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Compliance Tip of the Day: Using AI to Embed Your Compliance Program
Compliance Tip of the Day: Trust and Verify
Great Woman in Compliance: Building Strategic and Effective Risk Assessments
Compliance into the Weeds: The Dark Side of AI in Employee Training
Compliance Tip of the Day: AI Assistant for Compliance
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
What to Do When Leadership Doesn’t Take Compliance Seriously
Compliance Tip of the Day: Finance Models for Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day - Extending Compliance Value Across Your Organization
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
Moving Beyond the Usual Helpline Data
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels - The Valley of Fear, Introduction and Compliance Lessons Learned
FCPA Compliance Report: Navigating Corporate Scandals: Insights on Governance, Compliance, and Recovery with Steve Vincze
Compliance Tip of the Day: AI and 3rd Party Risk Management
Compliance Tip of the Day: Strategies for Embedding Compliance into your Organization
Compliance Tip of the Day: Crowd Sourcing Risk Intelligence
In today’s global trade environment, tariffs have become a company-wide concern—impacting legal, compliance, finance, and operations alike. This article introduces how the COSO Internal Control Framework can serve as a...more
In an era of stringent regulations and increasing legal risks, it has become essential for organizations to implement internal enforcement programs. However, in order for such programs to provide legal protection, they must...more
On February 7, 2025, the Second Circuit ruled that the crime-fraud exception would prevent the former CEO of a public company from invoking attorney-client privilege to prevent an outside lawyer and his law firm from...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
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
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
To what extent are boards and senior executives in your country of focus taking proactive steps to reduce incidences of fraud and corruption from surfacing within their company? Over the past several years, there has been...more
Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 40th International Conference on the FCPA returns for another exciting year with curated programming that shines a global spotlight on anti-corruption compliance challenges,...more
Let’s move beyond the headline – trade compliance is the new FCPA. We get it. The next step is to do something about it. The Justice Department has repeated this refrain – it is one of its greatest hits. In addition, DOJ,...more
Achieve your ESG goals in 2023 - Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a top priority for organizations of all types and sizes, and it the compliance team is a key factor in the ESG equation. Much like regulatory...more
Hosted by American Conference Institute, the Mexico Summit on Anti-Corruption & Compliance Programs returns for another exciting year with curated programming that shines a global spotlight on anti-corruption compliance...more
In recent years, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) have further defined their anti-corruption due diligence and disclosure expectations of acquiring companies pre- and...more
In the latest episode of the Compliance Perspectives podcast we are joined by Daniel Kahn, the Acting Chief of the Fraud Section at the Department of Justice. We begin the conversation with a discussion of the latest...more
In this third edition of October HorrorFest 2020 celebration we consider the first Hammer film sequel (and second in the series) – The Revenge of Frankenstein which was released in 1958. It begins as the Curse of Frankenstein...more
Federal regulators—including the Federal Reserve and the OCC—have fined Citigroup $400 million over “longstanding” failures in the areas of risk management, data governance, and internal controls. In addition to the fine, the...more
Ed. Note-We welcome back Troy McAlister with another guest post. Troy brings 20 years of experience at both public and private companies, in public accounting and in a variety of industries. Troy has experience in...more
I recently had the opportunity to visit with Michele Edwards, Partner at StoneTurn, to consider some of the impacts on corporate compliance programs from the recently released 2020 Update to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)...more
In June, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published an Update to their Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (2020 Update) which set out to provide additional clarity on how enforcement officials will evaluate an...more
What are the obligations of a Board member regarding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)? Are the obligations of the Compliance Committee under the FCPA at odds with a director’s “prudent discharge of duties to...more
In June, the U.S. Department of Justice updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs Guidance (“Guidance”). While the Guidance is intended to assist prosecutors by providing factors to consider in evaluating the...more
On June 1, 2020, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released updates to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance (Guidance), last revised in April 2019. ...more
The Situation: The Department of Justice ("DOJ") has updated its "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" guidance for prosecutors. The Result: The updates provide additional insights into the factors the DOJ is...more
The Department of Justice issued additional clarification and revised guidance on June 1, 2020, for corporate program compliance programs. The additional guidance doesn’t introduce substantive changes; however, it emphasizes...more
What is the value of having a Code of Conduct? I have heard many business folks ask that question over the years. In its early days, a Code of Conduct tended to be a lawyer-written and lawyer-driven document to wave in...more