Day: August 29, 2019

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Trekking Through Compliance

The Science of Star Trek-Tomorrow is Yesterday and Black Holes, White Holes, and Wormholes

Welcome to the Science of Star Trek, a podcast series inspired by my review of Star Trek, the Original Series in the summer podcast special series Trekking Through Compliance.In this series I am joined by Astrophysicist and  Healthcare Futurist Ben Locwin. In this podcast we consider the TOS episode Tomorrow is Yesterday as a starting point for the consideration of the science around black holes, white holes, and wormholes.
In this episode, USS Enterprise is thrown back in time to Earth during the 1960s by the effects of a high-gravity “black star”. The Enterprise ends up in Earth’s upper atmosphere and is picked up as a UFO on military radar. Spock and Chief Engineer Scott inform Kirk of a possible escape method by slingshotting around the Sun to break away and return to their time. The maneuver is risky, since even a small miscalculation could destroy the ship, or make them miss their own era. Kirk okays the maneuver, and time on board the Enterprise moves backwards. The Enterprise is then successfully returned to the 23rd century.
Highlights include:

  1. Is a black star the same thing as a black hole?
  2. How does a white star become a black star?
  3. What is the Quality Exclusion Principle and how does it apply?
  4. What is the Chronology Protection and how does it work?
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Daily Compliance News

August 29, 2019- the pardons before crimes edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
  • If you were offered a Presidential pardon to commit a crime, would you do so? (Washington Post)
  • Proposed opioid deal with end Sackler family control of Perdue Pharma. (NYT)
  • Worst deal ever? Bayer purchase of Monsanto in the running. (WSJ)
  • RSM International charged with violating the SEC’s auditor independence rules. (FCPA Blog)
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Creativity and Compliance

Episode 3, Don’t Just Train…Advertise

Where does creativity fit into compliance? In more places than you think. Problem-solving, accountability, communication, and connection – they all take creativity. Join Tom Fox and Ronnie Feldman on Creativity and Compliance, part of the Compliance Podcast Network. In this show, we’ll be exploring how creativity affects the world of compliance – the ways we use it, and the surprising impacts it can have on the work we do every day. From ethics to leadership, problem-solving to training – creativity permeates what we do as compliance professionals.  In this podcast we discuss Ronnie thoughts on don’t just train…advertise. Highlights include:

  1. People forget stuff so make your training memorable.
  2. Ethics and compliance needs to be advertised.
  3. What is some of the simple messaging that promotes ethics and compliance in an organization?
  4. Where can you embed short interesting messages within the fabric of the organization?
  5. What is the virtual water cooler within your organization?
  6. How does the advertising approach drive traffic to learning resources and influence behavior?

Resources:
Ronnie Feldman (LinkedIn)
Learnings & Entertainments (LinkedIn)
Ronnie Feldman (Twitter)
Learnings & Entertainments (Website)
60-Second Communication & Awareness Shorts – A variety of short, customizable, quick-hitter “commercials” including songs & jingles, video shorts, newsletter graphics & Gifs, and more. Promote integrity, compliance, the Code, the helpline and the E&C team as helpful advisors and coaches.
Workplace Tonight Show! Micro-learning – a library of 1-10-minute trainings and communications wrapped in the style of a late-night variety show, that explains corporate risk topics and why employees should care.
Custom Live & Digital Programing – We’ll develop programming that fits your culture and balances the seriousness of the subject matter with a more engaging delivery.
See also, Ronnie’s article on CCI, When it Comes to Ethics & Compliance, Don’t Just Train… Advertise!

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Everything Compliance

Episode 52-Greenland Purchase Edition

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. Today, we have a quartet of Jay Rosen, Matt Kelly, Sarah Hadden and Mike Volkov. We focus on the President Trump’s putative initiative to purchase the country of Greenland. We consider the proposed purchase from the compliance perspective. Rants and shouts outs follow the commentary for this episode.
  1. Mike Volkov considers the proposed purchase through the lens of Mergers and Acquisitions under the FCPA. He also highlights the 2018 amendment to the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy on safe harbor in M&A under the FCPA. Volkov is not sure if he is shouting out to the Business Roundtable for their Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation or ranting about the Business Roundtable’s ‘profound grasp of the obvious” in releasing the Statement.
  2. Jay Rosen follows up on Mike’s FCPA analysis in considering how someone might look at the sale in assessing the culture of Greenland and how it would fit into the acquirer’s portfolio of purchased territories. Rosen shouts out for America to ‘get Spicy’ as former White House Press Secretary (when there was such a position) Sean Spicer joins Dancing with the Stars.
  3. Sarah Hadden considers how a journalist might cover the proposed purchase. She also weighs in as the Publisher of Corporate Compliance Insights on the types of compliance related stories she sees from the proposed purchase. Hadden shouts out for unplugging.
  4. Matt Kelly considers the proposed purchase from the internal controls and SEC reporting perspective. Kelly comes in hot to blast the Business Roundtable over its Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.
The members of the Everything Compliance are:
  • Jay Rosen– Jay is Vice President, Business Development Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors. Rosen can be reached at JRosen@affiliatedmonitors.com
  • Mike Volkov– One of the top FCPA commentators and practitioners around and the Chief Executive Officer of The Volkov Law Group, LLC. Volkov can be reached at mvolkov@volkovlawgroup.com.
  • Matt Kelly– Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com
  • Jonathan Armstrong–is our UK colleague, who is an experienced lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at armstrong@corderycompliance.com
  • Sarah Hadden–Publisher at Corporate Compliance Insights. Hadden can be reached at Sarah@corporatecomplianceinsights.com
The host and producer (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox the Compliance Evangelist. Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network.