LRN’s Program Effectiveness Report is an important annual event. LRN consistently provides important trend, benchmarking and program measurements. As an important leader in this area, LRN never pulls any punches. This...more
5/6/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corporate Governance ,
Due Diligence ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Employee Training ,
Ethics ,
Generation Z ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Risk
Legal and compliance officers are used to adjustments and continuous improvement of their compliance programs. Building and maintaining an effective ethics and compliance program never ends — it is a continuous process. To...more
For compliance officers, this is a stressful time. How is that for another profound grasp of the obvious? Most compliance officers face a well-known assortment of risks — bribery, trade, False Claims Act, data privacy,...more
Chief compliance officers are adjusting a new, risk world, where top risks include export controls, sanctions, and immigration enforcement. At the same time, some risks remain — third-party risks, conflict of interest, fair...more
3/25/2025
/ Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Export Controls ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Tariffs ,
Third-Party Risk ,
Trump Administration
How can companies ensure that their compliance programs are robust enough to handle today’s complex ethical challenges?
In this episode, Michael Volkov dives into the critical components of conducting an internal compliance...more
How can companies build trust and drive growth in a region as politically and economically volatile as Latin America? In this episode, Nicolas Garcia - Vice President, Legal, Regional and Compliance Manager for LATAM and...more
The issue was a professional debate over the reporting relationship between the chief compliance officer (CCO) and the chief legal officer (CLO)/general counsel. After 20 years of debate, CCOs managed to sway the professional...more
Compliance lessons are life lessons. Compliance professionals are, by their nature, optimistic people. They see challenges as new opportunities to strive closer to an ideal. Compliance professionals live in the shadow of...more
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
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
7/19/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corporate Governance ,
Employee Training ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Ethics ,
Mergers ,
Risk Management ,
Voluntary Disclosure
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
Third-party relationships supporting core operations are now more important than ever for most organizations. Yet too often, procurement, information security, compliance, and other professionals are overburdened with the...more
Third-party relationships supporting core operations are now more important than ever for most organizations. Yet too often, procurement, information security, compliance, and other professionals are overburdened with the...more
Chief Compliance Officers are truth-tellers. It comes with the territory. Each and every CCO knows whether its internal investigation program is effective or not. There is not a lot of grey in this area – CCOs know what an...more
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
I’m old enough to remember when seat belts were optional. And I remember people up in arms when seatbelt laws first passed. But now, my young adult children and their friends simply get in the car and buckle up without...more
The famous swashbuckling adventure of The Three Musketeers should inspire chief compliance officers to pursue an important concept – the need for teamwork and collaboration is imperative for all compliance programs. We all...more
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
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
Just when we thought the ethics and compliance landscape was “stable,” the Justice Department pulled the compliance profession further and announced heightened expectations for corporate compliance programs. For...more
It is easy to be dogmatic in blog postings — to express an unvarnished opinion that sounds valid. While it may not be supported by hard data or valid evidence, compliance officers are used to trusting their “gut feelings,”...more
This is a topic that every compliance professional has to address in one form or another. Chief compliance officers are so busy that they often cannot even take the time to tackle this difficult issue. This is a real...more
Compliance professionals are used to internal struggles for influence and resources. Chief compliance officers have devoted years and years to justifying the need to elevate and empower the compliance function. For years,...more
For some reason, many companies do not include Ethics in the title of the CCO but expect the CCO to assume responsibility for a company’s ethical culture. Well, it is high time for companies to confirm this important...more
Chief compliance officers are visionaries. They define a vision with multiple objectives and then they execute on that vision. At all times, CCOs have to maintain that vision and adjust as circumstances change. By...more