Day: September 23, 2019

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The Ethics Movement

Jacki Cheslow on Instilling Trust in a Decentralized Culture

CONVERGE19 is in its 4th year of bringing together the world’s leading companies for 2 days of dynamic speakers, thought-provoking breakout sessions, and opportunities to connect with like-minded professionals. You will leave the conference with new resources and best practices allowing you to continue the hard work of driving ethics to the center of your business. In today’s episode I visit with Jacki Cheslow, Director, Business Ethics & Compliance, Avis who together with Terry Stringer, Head Ethics and Compliance Center of Excellence, HP will present at Converge19 the session, Instilling Trust in a Decentralized Culture.
Do your employees feel safe speaking up? Do your employees believe that the company is not only listening but that their concerns are being taken seriously? Do they feel that sense of “organizational justice” that is so important to instilling trust and maintaining an ethical culture? Hear from two ethics & compliance experts as they share how they have instilled trust in their ethics & compliance programs by building a compliance leader network, increasing transparency into their program, and driving creativity and innovation into how the ethics & compliance program connects with employees.
For more information on Converge19, click here
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Daily Compliance News

September 23, 2019- the Fall is Here edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
·       Uber redux, as BOD members want to remove WeWork CEO? (WSJ)
·       Have I told you how humble I am? (FT)
·       HUD Secretary Ben Carson gives talk in SF. What could go wrong? (Washington Post)
·       Spirit or Led Zeppelin? Which band wrote “Stairway to Heaven”?  (NYT)
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FCPA Compliance Report

Episode 445- Shon Ramey on the Navex Global Acquisition of Lockpath

In this episode I visit with Shon Ramey, General Counsel at Navex Global. We discuss Navex’s recent acquisition of Lockpath. In addition to his discussion on how Lockpath fits into the strategic plan of Navex Global, Ramey discusses his approach to mergers and acquisitions. Highlights from the podcast include:
  1. Why did Navex Global see this acquisition of Lockpath as an opportunity?
  2. How does this acquisition provide Navex Global with a more holistic approach to GRC solutions?
  3. Cyber security and data breaches have become an important part of M&A pre-acquisition Due Diligence. Can you outline your approach to these issues?
  4. Why is it important to have a defined acquisition procedure, which details an acquisition from pre-contact of a target through full integration in place?
  5. As the top lawyer for an ethics and compliance software and risk management, you must be hyper-aware of the myriad threats facing companies these days. What, in your experience, are some of the threats most overlooked by businesses?
For additional information, see Navex Global Press Release announcing the sale.
See article by Phillip Bantz in Corporate Counsel entitled “NAVEX Global General Counsel Discusses M&A Due Diligence”.
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This Week in FCPA

Episode 172 – the Tribute to Joe Mont edition

This episode begins on a somber note as Tom and Jay note the passing of Compliance Week reporter Joe Mont and what he meant to the greater compliance community. They then turn to discuss some of this week’s top compliance and ethics stories which caught their collective eyes.
1.    Tributes to Joe Mont.
2.    Mike Volkov takes a deep dive into the recent Business Roundtable Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation on Corruption Crime and Compliance.
3.    Former Cognizant Technologies COO, Sridhar Thiruvengadam, settles FCPA charges. Dick Cassin.
4.    Netherlands proposes nationwide AML system. John Rusch reports.
5.    What is an ethical culture and why does it matter? Jay begins a multipart series.
6.    What is algomerithic corporate misconduct. Milhailis Diamantis explores.
7.    Despite prevaling opinions, CCO is not a ‘god’. Clara Hudson reports on the Odebrecht CCO remarks at SCCE.
8.    Do UK DPAs throw individuals under the bus? Ross Dixon asks.
9.    Mary Shirely tells you how to ace job interviews.
10. Tom continues his preview of the Converge19 speakers in a special bonus series of podcasts on the Compliance Podcast Network. Check out the following: Monday-Scott McCleskey on mapping the ethical risk in your company;  Tuesday-Valerie Towery on cross functional collaboration; Wednesday-Kurt Stitcher on Operation Globalization; Thursday-Matt Kelly on Developing Effective Strategies for Third Parties & Data Security Risk and Friday– Anna Aster on The Future CECO: The Executive Recruiter’s Perspective. The podcast is available on multiple sites: the FCPA Compliance Report, iTunes, JDSupra, Megaphone,YouTube,  Spotifyand theCompliance Podcast Network.
11. The Everything Compliance gang will be doing its first live podcast at Converge19. You should be there! Listeners to this podcast can obtain a complimentary ticket by using the promotion code foxvip, for registration and information, click here.
Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.
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