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TechLaw10

TechLaw10: Eric Sinrod & Jonathan Armstrong on Navigating the Road Ahead: IoT, Automated Vehicles, and Legal Challenges

In this riveting episode of TechLaw10, hosts Jonathan Armstrong, Director – L-EV8, and Professor/Attorney Eric Sinrod dive headfirst into the ever-evolving landscape of technology law. 

Buckle up as they explore the following key topics:

  • The Internet of Things (IoT) and Automated Vehicles
  • Mobility Matters: Legal Challenges in a Fast-Moving World
  • Tech-Savvy Board Members: The Backbone of Corporate Success
  • Opportunity vs. Threat: Tech’s Dual Nature
  • Board Training Essentials: Building a Future-Ready Leadership Team

Join us for this thought-provoking episode, where Jonathan and Eric unravel the legal intricacies of tech, celebrate its potential, and empower boardrooms to lead confidently in the digital age. 

You can listen to earlier TechLaw10 audio podcasts with Eric and Jonathan at www.techlaw10.com.

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Because That's What Heroes Do

Because That’s What Heroes Do: Deep Space 9 – Episode 2: Move Along Home

Get ready for an exciting new season of Because That’s What Heroes Do. In this season, they take a deep dive into their favorite 15 episodes of Deep Space 9.

In this exploration, they are joined by DS9 maven Alex Murphy, who lives in Montreal, Quebec, where he’s been a cook, baker, and general kitchen grunt for twenty-some odd years. Off duty, he is a local historian, cinema, and TV fan with a love for weird foreign films, all things horror, and obscure media. He has been watching Trek since he was a tiny punk, and it’s been a lifelong love.

Don’t miss out on the exciting new season of Because That’s What Heroes Do! We continue our exploration of DS9 with a review of the 9th show from the first season, Move Along Home.

Character development is a critical aspect that breathes life into the personas on the small screen, allowing audiences to form a deeper connection with the characters’ journeys and evolutions.

Megan, Tom, and Alex all share an appreciation for this intricate process, as seen in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Dougherty, having a penchant for character-driven narratives, revels in the in-depth exploration of characters and relationships, attributing this richness to longer television series. Similarly, Fox emphasizes the significance of longer seasons for leisurely, character-centric episodes to fully convey growth and evolution. Murphy, on the other hand, finds delight in the subtle interactions and revelations of the characters, using these minute details to gauge their complexity and depth.

Their perspectives, although distinct, are shaped by their shared intrigue for the multifaceted nature of character development.

 

Highlights:

  • Character Development and Aesthetics in Deep Space Nine
  • Transformation and Growth in DS9
  • Assertive Constable Odo
  • Evolution of the Characters in several Star Trek Series
  • Evolution of Fatherhood in Star Trek Families

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Compliance Tip of the Day

Compliance Tip of the Day: A Listening Tour for Employee Engagement

Welcome to “Compliance Tip of the Day,” the podcast where we bring you daily insights and practical advice on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements.

Whether you’re a seasoned compliance professional or just starting your journey, our aim is to provide you with bite-sized, actionable tips to help you stay on top of your compliance game.

Join us as we explore the latest industry trends, share best practices, and demystify complex compliance issues to keep your organization on the right side of the law.

Tune in daily for your dose of compliance wisdom, and let’s make compliance a little less daunting, one tip at a time.

In this episode, we explore how and why a listening tour can be a powerful tool to engage employees.

 

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: May 3, 2024 – The TikTok and Bribery Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network.

Each day, we consider four stories from the business world: compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • TikTok discloses internal investigations of bribery and corruption.  (South China Morning Post)
  • CFTC names its first AI chief. (WSJ)
  • Bill Hwang (of Archegos; remember him) goes to trial on May 8. (Bloomberg)
  • The Exxon Pioneer merger was approved (with a caveat).  (NYT)

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Creativity and Compliance

Creativity and Compliance: Reels and Shorts

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 award-winning Compliance Podcast Network.

Ronnie’s company, Learnings and Entertainment, utilizes the entertainment devices that people use to consume information in their everyday, non-work lives and applies it to important topics around compliance and ethics. It is not only about being funny. It is about changing the tone of your compliance communications and messaging to make your compliance program, policies, and resources more accessible.

Today Ronnie and Tom consider how Reels and Shorts can be used by compliance for great engagement and compliance communications.

In today’s digital era, the concept of utilizing social channels for communication is gaining significant momentum. Fox, a strong advocate for the use of social channels, believes in integrating elements of pop culture and millennial trends into corporate communication efforts to ensure the message is not only informative but also entertaining. Such strategies can enhance visibility, influence, and the overall effectiveness of compliance programs.

