1/6/15: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has a few things to teach compliance professionals that have nothing to do with Christmas or carols. The story and modern behavioral psychology both drill into a dilemma that also stands at the center of behavior change and compliance. How do we promote behavior change that results in...
Compliance Communications Blog
Jan 06, 2015 •
Dec 16, 2014 •
12/16/14: Compliance and ethics don’t happen because of one individual or department. In the December 2014 issue of Compliance and Ethics Professional, Rebecca Walker drills into the use of Compliance and Ethics Liaisons (CELs). Walker takes readers through the benefits companies may gain through the use of CELs and practical...
Dec 02, 2014 •
12/2/14: The famous “trust but verify” line is especially appropriate when it comes to corporate compliance programs according to a quarterly report from the law firm Sidley Austin LLP. There are several interesting articles in the third-quarter newsletter (including one about shareholder inspections of privileged documents) but particularly...
Nov 01, 2014 •
11/1/14: In his Conflicts of Interest blog, Jeff Kaplan posted an article drawn from the keynote address given by Marshall Miller from DOJ’s Criminal Division Practicing Law Institute’s Advanced Compliance & Ethics Workshop. Kaplan quotes Miller about a high-level commitment as a principal hallmark of an effect compliance and ethics...
Sep 01, 2014 •
9/1/14: The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) recently released its 2014 Report to the Nation, which paints a serious picture of the fraud that goes on inside a company. While CCOs concentrate on global bribery and corruption, the ACFE report concludes that the typical organization loses 5% of revenues each year...