Menu12/2/15: Do corporate officers and managers deserve to be sentenced to jail for corruption or bribery committed in their organizations under their watch? Well, that’s a loaded question and answers will be all over the map. A more useful question might be this: is prison an effective punishment ...
Compliance Communications Blog
Dec 02, 2015 •
12/2/15: We hear the misery of teenagers and even younger children being bullied in school, online and even on playgrounds. Now, according to a study by OfficeTeam, we learn that bullying continues into the workplace where, among other things, it’s a serious and growing compliance...
Nov 23, 2015 •
How important is a communication strategy to your compliance program? Getting the message out to your employees, third parties, and stakeholders will make your program stick and, over time, create a culture of compliance and ethics within your organization. Communication is an integral part of your program, but don’t take my word for it; here’s an excerpt from the 22nd Annual Ethics and Compliance Conference (you can read the full transcript here):
Compliance programs must be put into place and—more importantly—communicated repeatedly and enforced properly throughout the entire organization.
A company should implement mechanisms designed to ensure that its compliance code is effectively communicated to all directors, officers, employees. This means repeated communication, frequent and effective training, and an ability to provide guidance when issues arise.
-Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell at the 22nd Annual Ethics and Compliance Conference, October 1, 2014
Nov 17, 2015 •
11/17/15: There’s something particularly disheartening about the public exposure of misconduct in a company with a reputation for ethics and quality. These highly visible companies have spent millions of dollars on compliance programs with carefully crafted Codes...
Nov 17, 2015 •
11/17/15: It’s a good idea to keep up with DOJ thinking and plans when you operate a business under the DOJ’s jurisdiction, even if the policies are unreleased. Referencing an article published in the Washington Post (and linked in the blog post), the FCPA Professor offers...
