Compliance Communications Blog

 

"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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"Beyond the Compliance Plan"


10/7/15: A compliance plan isn’t worth much if it isn’t put into action, and part of that action should center on communication. For regulatory compliance, communication has to be consistent if the message is expected to “stick” with the target audience. Unfortunately, the role of compliance communications is too often stuck...

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"Harassment, Cyberbullying and Corporate Risk"


10/7/15: Imagine a world without smartphones, social media or texts. Good luck. For anyone who still thinks those technologies haven’t bled from the personal lives of employees into the workplace, think again. These days, what employees say on social media is one more legal and compliance risk for employers. An article...

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"Prevent and Detect Violations"

 

9/1/15: The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently settled charges with Citigroup Global Markets saying the company failed to adopt and apply procedures that would prevent and detect transactions signaling the potential misuse of material, nonpublic information. The company also failed to adopt...

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"The Goal is Clarity - Not Bulk"

 

8/19/15: Communicators shouldn’t be paid by the word. Jonathan Monetti hits the proverbial nail on a communicator’s head: the goal is clear, concise communication. More words is not automatically better at communicating a message – but it’s so much easier to use 30 words when the correct 3 words will do. In his...

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