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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Role of Leadership in Culture and Course Correcting

When it comes to leadership, many people focus on qualities like decisiveness, communication skills, and strategic thinking. While these traits are undoubtedly important, there is another aspect of leadership that often gets...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Leadership’s Conduct at the Top

The 2022 Monaco Memo emphasized the basic point that the key to every company is culture. The bottom line is that corporate culture matters and corporate culture that fails to hold individuals accountable, or fails to invest...more

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Profiles in Effective CEO Leadership

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One of the many great experiences I have been fortunate to have in my career is to meet some impressive leaders – at the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill, and in corporations.  To focus on the latter, I have met some...more

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ECI’s New Survey – The State of Ethics & Compliance in the Workplace

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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

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NAVEX R&C Benchmark Finding: Leadership’s Opportunity to Improve Commitment to Compliance

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NAVEX publishes the 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 leaders to...more

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[Event] 11th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute - March 20th - 22nd, Amsterdam, Netherlands

In-person is back! Join us in Amsterdam for the 2023 European Compliance & Ethics Institute! Strengthen your compliance and ethics program by attending our 11th annual European Compliance and Ethics Institute, 20-22 March...more

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The Absent CEO – Who’s Minding the Store?

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Corporate families can carry the traits of a smaller family – what do I mean by this quip?  An absent parent inevitably causes harm to a family. Families depend on connection, support and ultimately intimacy. ...more

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The Dangers of a Fractured C-Suite

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We all know the importance of teamwork and collaboration. Whatever the context, sports, business, military, and many other situations, teamwork and cooperation is essential to success. ...more

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A Basic Question — Where is the CCO’s Office?

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Sometimes compliance issues are simple.  Most times they are nuanced.  This is a simple issue but it carries with it a significant message.  So here goes – where is the CCO’s office?...more

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Ethics Rising: How Easier Processes Drive a Compliance Culture

Ethical and compliant behavior depends on an ethical company culture: one where employees question decisions when they conflict with organizational values and speak up when facing moral dilemmas. ...more

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Wachsende Bedeutung der Unternehmenskultur

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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

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Admit It – Your Compliance Program is Not Really “Effective”

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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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Players and Communicating Compliance

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

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The Elements of Good Judgment: Part 3

Today, I conclude the topic of judgment for compliance professionals. I recently read a Harvard Business Review (HBR) article on the topic by Sir Andrew Likierman, entitled “The Elements of Good Judgment: How to Improve Your...more

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Compliance Perspectives: Sign Stealing in the MLB

Breaking the rules is breaking the rules no matter where it occurs. And for those of us in compliance there is much to learn from scandals of all sorts. Chris Rose, the co-host of Intentional Talk on the MLB Network and...more

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The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance – Part 5: The Whistleblower and The Amnesty

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

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The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance – Part 4: Ethics and The Truth of the Game

Today, I wanted to consider some of the ethical issues involved, why do we have ethics, more specifically, why do we have ethics in sports. At its most basic, ethics is knowing right from wrong. There is no question the...more

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The Future of Compliance – The New Proactive CCO (Part III of III)

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The path of the compliance profession has been remarkable.  Recently, I have seen a number of tweets and postings from compliance thought leaders touting the accomplishments of compliance and the transformation of the...more

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The Astros Cheating Scandal and Compliance-Part 2, Hinch and Luhnow

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

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The Future of Compliance: Re-Branding Compliance from Reactive to Proactive (Part I of III)

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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

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Mikhail Gordon on Aspects of Monitorships

I recently had the chance to sit down with Mikhail Reider-Gordon, Managing Director of Global Affairs at Affiliated Monitors, Inc. (AMI), for a five-part sponsored podcast series. We touched on various aspects of...more

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Farewell to Harrison Dillard and a CCO Using Empathy

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

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Take it Back: Game 2 Report and Building with Purpose – Part II

Building and transforming through purpose can help lay the groundwork for moving toward not only a more ethical culture but an environment where trust permeates the organization. Compliance can step to not only build on this...more

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Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: The Veiled Lodger and Empathy in Compliance

Over this week, I have reviewed stories from The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, mining each story for themes and lessons related to the compliance professional, leadership and business ethics. In today’s fifth and final...more

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Ethical Culture Begins with Senior Management

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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

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