Compliance into the Weeds: A Deep Dive into Employee Leaks and Corporate Culture
The EU Whistleblowing Directive
Six Steps Companies Can Take to Manage the Risk of Using Generative AI
Helpline Usage (or Lack Thereof)
Corporate Compliance and Enforcement Hot Topics with IBM VP, Una Dean
Encouraging Internal Whistleblowers
Encouraging Employee Feedback and Internal Whistleblowing
Integrity Matters: Fraud Trends for 2022, Ep. 1
JONES DAY TALKS®: The eBay Cyberstalking Case: Mitigating the Compliance Risks of Employee Misconduct
Doing Business in the European Union | Reporting Systems and the Importance of Culture & Language
Doing Business in the European Union | EU Directive, Following Up With The Whistleblower
Susan Roberts on Creating a Compliance Program Book
Day 1 of One Month to Better Investigations and Reporting-Introduction to Investigations and Internal Reporting
ACI's Global Anti-Corruption, Ethics & Compliance – New York is your best opportunity to hear how companies are addressing the status of DOJ and SEC priorities, effective compliance and risk strategies, strengthening...more
Last month, I wrote a blog post on the tone at the top, exemplified in Star Trek’s Original Series episode, Devil in the Dark. Based on the response, some passionate Star Trek fans are out there. I decided to write a series...more
The U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program in March 2023, with renewed expectations for companies to use data analytics and testing. However, the government...more
Among the most critical developments companies and their counsel should understand in 2023 is that federal officials will now scrutinize the overall state of your compliance program when they consider potential criminal...more
In many organizations, the second and third lines of defense struggle to work as a team—either unintentionally or under the false notion that independence standards require complete separation. In these situations, compliance...more
By the summer of 2021, compliance officers had spent nearly a year and a half helping their organizations navigate the challenges of COVID-19, as well as the new or heightened risks associated with remote work and enhanced...more
Cataloguing everything your compliance program does isn’t easy, but Susan Roberts, who recently retired from full-time corporate life after serving as Chief Compliance Officer at three different companies, did just that. And...more
This week, NAVEX Global released its 2021 Incident Management Benchmark Report. The analysis, which tracked and analyzed corporate compliance trends based on data from more than 1.3 million global incident management reports...more
How does your Code of Conduct inform your risk assessment and how in turn does a risk assessment inform your Code of Conduct training? I recently visited with Charlie Voelker, Director, Compliance Products at Skillsoft and...more
If you are a woman and work for the Astros, what do you think will be the internal action if you are harassed? Do you think for one nano-second your complaint would be taken seriously? Would the Astros attack/retaliate...more
What is the best way for a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to speak truth to power? How do you speak up to stop something that might cause a legal violation such as under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)...more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on August 23, 2018, released for public comment a series of electronic draft materials and guidance as a follow-up to the State's sexual harassment law passed in April 2018. The public comment...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In compliance with the New York State Anti-Sexual Harassment legislation passed earlier this year, the Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has released drafts of the model sexual harassment policy, training...more
The State of New York recently issued draft guidance for employers regarding the anti-sexual harassment legislation passed earlier this year....more
On August 23, 2018, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order that contains a model policy, model complaint form, and model training in accordance with the state’s new sexual harassment law....more
It’s not a joke. It’s really not. In fact, 81 percent of women and 43 percent of men have experienced some form of sexual harassment in their lifetime, according to a survey conducted by nonprofit organization Stop Street...more
One of the key lessons I learned in doing the research for The Complete Compliance Handbook is how compliance programs best practices have evolved beyond the basic requirements laid out in the 2012 FCPA Guidance’s Ten...more
The joint Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 2012 FCPA Guidance came out five years ago this month. As a commentator focusing on the doing of compliance, we should pause to once again...more
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG), in conjunction with the Health Care Compliance Association, recently released a resource document to help healthcare organizations measure the...more
One collection of terms I hear a lot is “tools, processes and people.” All three need to be successfully deployed to make a compliance program run properly while also creating an organizational culture that supports...more