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The strength of your supply chain isn’t just in the partners you choose – it’s in the records, oversight, and accountability that prove your program works. This webinar explores how effective documentation and visibility...more
Leveraging advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a luxury; it is quickly becoming necessary. For compliance professionals, AI offers a transformative tool to enhance program efficiency, improve...more
While sophisticated participants in private markets have historically been seen as capable of bargaining for information or withstanding losses better than mom-and-pop investors, current events signal that the U.S. Securities...more
On July 3, 2020, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released “A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Second Edition”. This updated edition is a concerted effort of the DOJ, Securities Exchange Commission...more
Companies today need to take a holistic view of risk and compliance; it is no longer sufficient to let individual departments or teams be responsible for managing risk and compliance alone. ...more
One of the lessons we have learned from various Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions over the years is how complexity in business organizations can work to defeat compliance programs. ...more
The Department Of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have both made it clear that they expect companies to be more robust in their use of data analytics in compliance programs....more
Today, I want to focus on what the compliance practitioner should do to move themselves forward professionally in 2020 and beyond. I drew inspiration from the Financial Times (FT) piece, entitled “Work in the 2020s: 5...more
Delegation is always a key technique in improving productivity. However, you should not simply “shove things off your plate” but use the opportunity to give specific and new challenges to employees to help in their own career...more
After a short visit to Val Lewton’s Cat People, I return to conclude this multipart series on the Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments (Framework). Every compliance professional of any stripe needs to read, understand...more
What would you do if had to take over as a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in short notice? More often the situation might be, what would you do if you became a CCO through the more traditional hiring process? Fortunately, to...more
CCO reporting to the Audit/Compliance Committee must be structured carefully to promote ethics and compliance. Here are five best practices to help guide the reporting....more
IMPORTANT BOARD COMPOSITION DEVELOPMENT - The board’s nominating committee will benefit from an overview of The Conference Board’s important new survey on board composition, turnover and refreshment. According to the...more
On April 30, 2019, the United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division (“DOJ”), released an updated version of its guidance on “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (“Compliance Program Guidance”). This...more
This is my favorite topic. New trends come and go in the compliance field, while effective solutions and strategies slowly but surely take hold. Eventually, an effective compliance practice or strategy becomes a “best...more
Today, I want to consider what is the role of a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in strengthening the ethical culture of an organization. This blog post is based on, in part in an interview I did with Eric Feldman from...more
I am beginning to feel this week’s theme becoming all-encompassing. As hard as I might try, it looks like it will be the Houston Astros second World Series appearance. During the first one back in 2005, I was in the corporate...more
The first full day of the SCCE 2017 Compliance and Ethics Institute (CEI) featured a talk by Eugene Soltes, an associate professor at Harvard Business School and author of “Why They Do It”. For this book Soltes spent over...more
With the release of their Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (Evaluation) in February, the Department of Justice (DOJ) emphasized yet again the importance of actually doing compliance and not simply having a paper...more