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Corruption in Sport - Its Shape, Consequences and Impact on Potential Reform

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The Euros 2024 were the first in a list of long-awaited sporting events this summer, culminating with the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. However, as sport becomes more global and its coverage expands, so does its exposure to...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The NBA, Data Driven Compliance and Jontay Porter

One of the best examples I have recently seen on the power of data driven compliance is playing out in real time in the NBA. It is the Jontay Porter betting scandal. This event had driven home why transparency, coupled with...more

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Wachsende Bedeutung der Unternehmenskultur

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Was Unternehmen aus einem der größten Baseball-Skandale lernen können - Selten hatte die juristische Aufarbeitung sportlicher Verfehlungen einen so großen Nachhall wie zuletzt beim „Sign Stealing“ in der Major League...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Players and Communicating Compliance

The Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal is only going to get worse and worse. In addition to the report by Wall Street Journal (WSJ) of the “Dark Arts” program by the Astros front office to steal signs in a program called...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance – Part 6: Final Thoughts on the Scarlet ‘C’

Culture and Why It Matters - For anyone who was paying attention to the Astros, it has long been clear that the team had a very insular and toxic culture. The Astros culture was broken, toxic and this culture lead directly...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance – Part 5: The Whistleblower and The Amnesty

I am nearing the end of a multi-part exploration of the Major League Baseball (MLB) investigation into allegations that the Houston Astros engaged in a multi-year scheme to steal signs and signals from opposing teams. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance-Part 2, Hinch and Luhnow

I am in the midst of a multipart exploration of the Major League Baseball (MLB) investigation into allegations that the Houston Astros engaged in a multi-year scheme to steal signs and signals from opposing teams. MLB issued...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Awards Season and DOJ Look at International Sporting Events

One might have hoped that after the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) scandals from 2015, both before and beyond, the world’s most popular sport might have worked to clean up its act more diligently....more

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2015 Update

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Despite a decline in enforcement actions by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the first half of 2015 has continued to highlight the relevance and ever-evolving effects of the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Why Should Americans Care About the FIFA Indictments? Part III – Corruption and US Companies

Today, I continue my four-part series on the above question posed to me recently by a colleague. In Part I, I wrote that only the US government had the wherewithal, tools and will to do so. Yesterday, I focused on corruption...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Miami Dolphins-A Code Red For Compliance

Tom Cruise: Did you order a Code Red? Jack Nicolson: You’re G__D__ right I ordered a Code Red. The above lines were spoken in the movie version of “A Few Good Men”. If there was ever one scene which demonstrated...more

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