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Corporate Social Responsibility Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

Corporate Social Responsibility refers to a business model that incorporates self-regulation mechanisms and aims to ensure better corporate compliance with ethical standards and international norms. Some... more +
Corporate Social Responsibility refers to a business model that incorporates self-regulation mechanisms and aims to ensure better corporate compliance with ethical standards and international norms. Some businesses approach the concept of corporate social responsibility more generally and define it as efforts to limit businesses' negative environmental and social impacts.  less -
American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] The Brazil Summit on Anti-Corruption, Integrity & ESG - May 22nd - 23rd, São Paulo, Brazil

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 14th Annual Summit on Anti-Corruption, Integrity & ESG returns to Brazil for another groundbreaking year to discuss the current high-stakes dilemmas impacting your organization....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 9th Anti-Corruption and Corporate Social Responsibility Conference - October 9th - 10th, Puteaux, France

Hosted by C5 Group, the 9th Anti-Corruption Conference in Paris returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will shed light on important issues at the forefront....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Crisis Week: Part 1 – Compliance as a Trip Wire

Perhaps the most prescient comment I heard during the height of the pandemic came from Jed Gardner, Group Director of Transformation at Linedata, which was that we have moved from disaster recovery to business continuity to...more

Dechert LLP

Corporate America can be a Powerful Force for Good to Root out Modern-Day Slavery

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Key Takeaways - Slave, forced, and child labor is a modern-day reality impacting some 40 million people throughout the world, by some estimates. Such practices are—and have always been—repugnant, and certainly have no place...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

2020 Update Review: Part 5 – Renewed Importance on Compliance

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ), without fanfare, released an update to its 2019 Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, the 2019 Guidance. For simplicity this new document will be called the 2020 Update. ...more

The Volkov Law Group

Managing Your Supply Chain: Turning “Do No Harm” Into “Doing Good”

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I am definitely an optimist. Frankly, there is no alternative. Pessimists, by definition, ensure that the result they fear will occur. Another way of saying the same thing – karma is destiny....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

How CSR and Supply Chain Can Strengthen Compliance

What is the intersection of Supply Chain, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and compliance? More importantly, how can innovation in the Supply Chain and CSR inform compliance? Most importantly, how can innovation in the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

AI for Risk Management in Compliance – A New Business Advantage

There have been some articles recently which discussed the revolution of technology into compliance, specifically with the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the profession. A few pieces claimed this was...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The FCPA at 40 – Evolution in the Fight Against Bribery and Corruption

In two speeches last week Department of Justice (DOJ) Acting Principal Assistant Attorney General Trevor McFadden addressed multiple topics and issues around the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The first set of remarks...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Risk in Compliance-Part III, Risk-Based Monitoring

Today I continue my exploration of risk in compliance by starting a consideration of risk-based monitoring. As I have the previous two days, I honor a television star who died last week and today it is Mike Connors. While...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Compliance, Stakeholder Engagement and CSR

Tammy Grimes died earlier this week. For those of you not familiar with that name, you may well know the name of the Broadway musical which catapulted her to fame, The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Grimes garnered a Toni in 1960...more

The Volkov Law Group

Corruption Risks and Corporate Social Responsibility Spending

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Global companies have been embracing socially responsible spending projects to build stronger relationships with local communities. The idea makes a lot of sense and real projects can result in real benefits....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Booking a Meeting? In Venezuela It May Cost You a Rolex

First it was Petrobras but it certainly did not take long for the second shoe to drop for the other corrupt national energy company in Latin America, the Venezuelan national oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, also known as...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 159-Alison Taylor on the intersection of CSR and the FCPA

In this episode I visit with Alison Taylor of BSR about the organizational behavior issues around bribery and corruption and the intersection of Corporate Social Responsibility and the FCPA. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Thrill is Gone: On the Intersection of CSR and the FCPA

Somehow it seems fitting that the legacy of BB King inform today’s blog post which is about the intersection of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and anti-corruption laws such as the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Wishbone, American Exceptionalism And The FCPA

It is Friday and this week’s college football began last night with the Texas Longhorns on television. The game reminded me about James Street who died this week. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Competitive “(Dis)advantage” And Extraterritoriality Of Anti-Bribery Laws

I was recently interviewed by Branislav Hock, a Research Master in Law Tilburg University in The Netherlands in connection with his graduate studies. Bribery, including its various forms such as political contributions or...more

NAVEX

Four Key Board Responsibilities for Monitoring Risk and Compliance

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Introduction: High Pressure Regulatory Environment - Now more than ever, there is increased regulatory pressure on organizations – and their Boards of Directors – to create and maintain effective ethics and compliance...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

How Much Due Diligence Is Enough?

Do you really know who you are doing business with in your supply chain? How much due diligence is enough? Should you update your due diligence on a regular basis? How about on a continuous basis? What ethical considerations...more

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