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Compliance Kitchen

BIS Update


Commerce’s BIS adds 5 to the Entity List – tackles China’s forced labor practices in Xinjiang. US Customs prohibits imports of silica-based products made with forced labor.

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STAKE: The Leadership Podcast

Wow Them With Your Weakness


Many leaders still believe in the never let them see you sweat mentality. And there are situations where I’d agree. But, at other times, I don’t agree.
It could be a leader’s vulnerability that starts the shift toward progress in an organization.
In today’s episode, we’re discussing what can happen when you choose to be open about your weaknesses rather than trying to cover them up.
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Compliance Man Chooses the Target

Compliance Man: True or False-Are Women Increasingly Going into Compliance?’


Welcome to a new season of Compliance Man. This season is called True or False? In this series, I am joined by Tim Khasanov-Batirov, a compliance practitioner who focuses on compliance at international markets for over 20 years. Based on his work experience at six countries as in house compliance officer Tim now consults senior managers and compliance officers globally on complex ethics and compliance matters as partner and Head of Compliance practice for ETERNA LAW.    Tim is a co-founder of Compliance Club, an  international community of practitioners. You can learn more about Tim, his Compliance Man illustrated series, a YouTube channel and request advice from him by clicking at Timur Khasanov-Batirov  on Linked in.   Check out his profile on the ETERNA Law page here.
In each podcast, we will take on a different issue with Tim; a hot, very often a very provocative topic from the corporate’s real life agenda and find out if  is it true or false. It will be a tough and very straightforward talks. We invite you to participate in these discussions by commenting each podcast and proposing topics for True or False series. The most active listeners will be invited to join us. Let’s have a conversation! Today, as promised we invited one of our active listeners to join us to discuss hot topics. We are Alexandra Zaytseva, LLM, EMBA, Compliance Officer at PEWETE Group, an energy company.
Today we will try to find out the state of women in the compliance profession. Is it increasing? Are we finally moving towards full inclusion? Highlights include:

  • Are there differences in emerging markets and the US?
  • What has led to entry of women in the compliance profession?
  • Did the entry from the legal profession influence a disparity?

Join us for the next episode of Compliance Man: True or False? episode.  If you disagree or wish to share your views on whistleblower topic please comment below. We will be glad to hear from you. Let’s have a sincere global conversation together.

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This Week in FCPA

Episode 259 – the Trump Organization Indicted edition


As the Trump Organization and its CFO are criminally indicted, Tom and Jay prepare for the 4th of July and are back to take a look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA in the Trump Organization Indicted edition.
Stories

  1. Trump Organization and CFO indicted on criminal charges. NYT, WSJ, FT, WaPo
  2. How whistleblowers protect the bottom line. Bob Conlin in Navex Global’s Risk and Compliance Matters.
  3. Amec Foster Wheeler, the first FCPA corp enforcement action in 2021. Tom takes a deep dive in a 3-part series on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Tom and Matt Kelly take a deep dive in Compliance into the Weeds. Mike Volkov goes deep on Corruption Crime and Compliance. Harry Cassin (as usual) breaks the story on the FCPA Blog.
  4. US government AML priorities. FinCen issues report, here. Kyle Brassuer in Compliance Week (sub req’d) Dylan Tokar in WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.
  5. Do lawyers make good gatekeepers? Sung Hui Kim says ‘perhaps’. Keith Bishop says you shouldn’t even ask the question.
  6. Human-Centered Design: An Engaging Ethics & Compliance Program Serves Users’ Needs. Carsten Tams in Part 2 of his five-part series on LinkedIn.
  7. Reducing your CCPA risk. Debevoise lawyers on NYU’s Compliance and Enforcement blog.
  8. Was Amec Foster Wheeler afraid of its agents? Dick Cassin explores in the FCPA Blog.
  9. Auditing your climate risk. Mark Texler in a two-part series on PracticalESG.
  10. How do you evaluate the value of ethics? Henry Kronk in CCI.

 Podcasts and Events

  1. How does history inform compliance? What are the leadership lessons from ancient Greeks and Romans? Find out in this special 10 part podcast series on famous Greeks and Romans from Plutarch’s Lives this week on 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, hosted by Richard Lummis and Tom Fox. In Episode 1, they mined Plutarch about the lives of and leadership lessons from Themistocles and Camillus. In Episode 2, they looked at Solon and Popsicola. In Episode 3, Pericles and Fabius Maximus. In Episode 4, Alcibiades and Coriolanus.
  2. Are you a MCU fan? If so check out the special series on the Disney streaming service Loki and Tom Fox and Megan Dougherty who return to review the entire series. They catch up on Episode 1-3 in this edition of Popcorn and Compliance.
  3. Trekking Through Compliance Returns! Tom reviews all 79 episodes of Star Trek, the Original Series beginning June 1. Each day at 3 PM on the Compliance Podcast Network. This week’s offerings included Operation Annihilate, Amok Time, Who Mourns for Adonias, The Changeling and Mirror Mirror.
  4. On this episode of Integrity Through Compliance, join Affiliated Monitor’s Rod Grandon, Jenner & Block Partner, David Robbins, and former Engility Holdings, Inc. General Counsel, Tom Miller, for an in-depth discussion focusing on crisis management from the perspectives of a General Counsel, outside legal counsel, and federal acquisition official.
  1. On July 13, join K2 Integrity for its Virtual Compliance Conference on Environment, Social, and Governance Compliance Risks for Financial Institutions. Information and Registration here.
  2. It is now HERE, the book you have all been waiting for, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for purchase. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition is available in both print and eBook editions. Available here.

Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance 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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Daily Compliance News

July 2, 2021 the Keep Your Clothes on edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Should affairs be a professional concern? (FT)
  • IASB to focus on technical aspects. (WSJ)
  • Switzerland looking into AML allegations around Gunvor Group. (Reuters)
  • Trump CFO indicted. (NYT)