Public-Private Partnerships to Stem Corruption
Investigations and Cognitive Interviews
Fraud Prevention Techniques for Nonprofit Organizations - Part 3
Steps Your Nonprofit Can Take to Mitigate Fraud Risks - Part 2
Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
Why Time Matters: Partners Lindsay Gerdes and Michael J. Bronson on Swift Action in Government Investigations
Privacy Issues from Third-Party Website Tags
False Claims Act Insights - If Everything Matters, Nothing Does: Parsing Materiality in FCA Disputes
Episode 331- NAVEX State of Risk and Compliance Programs
What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program
Episode 330 – Halyna Senyk on Anti-Corruption Progress in Ukraine
Managing Social Media Risk
FCPA Compliance Report: Erica Salmon Byrne on Closing The Speak Up Gap
Principled Podcast: S11E7 | Fortifying Ethical Frameworks: Navigating Emerging Risks in the Middle East
Episode 327 -- Another Look at the Importance of Corporate Culture
In Brief: Election Law & Government Ethics Unpacked: National Convention Guidance
Episode 320 -- NAVEX Hotline Report -- More Reports and Higher Substantiation
Episode 318 -- LRN's Recent Study Underscores Importance of Ethical Culture and Values-Based Leadership
Principled Podcast: S11E6 | Ethics & Compliance Evolution in Singapore: Adapting to Global Risks
Episode 315 - Boeing Pays $51 Million for ITAR Violations
LRN’s research consistently paints a picture that every board member, senior executive and middle manager should view — corporate culture is an organization’s most valuable intangible asset and is a significant determinant...more
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One of the great things about having a podcast network is that I get to not only explore topics that I love but I get to tie them into compliance. Perhaps the best example is my award-winning series, Trekking Through...more
The Ethics and Compliance Initiative (“ECI”) is a terrific organization that provides important ethics and compliance insights and leadership. Starting in 1994, ECI has conducted a longitudinal, cross-section study of...more
Chief compliance officers are always hungry for benchmarking data, for comparisons and insights around how their respective compliance programs stack up against other companies, especially in the same industry. Compliance...more
Was Unternehmen aus einem der größten Baseball-Skandale lernen können - Selten hatte die juristische Aufarbeitung sportlicher Verfehlungen einen so großen Nachhall wie zuletzt beim „Sign Stealing“ in der Major League...more
We all know that economic incentives are critical to promoting performance. Going back to the days of Adam Smith, the U.S. economic growth is the result of a basic motivation – hard work can result in significant...more
Chief compliance officers are heroes. They labor every day to advance a company’s ethics and compliance program without much recognition, with few resources, and with well-known gaps in their programs....more
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The Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal is only going to get worse and worse. In addition to the report by Wall Street Journal (WSJ) of the “Dark Arts” program by the Astros front office to steal signs in a program called...more
I am nearing the end of a multi-part exploration of the Major League Baseball (MLB) investigation into allegations that the Houston Astros engaged in a multi-year scheme to steal signs and signals from opposing teams. ...more
I am in the midst of a multipart exploration of the Major League Baseball (MLB) investigation into allegations that the Houston Astros engaged in a multi-year scheme to steal signs and signals from opposing teams. MLB issued...more
As a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) one of the most powerful tools you have is persuasion. Jenny O’Brien, CCO at UnitedHealthcare, has talked about the techniques that a CCO can use to influence decision making in a company...more
We all know the phrase – “A fish rots from its head.” A perfectly accurate statement as to how corporate culture can suffer from leadership failures or C-Suite misconduct. But there is much more to corporate culture than...more
I tend to repeat myself and when it comes to corporate cultured and ethics, I admit it. A company without an ethical culture, or at least a commitment to an ethical culture, will be unable to achieve an effective ethics and...more
Company managers are the lynchpin of a corporate compliance program. Without belaboring the Tinkers to Evers to Chance baseball analogy, a corporate culture of compliance requires an important information and accountability...more
I recently had the chance to visit with Valerie Charles, the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at GAN Integrity, Inc. (GAN Integrity) about a subject that is fastly becoming one of the more topical conversations in the compliance...more
A fundamental requirement for an effective ethics and compliance program is that it is supported by “adequate resources.” This does not mean a bare minimum requirement; nor is this requirement satisfied by flat-lining a...more
The government has emphasized the dangers of a paper compliance program, meaning a compliance program that is written down but not implemented. ...more
Chief compliance officers face a mountain of tasks – it is easy to get overwhelmed. Add to the mix the fact that CCOs are under extraordinary pressure to “prevent and detect” potential violations of the company’s code and...more
I thought about the need for curiosity for a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in the context of a 2016 New York Times (NYT) piece which profiled Soledad O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Starfish Media Group, a...more
I hope you will consider just how impactful you can be as a leader, such as a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), or that your Chief Executive Officer (CEO) can be. ...more
Today, I want to consider what is the role of a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in strengthening the ethical culture of an organization. This blog post is based on, in part in an interview I did with Eric Feldman from...more
I have long been interested in business leadership. I approached a good friend Richard Lummis to ask if he would host me in such a series. Out of this came 12 O’Clock High, a Podcast on Business Leadership....more