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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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Lessons from The Adventure of the Crooked Man

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Adam Balfour on Ethics & Compliance for Humans

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Adam Balfour, author of Ethics and Compliance for Humans. We had a great conversation about his book and the importance of ethics, compliance, and leadership in organizations....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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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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Foul Balls and Red Cards: How Baseball and Soccer’s Different Approaches to Cheating Illustrate the Power of Organizational...

This spring, two major sports teams were caught cheating. Both are consistent championship contenders in recent years. In the United States, hardly any sports fan could have missed the report released by Major League...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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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

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The Impact of a New CEO

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Businesses have to evolve in order to respond to the market, consumer demands, societal pressures and stakeholder expectations.  Companies grow and pivot in two ways – organically or through acquisition or sales of parts....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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Tribute to The Boys of Summer and Toxicity in Houston

The Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal filled out quite a bit last week with two significant new items. The first was an interview on the MLB Network by Tom Verducci, of disgraced Astros manager A.J. Hinch (Hinch...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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

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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When Company Supervisors and Managers Engage in Misconduct

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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

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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

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Enforcing Corporate Compliance Policies and Controls

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The government has emphasized the dangers of a paper compliance program, meaning a compliance program that is written down but not implemented. ...more

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Speak Up is Great – Is Anyone Listening?

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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

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

What is the role of a CCO in strengthening the ethical culture of an organization?

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Land of a 1000 Podcasts

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

A Tip of the Hat to Thomas and Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty

What can you do as a leader to help get through uncertainty in this prolongated season of turmoil? It begins with a broader understanding of these ecosystems, not simply the technical proficiency in operating within them. ...more

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