Compliance Communications Blog

 

"The Cost of 'Failing to Prevent'"


11/17/15: The October 2015 “FCPA Update” by law firm Debevoise & Plimpton contains a good chunk of useful information on several topics. The largest section is devoted to Brazil’s new guidelines for compliance programs – especially useful for companies with existing or planned operations...

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"Keeping Compliance & Ethics Responsibilities Fresh"


11/17/15: An article by Jeff Kaplan for Corporate Compliance Insights focuses attention on an oft-overlooked aspect of corporate compliance: the compliance and ethics responsibilities of company managers. Kaplan acknowledges typical duties such as leading by example and maintaining...

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"Best Practices Compliance Programs for 2016"


11/3/2015: Tom Fox’s recent post on his FCPA Compliance and Ethics blog focused on the issue of “… training and testing the effectiveness of a best practices FCPA compliance program.”  Employee training has always been an integral component of an effective compliance...

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"Behavior, Ethics, and Compliance"


11/3/2015: A paper by Donald C. Langevoort (Georgetown University Law Center) provides interesting insight into the topic of behavioral ethics and behavioral compliance.  At first glance, the 29-page paper might seem best suited for academics and attorneys. Not so. The paper gives...

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"Beyond Fines: Responding to Corporate Misconduct"


11/3/2015: If the threat of multi-million dollar fines isn’t enough to discourage corporate wrongdoing, what is? The question has swirled around since the DOJ ramped up its anti-corruption enforcement efforts. Billions of dollars have been returned to the federal purse but very few...

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