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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Creativity and Compliance: Innovating Ethics - Creativity in Corporate Compliance with Katie Lawler

Where does creativity fit into compliance? In more places than you think. Problem-solving, accountability, communication, and connection – they all take creativity. Join Tom Fox and Ronnie Feldman on Creativity and...more

Ankura

Balancing Agility and Speed with Preparation and Stability: Importance of Governance in a Fintech Startup

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In all our work with clients, my evaluation and expectations around compliance readiness come down to one point: Governance. This can mean a variety of things when it comes to a compliance program, but overall, we boil it...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Farewell to the Easy Rider and How to Scandal Proof Your Company: Part 1

Fonda’s life informs today’s blog post as we begin a multi-part series based upon the recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) Spotlight on White Collar Crime. Today, we begin the article by Paul Healy and George Serafeim,...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Cyberattacks, Fraud and Getting to the Root of it All

Just how many counts of fraud attacks occurred in the first quarter of 2018? These results from ThreatMetrix uncovered some alarmingly high numbers, including...more

The Volkov Law Group

Financial Institutions and the Glaring Absence of an Ethical Culture

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Federal prosecutors and regulators have been active in tackling US banks. In the last few weeks, the Federal Reserve took the extraordinary step of blocking Wells Fargo’s ability to grow its business until it improves its...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Memo: Wells Fargo, Put a Compliance Professional on your Board

After almost two years, you might think that Wells Fargo, its senior management and Board of Directors would have gotten the message from its regulators to take its compliance obligations seriously, remediate and put ethics...more

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Tales from the Corporate Scandal Crypt: GM, VimpelCom, VW and Wells Fargo

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We are fascinated by corporate scandals. Since the 1980s, the US public has enjoyed unraveling corporate scandals, and vilifying corporate leaders caught in the web of deceit and misconduct. I am sure there are historical...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Lessons for Executive Leadership from The Wells Fargo Investigation Report

Compliance lessons from truly one of the most damning reports of complete corporate failures around ethics and culture that has recently been seen....more

The Volkov Law Group

MoneyGram CCO Pays Civil Penalty

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Like any other profession, the compliance profession is not immune to bad apples. Lawyers know the law but have been criminally prosecuted for breaking the law. The same goes for compliance professionals....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Sunshine Superman – When Culture is Not My Problem

Today we honor folk-rocker Donovan and his signature song Sunshine Superman, which was profiled in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) column Anatomy of a Song. The song was a love paean by the singer to “Linda Lawrence, his love...more

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Wells Fargo’s Desperate Need for a Compliance and Business Ethics Function (Part III of III)

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While reading the independent directors’ report on the Wells Fargo sales incentives scandal, you will be overwhelmed by the feeling of frustration. At the same time, what is described in the report is the extent to which...more

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Who is Responsible for a Company’s Mood in the Middle? – the Wells Fargo Fiasco

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Wells Fargo’s cultural tone is not easily segregated between “top,” “middle” and “bottom.” Despite the recent cross-selling scandal, in which the CFPB led an enforcement action whose fines total a whopping $185 million,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Wells Fargo Week, Part III-the Bank Knew All Along

You know it is going to be a very bad day when, as a company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), you receive a letter asking the following, “Specifically, the committee should thoroughly examine this issue, including: How it is...more

Burr & Forman

TN Ethics Opinion Approves Lawyers’ Cloud Storage of Client Data

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Tennessee has joined other states in formally approving lawyers’ cloud-storage of client-confidential data. The Board of Professional Responsibility (“BOPR”) held that lawyers ethically may use cloud storage for...more

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DOJ’s Disdain for “Paper” Compliance Programs

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As we come to the close of the Obama Administration, the Justice Department will certainly be able to point to its record of aggressive white-collar enforcement in a variety of areas. One glaring claim omission from that list...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Hemingway and Trust and Respect for Compliance Leadership

On this day in 1899, Ernest Hemingway was born. To me, he was the greatest Man of Letters the US has produced. Probably like most of you all, I was introduced to Hemingway in high school through The Son Also Rises. It remains...more

NAVEX

Addressing the New U.K. Senior Managers’ Regime with Proven Compliance Solutions

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It’s less than a year to go until the U.K. Senior Managers Regime (SMR) comes into effect (the official date is March 7, 2016). The regime, part of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, aims to counter the toxic...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Heightened Enforcement Efforts Focus on Financial Institutions’ ‘Culture of Compliance’

The first of a three-part series on the new landscape of anti-money laundering enforcement - During hearings conducted in 2012 by the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senator Tom Coburn commented...more

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