Menu9/1/14: Companies have to follow up on internal complaints of possible wrongdoing. The US Securities and Exchange Commission made that clear when it awarded $300,000 to a whistleblower with audit and compliance responsibilities. In this case, the whistleblower had alerted all the appropriate personnel in his company about possible...
Compliance Communications Blog
Aug 20, 2014 •
Three months ago I was on a United Airlines flight from Newark to London with a colleague named John. About an hour before landing at Heathrow, standing to retrieve something from the overhead compartment, John looked back about five rows and saw that another passenger was choking on a piece of bread. Not the coughing-and-smiling-and-saying-everything-is-fine kind of choking, but the completely-unable-to-breathe-or-speak kind of choking. Really choking. Before I was even aware that something was happening, John (an Eagle Scout and all around good guy) had moved into position, got behind the guy, and performed the Heimlich Maneuver with two thrusts of his fists to the choking man’s diaphragm. The piece of bread was expelled; the man’s life was saved.
Aug 01, 2014 •
8/1/14: Today’s businesses stand on an undercurrent of suspicion by many consumers and competitors that unethical behavior is an integral part of business success. Ugly assumption – and one not based in truth according to Jeff Kaplan, editor of the Conflict of Interest blog. In this post, Kaplan pulls up research to suggest that ethics...
Aug 01, 2014 •
8/1/14: The selection and oversight of most federal contractors came under new requirements last July with The Fair Play and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. The President’s new EO requires the periodic disclosure of defined labor law violations by contractors and sets out how that information can be used by government agencies in...
Aug 01, 2014 •
8/1/14: Written policies are essential for compliance but they don’t achieve compliance. For that, policies must be implemented. An article by Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. from law firm Wolters Kluwer drills into a recent court decision on an anti-discrimination lawsuit and how that decision should guide other businesses in managing their...
