Compliance Communications Blog

 

"The State of DPAs and NPAs in mid-2015"

 

7/15/15: In July, the law firm Gibson Dunn released its 2015 mid-year update on the US’ enforcement of corruption laws through Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) and Non-Prosecution Agreements (NPAs). As usual, the in-depth update is worth reading from front to finish but one section of particular interest...

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"What Effective Communication Needs"

 

7/15/15: Few of us retain much from a one-shot message but hearing the same message consistently has a huge impact: we remember. Even more importantly, we integrate the message into our lives, thoughts and behaviors. Certainly, that’s true in compliance communication. In a blog post on Communicating...

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"Fight Corruption: A Business Cost or Advantage"

 

7/15/15: The traditional argument has been that corruption in some markets is so widespread that companies are virtually required to participate in that corruption, particularly when it comes to the small “facilitation payments” that make the wheel of business keep spinning. An article by the staff of Treasury & Risk...

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"Corruption or Safety Concerns"

 

6/30/15: By now, Tanaka has become synonymous with airbags, recalls, and quality failures. But, here’s another ingredient in the increasingly ugly stew: worker safety. That’s right. Worker safety. At least that’s the explanation reported in a New York Times article referenced by Tom Fox reprinted on the JDSupra Business...

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"The Value of Unexpected Questions"

 

6/30/15: Sometimes hearing an unexpected observation or question provides more results than hearing an answer to a familiar question. Jeff Kaplan, who edits the Conflict of Interest blog, knows a lot about compliance, corruption, and conflicts of interest. So, when he writes about an observation - “In my nearly 25 years...

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