Sunday Book Review: August 17, 2025, The More Books from the Ethicsverse Library Edition
Leadership Lessons From The West Wing — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Why Time Matters: Partners Lindsay Gerdes and Michael J. Bronson on Swift Action in Government Investigations
What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program
Episode 327 -- Another Look at the Importance of Corporate Culture
Episode 320 -- NAVEX Hotline Report -- More Reports and Higher Substantiation
The Coming Perfect Storm
Overcoming Internal Barriers to Compliance Success
Episode 301 -- Steve Naughton on Compliance and Complaince Education at Loyola Law School Program
Episode 299 -- Bobby Butler on the Compliance Profession and the Future of Compliance
Compliance Auditing & Monitoring
Global or Local: The Constant Dilemma in Compliance
Compliance Series Part 3: Ensuring Compliance Programs are Effective
Compliance Programs Part 2: Designing a Successful Compliance Program
Compliance Programs Part 1: What is a Compliance Program and Why do Businesses Need One?
Episode 281 -- NAVEX 2023 State of Risk and Compliance Programs
Improving Your Face to Face Communications
Compliance Perspectives: Compliance Champions
Compliance Perspectives: Compliance & Corporate Governance in the Time of COVID-19
12 O'Clock High, a podcast on business leadership-Episode 116: Leadership Lessons from the Dutch Tulip Bubble of 1636-1637
In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership,...more
On this episode of Culture & Compliance Chronicles, Amanda Raad and Nitish Upadhyaya from Ropes & Gray’s Insights Lab, and Richard Bistrong of Front-Line Anti-Bribery, are joined by Katie Daniels, managing director and head...more
The 2024 ECCP demands data-backed evidence of a genuine, embedded compliance culture. The DOJ’s stance is clear: a company’s commitment to compliance is only credible if it’s supported by data that reflects employee...more
This week, leading up to Halloween, I will examine lessons for compliance professionals through the lens of the great Universal Movie Monsters: Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula, and The Mummy. Today, we consider what compliance...more
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Criminal Division announced its periodical update to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (“ECCP”), zeroing in on how companies manage risk related to artificial...more
In her recent speech at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics 23rd Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri spoke about the CWA and reviewed its early...more
Compliance professionals constantly seek to understand how systemic issues within corporate hierarchies can lead to severe consequences. The recent revelations about Bank of America’s (BoA) persistent workplace culture...more
"What else should the board be asking about the compliance group?” It’s a good question in general and the tile of a session at the SCCE Compliance & Ethics Institute, which will be held September 22-25, 2024 in Grapevine,...more
A recent issue of SCCE’s Corporate Compliance Weekly News contained a link to a startling report I was not previously familiar with. An investigation by the U.S. Coast Guard found numerous instances of sexual assault spanning...more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more
Steve Naughton, a well-known and accomplished compliance professional, joins Michael Volkov to discuss his compliance career and his role as the Director of Regulatory Compliance Studies and Clinical Professor at the Loyola...more
In a recent ECI podcast series , I had the opportunity to visit with Pat Harned, President of ECI. We took a deep dive into the 2023 Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES) revealed concerning trends in workplace ethics. The...more
We all agree on the importance of corporate culture. Everyone gets it – corporate leaders mouth the words but rarely understand the nuances, and the need to attend to a company’s culture. Compliance professionals want to...more
On Friday, SEC Chief Accountant Paul Munter released a public statement in which he expressed concerns about the risk assessment process of both auditors and management. As a possible harbinger of things to come, the...more
In part 3 of the compliance programs video series, Maynard Nexsen attorneys Erica Barnes and Charles Fleischmann share steps on how to ensure compliance programs are effective and working well for your business....more
In part 2 of the compliance programs video series, Maynard Nexsen attorneys Erica Barnes and Charles Fleischmann outline the key steps for designing a tailored compliance program and offer helpful resources to ensure success....more
In part 1 of the compliance programs video series, attorneys Erica Barnes and Charles Fleischmann discuss what a compliance program is and why it is a necessary component of a successful business....more
Compliance professionals understand the importance of fully operationalizing compliance and embedding it into the fabric of a business. How can your Human Resources (HR) function help to both create and maintain an ethical...more
Ethikos Volume 36, Number 4. October 2022 - Organizational culture seems to be discussed daily, yet few can define it. For our purpose, we can use a simple definition: the way we do things around here. Edgar Schein’s...more
It has now been 20 years since the historic collapse of WorldCom, Inc. (“WorldCom” or the “Company”). A review of the WorldCom collapse yields some continuing lessons for corporate counsel....more
I want to discuss how things go sideways in your workplace when people invest in conclusions that resist contrary explanations grounded in reality. If you have an employee who follows QAnon, you don’t necessarily have a...more
Here is another obvious point – internal controls are intended to ensure compliance with relevant policies and procedures. Internal controls are not just for show, or not just limited to financial reporting. A compliance...more
The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, 2019 Guidance, makes clear that operationalization of compliance into an organization should be done at multiple levels. The 2019 Guidance also called out culture as a key...more
Today, I conclude my two-part blog post series based on the seminal Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “Managing Risks: A New Framework”, by Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes. The authors identified three key categories of...more
Chief compliance officers have a hard job. CCOs know that fact and them fully embrace the challenges of their positions. At the same time, CCOs have extraordinary expectations placed on their shoulders – they are rarely...more