. Since at least October 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has made corporate culture part of its review for any...more
There were recently two significant speeches by Department of Justice (DOJ) officials at the American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime. The first was by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco....more
At last week’s ABA National White Collar Crime Institute, the leadership of the Department of Justice (the DOJ or the Department), including Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, made clear...more
DOJ unveils a new whistleblower incentive program to complement the Department’s continued efforts to encourage self-reporting of criminal violations. On Thursday, March 7, 2024, US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco...more
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered keynote remarks March 7 at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime. Emphasizing the need for a culture of compliance, Monaco highlighted...more
One of the key goals of any compliance program is to train employees in awareness and understanding of the FCPA; your specific company compliance program; and to create and foster a culture of compliance. While it seems...more
In March 2023 there were two days of speeches from the DOJ which added to the compliance complexity. The speeches were made by Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco (2023 Monaco Speech) and Assistant Attorney General...more
Last week, Albemarle Corporation (Albemarle), agreed to pay more than $218 million to resolve investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into violations of the...more
I recently had the opportunity to visit with, Chris Mason, VP Global Compliance & Investigations at Infortal Worldwide and Dr. Ian Oxnevad, Director, Geopolitical Risk at Infortal Worldwide for a sponsor podcast on Infortal...more
Welcome to a special 5 part blog post series on building a stronger culture of compliance through targeted and effective training, sponsored by Diligent. Over this series I will visit with Kunal Agrawal, Director of Customer...more
This is not your typical FCPA enforcement action Lessons Learned column. Instead, Ericsson’s breach of its DPA presents a laundry list of internal investigation errors – as a practitioner in this area, this is the nightmare...more
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Welcome to a special five-part podcast series, entitled Corporate Case Management in the Era of the DoJ’s Monaco Memo, sponsored by i-Sight Software Solutions (i-Sight). Over this series, Jakub Ficner, Director of Partnership...more
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CEP Magazine - November 2022 - Before getting into compliance management, it is opportune to consider proactive and reactive management as a process. Proactive managers control their destinies by thinking ahead and...more
Halloween is almost upon us and we celebrate the greatest Halloween cartoon in the history of the world, ever, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”, which premiered in 1966. As usual, the story revolves around the Peanuts...more
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