Avoiding a Bored Board
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?
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ACI's Global Anti-Corruption, Ethics & Compliance – New York is your best opportunity to hear how companies are addressing the status of DOJ and SEC priorities, effective compliance and risk strategies, strengthening...more
New DOJ whistleblower incentives. Investigation-related KPIs. Accountability demands from stakeholders of all stripes. A combination of hard work by ethics and compliance professionals, high profile internal system...more
I had many ideas for an article that would expand on recent developments in the compliance and ethics space. My working title was the creatively light “Recent Developments.” But after meeting with SCCE & HCCA’s editorial...more
Last month, I wrote a blog post on the tone at the top, exemplified in Star Trek’s Original Series episode, Devil in the Dark. Based on the response, some passionate Star Trek fans are out there. I decided to write a series...more
Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? SCCE & HCCA’s Regional Compliance & Ethics Conferences bring compliance practitioners from all disciplines together for convenient, local compliance education....more
The U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program in March 2023, with renewed expectations for companies to use data analytics and testing. However, the government...more
Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more
THE ONLY EVENT WHERE YOU'LL HEAR FROM Government, In-house Counsel, The Judiciary, the Defense & Relator’s Bar - ACI’s 8th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement will address the underlying...more
The Annual Gathering for the Global Anti-Corruption Community - Exclusive Interview with President of Microsoft at FCPA DC - The world has reached an inflection point in which digital technology is being used as both a...more
How does your Code of Conduct inform your risk assessment and how in turn does a risk assessment inform your Code of Conduct training? I recently visited with Charlie Voelker, Director, Compliance Products at Skillsoft and...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
Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more
Despite the global pandemic, the federal judiciary continues to issue rulings. In the last week, two courts provided guidance about when self-disclosures to the government waive the attorney-client privilege, underscoring the...more
This two-day Regional Compliance and Ethics Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more
The MLB Commissioner held senior leadership accountable for illegal sign stealing - even though the conduct generally involved players and low-level operations employees. On January 13, 2020, Major League Baseball (MLB)...more
The U.S. Justice Department has updated its "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs," a guidance document detailing topics and questions prosecutors should weigh when determining whether a company has demonstrated...more
On April 30, 2019, the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Brian A. Benczkowski, announced an update to the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) 2017 guidance document entitled Evaluation of Corporate Compliance...more
The joint Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 2012 FCPA Guidance came out five years ago this month. As a commentator focusing on the doing of compliance, we should pause to once again...more
In the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (Evaluation), Prong 8 Incentive and Disciplinary Measures it states: Incentive System – Consistent Application – Have the disciplinary actions...more
Your company should have a detailed written procedure for handling any complaint or allegation of bribery or corruption, regardless of the means through which it is communicated. The mechanism could include the internal...more
Procedural fairness is one of the things that will bring credibility to your Compliance Program. Today it is called the Fair Process Doctrine and this Doctrine generally recognizes that there are fair procedures, not...more
Every year it’s safe to assume that our list of Top 10 trends will include the latest developments pertaining to helplines, whistleblower reporting and retaliation, and this year is no exception. We begin by examining some...more
While naysayers believe the Department Of Justice's (DOJ’s) memo is going to result in major complications and headaches for companies experiencing government investigations, ethical companies are unlikely to be affected much...more