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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Making Ethics & Compliance Training Memorable: Part 5 – Making Compliance Training Playful

There is not much I enjoy more than sitting down with one of the innovative thinkers in compliance, Carsten Tams, to find out what is on his mind regarding compliance. I recently had the opportunity to make Ethics and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Transforming Culture: Part 5 – Ongoing Monitoring and Continuous Improvement of Culture

Boeing is not the first company to find itself amid a massive scandal. You can think of Siemens’ bribery and corruption scandal, the VW emissions-testing scandal, the Wells Fargo fraudulent accounts scandal, or any other...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Organizational Integrity Shorts: The Importance of Post-Investigation Activities

Aristotle said “well begun is half done.” About 2,300 years later, Mary Poppins shared the same advice with her young charges, Jane and Michael. The adage generally is understood to mean that a thoughtful and disciplined...more

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

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Leading the way: Ethics and compliance as leadership responsibilities

To thrive in a complex world of constant change and challenge, firms must continuously innovate by pivoting business models, creating disruptive products, and implementing new technologies. Keeping an organization innovative,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Leadership Lessons from the President of the Republic of Texas-Anson Jones: Education for the Future

The Republic of Texas holds a unique place in American history as a short-lived independent nation. In this special four-part blog post series, I will be diving into the intriguing world of the presidents of the Republic of...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Classic Monster Movie Month-Leadership and Ethical Lessons from Murders in Rue Morgue

It is October and one of my favorite times of the year as I get to revisit the 1930s and 1940s classic monster movies released by Universal Pictures. The year I want to explore some of the lesser known Universal Picture...more

The Volkov Law Group

Compliance Titles and Responsibilities

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Let me start with yet another profound grasp of the obvious — leadership requires many important interpersonal and intellectual capabilities.  I do not intend to list the important ones right now but leadership requires an...more

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Culture and a Company’s Most Valuable Intangible Asset – its Reputation

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Corporate leaders and executives like to mouth the words surrounding corporate culture.  It is part of the code they all use with each other.  Few of them, however, really know what the word means or even dare to understand...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Leadership Lessons from Abraham Lincoln (UPDATED)

In honor of President’s Day 2021, I look at some leadership lessons from Abraham Lincoln. In a New York Times (NYT) article, entitled “Lincoln’s School of Management”, Nancy F. Koehn, a historian at the Harvard School of...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

You need to set the tone

I’ve been involved with so many small organizations both profit and non-profit in one form or another as an employee, officer, or client. The one thing that is consistent with each organization is that the leadership sets the...more

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The Danger of a Hyper-Focused Sales Culture

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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

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Prioritizing Corporate Culture: Lessons for Companies from the Major League Baseball Sign-Stealing Investigation

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The MLB Commissioner held senior leadership accountable for illegal sign stealing - even though the conduct generally involved players and low-level operations employees. On January 13, 2020, Major League Baseball (MLB)...more

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What Happens When Managers Misbehave?

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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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Connected Compliance

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Reflections on Converge18: Three Lessons

Flying back home from Converge18 and it seemed like a good time for some reflections on the event. (Full Disclosure: I consult with Convercent, the event sponsor and spoke at the event.) ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Scooby Doo and Curiosity in Compliance

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Leadership Lessons from Dr. Frankenstein

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Leadership Lessons from the Presidency of James Buchanan

I conclude my short series on what leadership lessons might be learned from four Presidents immediately preceding the Civil War. Today we continue our series on little known or remembered US Presidents with one of the great...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Leadership Lessons from James Polk – Mind the Details but Don’t Take Your Eyes off the Goal

There were two economic issues that Polk accomplished which greatly furthered US economic interests. The first was the reduction of the Tariff of 1842. Polk directed Secretary of the Treasury Robert Walker to draft a lower...more

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The New Test for CCOs

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These are inspiring times for the compliance profession. Looking back on the last ten years, it is amazing to observe the growth and influence of the compliance profession. Many of the original advocates for the compliance...more

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Culture and Leadership in Middle Management

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We always hear about the importance of tone-at-the-top. Corporate leaders are very familiar with how to say the right things about ethics and compliance and the company’s culture. But we all know that words are cheap – it...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Leadership Lessons from Abraham Lincoln

The leadership lessons from the race to the South Pole renewed my interest in leadership for the compliance practitioner. In a New York Times (NYT) article, entitled “Lincoln’s School of Management”, Nancy F. Koehn, a...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Leadership Lessons from the Race to the South Pole

The golden age of polar exploration lasted from about 1895 to 1912 during which time explorers raced to reach both the North Pole and South Pole. Even today those explorations and expeditions raise admiration and awe. Today,...more

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Practical Suggestions on ‘Why Compliance Programs Fail’

I recently cracked open my Harvard Business Review to the article on “Why Compliance Programs Fail.” I read with great interest the authors’ theory on how weak, milk-toast metrics can result in check-the-box, paper-only...more

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