Compliance Tip of the Day: Rethinking Corporate AI Governance Through Design Intelligence
Podcast - “I Lied Like a Dog!”
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 55 – The From Worse to Worser Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 4, Culture
Sittenfeld v. United States – Campaign Contributions as Crimes?
Podcast - Persistence and Determination
Daily Compliance News: July 14, 2025, The Secret Business Sauce-Reading Edition
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles: Uncovering Compliance – Lessons from The Hound of the Baskervilles
FCPA Compliance Report: Ethical Challenges in AI, Data Protection, and Sports with Andre Paris
Daily Compliance News: July 11, 2025, The What is a COI Edition
Because that's what heroes Do: Deep Space 9 – Episode 29: Character Dynamics and Ethical Tensions in When it Rains
Treating Compliance Like an Asset
Daily Compliance News: July 9, 2025, The TACO Don Caves Again Edition
Daily Compliance News: July 8, 2025, The Learning on the Job Edition
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles, Introduction and Compliance Lessons Learned
The Dark Patterns Behind Corporate Scandals
Daily Compliance News: June 26, 2025, The? Matt Galvin Honored Edition
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 72 - Cultural Roots, Belonging, and the Fear of Change: What’s Next for Inclusion?
SBR-Authors Podcast: Unconditional Values in Leadership and Compliance with Andy Crocker
Sarah Chen, the newly appointed chief compliance officer (CCO) at Granite Oil Corp, sat across from the board of directors, her heart racing. The company was on the brink of closing a lucrative deal in an emerging market, but...more
We continue our exploration of how CEOs and senior executives are uniquely positioned to drive home the importance of ethical behavior and adherence to compliance regulations. Today, we consider the humble email and how it...more
We conclude our focus on culture this week by returning to some of our long-time compliance roots for improving culture, such as the listening tour. In 2022, returning Starbucks Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Howard Schultz...more
Nearly a century ago, Benjamin Cardozo waxed eloquent regarding the fiduciary obligation of co-venturers...more
Learning Objectives: - Participants will have a better understanding of how the CEO and CCO certification of compliance program effectiveness came to be. - Participants will learn about example cases where DOJ and SEC...more
The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have signaled in recent months that they have reinvigorated their focus on executive compensation claw backs, urging companies to adopt compensation...more
The DOJ has signaled that CEO and CCO certifications will become a staple of all corporate settlement agreements. Critics worry CEOs and CCOs face undue personal liability and argue it will dissuade CCOs from accepting the...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important SEC enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary sources....more
Corporate leaders and executives like to mouth the words surrounding corporate culture. It is part of the code they all use with each other. Few of them, however, really know what the word means or even dare to understand...more
We always read about the superstar CEO. The company’s leader who is paid millions and is the rock star of business success. Board members, shareholders and stakeholders support the leader because he/she has brought...more
Effective compliance professionals think a lot about organizational trust: What it is, how it helps a business succeed, and how companies can leverage it to nurture a rigorous ethical culture. This Memorial Day weekend, I...more
This episode is the first in a series of podcasts on H.R. 1, a bill that has been introduced in Congress that will affect campaign finance, lobbying, ethics, and voting laws. In this episode, Partner Mark Renaud and Special...more
Even with this most turbulent year nearly at an end, we continue to lose many true greats. One of the greatest in baseball in the ‘60s and ‘70s was Richie (Dick) Allen. According to Tyler Kepner, writing in his On Baseball...more
Register for NAVEX Next, our annual risk and compliance virtual conference. Formerly the Ethics & Compliance Virtual Conference (ECVC), the new name recognizes that we must be forward-looking as we face an increasingly...more
Many companies have an investigation protocol in place when a potential compliance or other legal issue arises. However, many Boards of Directors do not have the same rigor when it comes to an investigation, which should be...more
- A tone-at-the-top business culture with CEO leadership is a critical component of effective anti-corruption and anti-bribery policy implementation. - CEO leadership helps set an example for lower management and company...more
Businesses have to evolve in order to respond to the market, consumer demands, societal pressures and stakeholder expectations. Companies grow and pivot in two ways – organically or through acquisition or sales of parts....more
The global communications firm Edelman published their annual Edelman Trust Barometer in January. As usual, the report gave ethics and compliance officers much to consider, not all of it good. The Edelman report is a...more
A piece by Dick Cassin in the FCPA Blog had some very stark language. He quoted from the Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson) 6-K filing for the following, “While the Company had a compliance program and a supporting...more
The arc of history has been moving, albeit in fits and starts, toward gender equality. In the business world, and a little less in the legal world, we see more female leaders at the top. But once a woman reaches that point,...more
According to the latest PwC CEO Success study, more CEOs were dismissed in the last calendar year for ethical lapses than for financial performance or conflicts with the board. Allow this finding to sink in for a moment: more...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
Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly (the coolest guy in...more
It is distressing that corporate boards, CEOs and senior managers receive adequate training. Many CCOs are reluctant to face this issue and recommend (or insist) on appearing before their corporate boards to conduct such...more
The beauty of an effective ethics and compliance program is captured in the well-known phrase that it is worth much more than the sum of its parts....more