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
Nota Bene Episode 51: The Four Fundamentals of a Corporate Governance Crisis with John Tishler
Across the Board-Episode 5, Visualization of Data for a Board
In a recent episode of the FCPA Compliance Podcast, we discussed the 2024 Ethisphere Ethical Culture Report, “Closing the Speak Up Gap,” with Erica Salmon Byrne. As an expert in ethical culture and a familiar voice to our...more
When was the last time your organization received an anonymous compliance concern? Has it been so long you can’t recall? Maybe you consider yourself lucky that the organization has never received a concern on your watch, or...more
Investigations are stressful for an organization’s leadership. But what is often overlooked is that they are stressful for an organization’s employees as well. The need-to-know nature of internal investigations usually...more
As a company’s most valuable intangible asset, we have witnessed the wreckage of companies that have fallen victim to reputational damage, scandal and ultimately the wasteland of a rotten corporate culture. In these...more
NAVEX publishes the Definitive Risk and Compliance Benchmark Report each year, surveying over 1,100 industry professionals. The purpose of this report is to provide insight into the effectiveness of R&C programs and enable...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
We often discuss the importance of a “Speak Up” culture. We encourage employees to report their concerns, we emphasize the important of such reporting to the life of an organization....more
We all know (and repeat every day) that corporate cultures reflect social trends and pressures. Companies face extraordinary political and social pressures, and this translates into its corporate workforce....more
We are on the final countdown to Number 500. Next week, on Monday, August 31, I will be celebrating my 500th Anniversary episode, where I will talk about some of the key changes I have seen in compliance over the past 10...more
The Department of Justice-Criminal Division recently updated its internal guidance to federal prosecutors for evaluating corporate compliance programs. The DOJ does not promulgate a checklist or formula for evaluating such a...more
As everyone knows, I am an eternal optimist. Being a cynic always leads to negative energy and results. As a former federal prosecutor, I am deeply committed to the idea of doing the right thing....more
It is easy to get swept up into compliance trends, prognosticators of the future, and future compliance terms such as “artificial intelligence,” or “blockchain.” Do not get me wrong, these are the terms for the future and...more
In looking back at SCCE’s 17th Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute, held in Las Vegas this year, I have to say it was one of the best SCCE CEI events I and other members of the Mitratech team have attended in recent years....more
John McCain died over the weekend. I cannot think of a much better example of someone who continually sacrificed himself for his country than McCain. ...more
For some reason, I have always believed that picking successful stocks should not be very difficult. Unfortunately, my record in the stock market does not back up my self-assessment. On the other hand, when it comes to...more
There is something a little surreal when a CCO, while negotiating to join a company, raises the issue of his or her own termination. Not to be maudlin, but it is an important issue to consider....more
Since at least the market crisis there has been a clamor to convict senior corporate officials of federal felonies – or at least name them in a civil law enforcement action by the SEC or another agency. For years the...more