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Compliance
June 8, 2017

Investing in a Top-to-Bottom Ethical Culture Using Data

Keeping pace with technology is never an easy feat, but it seems Chief Compliance and Ethics Officers have found themselves awash in a sea of data — especially data useful to sustaining the long-term ethical culture of the organization. According to the 2017 Ethics and Compliance Survey, which surveyed more…
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5 Tough Questions About Organization's Compliance State
Compliance
June 7, 2017

Five Tough Questions CEOs Should Ask About Their Organization’s State Of Compliance

If you’re in a leadership role at your organization (and in a way, aren’t we all?) I want to direct your eyeballs and a few minutes of your time to a whitepaper I’ve been sharing with my clients lately. Published by PwC, it’s The State of Compliance 2016. I consider it “required…
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Why You Need Compliance Expertise in the Boardroom
ComplianceLeadership and career
June 7, 2017

Why You Need Compliance Expertise in the Boardroom

We in the GRC community know the value of an empowered compliance function: a CCO with authority, sufficient resources and the ear of the top brass. And to further ensure compliance success, experts are now calling for compliance expertise in the boardroom. Companies who have a director on the board…
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Former Chief Compliance Officer Settles Personal Liability Suit with US Government – Decision Raises More
ComplianceLeadership and career
June 7, 2017

Settlement of Personal Liability Suit Against Chief Compliance Officer Raises Questions

  Personal liability has been a hot topic in the compliance profession for several years – and it got hotter recently when the former Chief Compliance Officer of MoneyGram settled a personal liability suit with FinCEN and the DOJ. Thomas Haider will pay $250,000 of the original $1 million fine…
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Maurice Gilbert 0
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Compliance
June 5, 2017

Why Compliance Officers Need Independence

I recently read a great blog post by Tom Fox on why compliance officers need independence.  And former federal prosecutor Michael Volkov, who completely understands the CCO's hard job, has reiterated the value of independence here, although this is mostly old news to any CCO who has been in the…
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Maurice Gilbert 0
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Compliance
May 31, 2017

Who’s Still Worried About Personal Liability?

Compliance Officers, Not as Much. Board Members, More than Ever. So here’s something to chew on today: apparently compliance officers are less worried about personal liability these days (according to a study released Monday), but Board members surveyed say they are more worried about personal liability than they were last year. The survey, DLA Piper’s…
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Maurice Gilbert 0
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Compliance
May 17, 2017

Compliance in Trump Era: More Markers Placed

Compliance officers trying to figure out how your job will or won't change during the Trump Administration, look at two events that happened last week. First, Jeff Sessions was confirmed as Attorney General. Second, the Trump Administration and its henchmen put the Conflict Minerals Rule in their sights. Within those…
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Clark Conine 0
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Compliance
May 15, 2017

The Win-Win Argument

This article was republished with permission from Michael Volkov’s blog, Corruption, Crime & Compliance.  My good friend and colleague Dan Chapman, now the CCO at VimpelCom, is a compliance rock star. I have known Dan for years, beginning when he took over at Parker Drilling and implemented a world-class remediation program to…
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Maurice Gilbert 0
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Compliance
May 3, 2017

Business Should Stay Vigilant About Contractor Vs. Employee Classifications

LeClairRyan’s Betsy Davis warns Trump administration’s pro-business stance doesn’t change things During the Obama administration’s two terms, businesses that misclassified employees as independent contractors were targeted by federal investigators. The recently elected Trump administration appears to be friendlier to commercial enterprises, but companies that supplement workforces with independent contractors should…
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Compliance
May 1, 2017

Trump Compliance Counsel: People Are Saying…

This piece was originally shared on Matt Kelly's Radical Compliance blog and is republished here with permission. Whatever else we might say about the person who takes the job of compliance counsel at the Trump Organization, we can all agree on one point. That person will have a lock on…
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