Similarly, Ronnie emphasizes the need to adapt to modern communication trends, such as the use of short, engaging videos akin to those found on platforms like TikTok and YouTube. Incorporating fun and interesting videos into communication strategies can help break down barriers, increase engagement, and ultimately improve the effectiveness of compliance training and messaging.

Both these experts highlight the importance of simplifying messages, adding entertainment value, and distributing content in various places to increase visibility and influence within the organization.

Key Highlights:

  • Engaging Short Videos for Corporate Communication Strategy
  • Engaging Corporate Communications Through Multimedia Tactics
  • Engaging Compliance Programs for Organizational Influence

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Culture Week: Part 5 – A Listening Tour to Improve Culture

We conclude our focus on culture this week by returning to some of our long-time compliance roots for improving culture, such as the listening tour. In 2022, returning Starbucks Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Howard Schultz began engaging in a “listening tour” of Starbucks stores literally across America. In an article by Justin Bariso, he said Schultz told employees, “We are traveling the country, trying to, with great sensitivity, understand from you how can we do better.” What are employees telling him? Bariso wrote, “he listens intently to one Starbucks employee after another; a pained look comes over Schultz’s face. Employees lament the lack of training, increased turnover, and extreme pressure they’ve endured as company profits soared, but worker conditions plummeted.”

This listening tour has several goals for Schultz. The first is that even though the company has sustained record profits, morale at the company is at an all-time low. Witness the unionizing efforts that have been successful. Employees are simply fed up with not being listened to. This has eroded employee trust and management and driven down the once vibrant culture at the iconic institution. To rebuild that trust, Starbucks, as their CEO, “must first listen.” However, it is more than simply listening to rebuild trust; it is rebuilding employee engagement by making them and their ideas part of the solution.

There is still much work for Starbucks and Schultz to do. Yet these initial steps can lead to real change. Schultz is doing more than saying “We Care”; he is modeling that language in his behavior. This is action at the top. It also communicates to other senior management that they must listen to re-engage and build employee trust. What if a Chief Compliance Officer took that same approach to culture? I believe that a Schulz-inspired listening tour can improve your corporate culture. Below are three keys for the compliance officer to conduct a practical listening tour.

A. Engagement

Start by meeting as many compliance stakeholders as possible. You can use town hall settings or go smaller, meeting with key employee leaders, key stakeholders, and employees identified as high-risk who you can meet with individually or in smaller groups. Listen to their compliance concerns and take their compliance ideas back to the home office. After returning to your office, winnow down their ideas and suggestions to form the basis of enhancements to your culture. This employee engagement will lead to greater stakeholder buy-in for your culture.

B. Education

During the town hall meetings and the smaller, more informal group meetings, you can do more than simply listen—you can also train. This training is on ethics and how the employees could use compliance as a business tool. Most business’s ethical standards are not found in an existing compliance program. They are found in the general anti-discrimination guidelines and ethical business practices such as anti-competitiveness and prohibition of using confidential information. Often, these general concepts can be found in a company’s overall Code of Conduct or similar statement of business ethics. Workplace anti-discrimination and anti-harassment guidelines can be found in Human Resource policies and procedures. Concepts such as anti-competitiveness and the use of customers’ and competitors’ illegally obtained confidential information may be found in antitrust or other business practice-focused guidelines.

This gets your employees and other stakeholders thinking about doing business ethically. It is ethical concept-based training, in contrast to a rules-based approach. Moreover, this lays the groundwork for enhancing your culture and the training that will occur as the enhancement is rolled out.

C. Risk Assessment

Now, think about this same approach from the risk assessment perspective. Listen to your employees’ concerns and compliance issues. From there, you can ask questions about what was done and why. This approach is not adversarial or interrogation, but it is ferreting out the employees’ concerns while having the employees educate your compliance team on the actual procedures that are used. By listening and gently questioning, you should garner enough information to create a risk assessment profile that can inform and even become the basis of compliance program enhancements.

Bariso concluded his article by stating, “People lose motivation when they sense you don’t care. But the simple act of listening creates goodwill. When your people feel understood, they’ll be motivated to contribute and can help you discover insights you wouldn’t otherwise. So, when it comes to solving your company’s biggest problems, don’t ignore your most helpful resource: your people.” It all starts with listening. Let your employees and other stakeholders have the “chance to share their problems, as well as to propose solutions. Meetings like these will reveal key insights and transform your people from employees to partners.”

I hope you have enjoyed and, more importantly, found this week’s blog posts on helpful culture. I also hope you will join the conversation by commenting or posting on LinkedIn about your experiences around corporate culture.