Ethics and compliance professionals believe in their mission – if they did not, they would not be in the field. E&C professionals believe in the power of positive thinking, ethical conduct, and the overall ability of an organization to operate as an “ethical” company. They work for their mission, and it is a positive mission. The New Year is a great time for E&C professionals to take stock of their compliance programs and plot out a path forward. Luckily for most compliance professionals, there are many opportunities to advance their objectives. E&C is poised for another big jump on the corporate governance ladder, and this is a big year for E&C professionals to push their respective companies to support such efforts. There are three significant trends that will continue to play out this year that create opportunities. These three trends, which I will discuss in greater detail, are:
(1) the continued emphasis on the importance of corporate culture;
(2) the importance of ESG and, in particular, the “G” element;
(3) the current Administration’s aggressive enforcement and regulatory initiatives.
In this episode, Michael Volkov reviews these important ethics and compliance trends.
Day: February 18, 2022
Categories
OFAC Sanctions Pretend NGO
OFAC sanctions World Human Care, a pretend humanitarian NGO for financing violent extremists.
Brian and Tim discuss the new E.O. aimed at resolving the question of what to do with Da Afghanistan Bank’s assets in the U.S. and debate whether it will work as intended. Next, they place bets on whether it’s too late for JCPOA 2.0 to happen and discuss how far the U.S. may be prepared to go to impose costs on China if it disregards the (possible) “crushing” sanctions that could be imposed upon Russia. Finally, Brian and Tim stick with China to briefly cover the recently unsealed trade secret theft charges against Hytera Communications and an atypical CFIUS review initiated by a U.S. company unhappy with its Chinese investors.
Subscribe * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Amazon Music * Google Podcasts * Stitcher
Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com.
EMBARGOED! is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts.
***Stay sanctions free.***
Super Sunday passed with fun but poorly played, poorly officiated, and poorly coached. Tom and Jay are back to look at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories this week in the Rams Win It All Edition.
Stories
- Ericsson is in more FCPA trouble. Mengqi Sun in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal. Aaron Nicodemus in Compliance Week. (sub req’d)
- DD impeding compliance in developing markets? Katya Lysova explores in the FCPA Blog.
- ESG-no longer a nice to have. Karen Alonardo in Risk and Compliance Matters.
- State AGs are waiting. Ashley Taylor and Chris Carlson in CCI.
- The latest case on CCO liability. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance.
- Broken windows and compliance enforcement. Anthony O’Reilly in Compliance and Enforcement.
- Companies yet again ask the EU for rules around ESG. Lawrence Heim inpracticalESG.
- White-collar enforcement trends in 2021. Jamie Rosenberg in Grand Jury Target.
- HP-Autonomy from the auditors’ perspective. Francine McKenna in The Dig.
- South African courts deny Zuma’s attempt to remove the SA corruption prosecutor. Rick Messick in GAB.
Podcasts and More
- In February on The Compliance Life, I visited Ellen Smith, a former Director of Trade Compliance who recently started her consulting firm. In Part 1, she discussed her academic background and early professional career. In Part 2, Ellen discussed her move in-house. In Part 3, Ellen discusses being a part of the Compliance Dream Team at Weatherford.
- Tom and Richard Lummis are in the middle of their annual review of Best Picturing winning movies on 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership. Part 1 reviews Schindler’s List for leadership and ethical lessons. In Part 2, the look at Gladiator.
- CCI releases a new e-book from Mike Volkov, “Compliance Culture Revolution.” Available free from CCI.
- Tom looks at some innovation in compliance with a 3-part blog post series in the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Topics include Compliance Ecosystem Governance, Compliance Branding, Building Culture & Compliance Coaching.
- Are you a Star Wars fan? How about an uber-Geek? You will love the 5-part series appearing next week on the Greeting and Felicitations podcast series on the Compliance Podcast Network if you are either or both. In this series, Tom visits astrophysicist Dr. Ben Locwin on the following topics: Traveling in Hyperspace, Fighting with a Light Saber, Mechanical Prosthetics, Cyborgs and Robots, and the Death Star. It is a ton of fun, and you will love it. Each episode will post at 10 each day next week. Check it out daily.
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.
In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
- NY AG can question Trump, kids under oath. (NYT)
- SEC widens investigation into Activision Blizzard. (WSJ)
- Surprise Surprise, BoJo drops Minster to fight corruption. (Business Insider)
- Tesla says SEC being unfair to Musk. (WSJ)
