Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Mississippi and Georgia
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending August 23, 2025
Data Driven Compliance: The Failure to Prevent Fraud Offense: Insights for US General Counsels with Mike DeBernardis
Culture Crafters: Building a Culture of Accountability in the Face of Disasters
Operationalizing Trust at Scale: Evolving Compliance: Neta Meidav on the Diligent Acquisition and AI Integration
Innovation in Compliance: Gaurav Kapoor on Risk Management and the Role of AI in GRC
FCPA Compliance Report: Accountability in Times of Crisis: A Conversation with Tom Fox and Sam Silverstein
Sunday Book Review: August 17, 2025, The More Books from the Ethicsverse Library Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: How a CFO Views Compliance and Risk
Data Driven Compliance – James Tillen on the Importance of Cross-Functional Collaboration in Complying with the FTPF Offense
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 57 — The Tom on His Highhorse Edition
AI Today in 5: August 15, 2025, The AI as Boss Episode
What to Do When Leadership Doesn’t Take Compliance Seriously
Daily Compliance News: August 14, 2025 The End of Dial Up Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Finance Models for Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day - Extending Compliance Value Across Your Organization
Daily Compliance News: August 11, 2025, The Boss Doesn’t Work Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Design - Centric Internal Controls
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels - The Valley of Fear, Sherlock Holmes’ Investigative Techniques for Today’s Challenges
FCPA Compliance Report - Episode 770 - Integrating ESG in Global Outsourcing: Insights from Inge Zwick
Corporate boards are no stranger to near-term pressures, but these days the pressures are piling as high as they ever have. Geopolitical tensions and supply-chain disruptions; climate change and technological revolutions;...more
We have gathered and examined data from AGM Notices published by FTSE 350 companies until April 2025. We have set out the approach companies have taken on a number of key aspects of their meetings, including the venues of...more
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, many companies are seeking ways to operate not just for profit, but also for a purpose. Arizona has embraced this movement through its recognition of Benefit Corporations, a...more
It’s clear that over the past few years, investors have tweaked their voting policies to tone down use of the term “ESG.” And it’s also clear that more and more companies are changing the title of their reports relating to...more
Creating value for shareholders has long been considered the primary purpose of corporations, especially within the framework of traditional economic theories. However, this view has evolved significantly over the past few...more
Introduction - In today's world, the spotlight on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices is brighter than ever. Stakeholders, including investors, consumers, and even corporate employees, are demanding that...more
The first half of 2024 was eventful in the world of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”). Although ESG continued to lose the market tailwinds that have pushed it forward in recent years, regulatory pressures both...more
Octavia Butler, a pioneering American writer, once wrote: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Can this analogy also be applied to the concept of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)? While...more
Directors’ duties and liabilities have always been at the forefront of corporate governance. It has become a hot topic in the wake of new regulations in the field of sustainability, which directly impact directors’...more
A Washington federal judge dismissed challenges to Starbucks's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") policies in a strongly worded opinion, making clear that politics don't belong in his courtroom....more
As we have noted in our previous report, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have garnered significant attention from a variety of stakeholders, resulting in increased reporting by many companies. While much of...more
I can’t think of a better example of the convergence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, compliance, and ethics than in marketing and public relations. This area is filled with opportunities and risks...more
As companies grapple with the business challenges that rising interest rates and an uncertain economic outlook present, there are the inevitable questions about whether companies should worry less about environmental, social...more
1. INTRODUCTORY - 1.1 Forms of Corporate/Business Organisations The principal forms of corporate and business organisations in Bermuda are: • exempted companies, owned by non-Bermudians and carrying on business outside...more
On Friday, April 22, the United States and the rest of the world recognized Earth Day 2022. With “Invest in Our Planet” as its theme, Earth Day 2022 focused additional attention on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)...more
The past two years have seen a dramatic shift in practice relating to the Delaware public benefit corporation (the PBC)—a corporate form that requires the board of directors to balance stockholders' monetary interests, the...more
On November 3, 2021, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L (the New SLB), which will make it more difficult for companies to exclude social...more
Today, Shearman & Sterling released its 19th annual Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey, which finds that the boards of directors of the largest 100 U.S. companies have maintained their strong focus on...more
[co-authors: Timothy Cotter and Kathryn Hastings, SullivanCotter; David Jarrard, Jarrard Inc.; Ken Kaufman and Andrew Majka, KaufmanHall; Zachary Morfin, PhD., and David Nygren, PhD., Nygren Consulting; Scott Steffens, Grant...more
Since at least the 1970s and the publication of Milton Friedman's "shareholder primacy" doctrine, throughout the hostile takeover business culture of the 1980s, and during the more recent linking of executive compensation to...more
Frederick Alexander, Chief Executive Officer and founder of the Shareholder Commons—a nonprofit organization focused on issues and structures for a sustainable, just economy— discusses how systemic changes can help companies...more
Holly Ensign-Barstow, the Director of Stakeholder Governance and Policy for B Lab, a nonprofit that certifies companies as B Corporations, describes the benefits of making sure a company's operations and business model...more
From investors and shareholders to customers and employees, key stakeholders are increasingly demanding both corporate action and broad-based public disclosure of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. As...more
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues continue to rise in importance for global companies, a trend driven by investors, employees, customers, and other stakeholders. How are companies approaching ESG risks and...more
Directors managing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business must remember their fiduciary duties as they consider potential actions and approaches, including M&A and interested party transactions, and should...more