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[Podcast] Culture & Compliance Chronicles: Innovative Compliance Strategies with Katie Daniels

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On this episode of Culture & Compliance Chronicles, Amanda Raad and Nitish Upadhyaya from Ropes & Gray’s Insights Lab, and Richard Bistrong of Front-Line Anti-Bribery, are joined by Katie Daniels, managing director and head...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

5 Practical Steps for Conducting a Culture Audit that Meets DOJ Standards

The  2024 ECCP demands data-backed evidence of a genuine, embedded compliance culture. The DOJ’s stance is clear: a company’s commitment to compliance is only credible if it’s supported by data that reflects employee...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

When New Business Risks Emerge: Lessons for Compliance from The Creature from the Black Lagoon

This week, leading up to Halloween, I will examine lessons for compliance professionals through the lens of the great Universal Movie Monsters: Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula, and The Mummy. Today, we consider what compliance...more

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DOJ Adds AI Considerations to Its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs

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Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Criminal Division announced its periodical update to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (“ECCP”), zeroing in on how companies manage risk related to artificial...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The 2024 ECCP – Using Data Analytics to Determine Employee Engagement, Trust, and Corporate Culture

In her recent speech at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics 23rd Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri spoke about the CWA and reviewed its early...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Bank of America’s Corporate Culture Crisis: Part 5- A Case Study for Compliance

Compliance professionals constantly seek to understand how systemic issues within corporate hierarchies can lead to severe consequences. The recent revelations about Bank of America’s (BoA) persistent workplace culture...more

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What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program

"What else should the board be asking about the compliance group?” It’s a good question in general and the tile of a session at the SCCE Compliance & Ethics Institute, which will be held September 22-25, 2024 in Grapevine,...more

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Don’t be afraid

A recent issue of SCCE’s Corporate Compliance Weekly News contained a link to a startling report I was not previously familiar with. An investigation by the U.S. Coast Guard found numerous instances of sexual assault spanning...more

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UK Corporate Briefing - March 2024

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Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 301 -- Steve Naughton on Compliance and Complaince Education at Loyola Law School Program

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Steve Naughton, a well-known and accomplished compliance professional, joins Michael Volkov to discuss his compliance career and his role as the Director of Regulatory Compliance Studies and Clinical Professor at the Loyola...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

2023 Global Business Ethics Survey: Part 5-Workplace Ethics Concerns and the Need for Compliance

In a recent ECI podcast series , I had the opportunity to visit with Pat Harned, President of ECI. We took a deep dive into the 2023 Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES) revealed concerning trends in workplace ethics. The...more

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A Compliance Reminder: Focus on Your Culture

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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

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SEC Chief Accountant Shines a Spotlight on ICFR and Risk Assessments

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On Friday, SEC Chief Accountant Paul Munter released a public statement in which he expressed concerns about the risk assessment process of both auditors and management. As a possible harbinger of things to come, the...more

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Compliance Series Part 3: Ensuring Compliance Programs are Effective

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In part 3 of the compliance programs video series, Maynard Nexsen attorneys Erica Barnes and Charles Fleischmann share steps on how to ensure compliance programs are effective and working well for your business....more

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Compliance Programs Part 2: Designing a Successful Compliance Program

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In part 2 of the compliance programs video series, Maynard Nexsen attorneys Erica Barnes and Charles Fleischmann outline the key steps for designing a tailored compliance program and offer helpful resources to ensure success....more

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Compliance Programs Part 1: What is a Compliance Program and Why do Businesses Need One?

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In part 1 of the compliance programs video series, attorneys Erica Barnes and Charles Fleischmann discuss what a compliance program is and why it is a necessary component of a successful business....more

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HR’s Key to Unveiling the True Ethical Fabric of Organizations

Compliance professionals understand the importance of fully operationalizing compliance and embedding it into the fabric of a business. How can your Human Resources (HR) function help to both create and maintain an ethical...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Ethikos Volume 36, Number 4. October 2022. Culture and code of ethics: Connecting the dots through measurement

Ethikos Volume 36, Number 4. October 2022 - Organizational culture seems to be discussed daily, yet few can define it. For our purpose, we can use a simple definition: the way we do things around here. Edgar Schein’s...more

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A few lessons for internal and outside counsel from the WorldCom collapse - 20 years later

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It has now been 20 years since the historic collapse of WorldCom, Inc. (“WorldCom” or the “Company”). A review of the WorldCom collapse yields some continuing lessons for corporate counsel....more

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2021: A Progress Report

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I want to discuss how things go sideways in your workplace when people invest in conclusions that resist contrary explanations grounded in reality. If you have an employee who follows QAnon, you don’t necessarily have a...more

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Gatekeeper Misfires and Corporate Governance Failures

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Here is another obvious point – internal controls are intended to ensure compliance with relevant policies and procedures.  Internal controls are not just for show, or not just limited to financial reporting.   A compliance...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Role of HR in Creating an Ethical Culture

The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, 2019 Guidance, makes clear that operationalization of compliance into an organization should be done at multiple levels. The 2019 Guidance also called out culture as a key...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Houston Welcomes The World Series and Managing Risks – Part 2

Today, I conclude my two-part blog post series based on the seminal Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “Managing Risks: A New Framework”, by Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes. The authors identified three key categories of...more

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The Overwhelmed CCO

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Chief compliance officers have a hard job.  CCOs know that fact and them fully embrace the challenges of their positions.  At the same time, CCOs have extraordinary expectations placed on their shoulders – they are rarely...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: The Blanched Soldier-Learning to Ask For Help

Many compliance professionals in the corporate world work long and it is hard to rise to the senior management level in their organizations. It takes SME, hard work and sometime propitious good fortune to get to the C-Suite...more

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