Either the Astros or Red Sox are headed to the World Series. Flashing lights in Fenway? What will the baseball gods decree? Tom and Jay reflect as they are back to review some of the top compliance and ethics stories on the Headed to the WS edition.
 Stories

1. Credit Suisse and Tuna boats equals nearly $500 MM in fines. Harry Cassin in the FCPA Blog. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance. Jaclyn Jaeger in Compliance Week (sub req’d)
2. CCOs as problem solvers. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance.
3. Testing compliance. Brandon Garrett in Compliance and Enforcement.
4. 3^rd party risk management and SOC 2. Eva Pittas in CCI.
5. Activision promises compliance upgrades. Should we believe them? Jaclyn Jaeger in Compliance Week. (sub req’d)
6. Is ESG reporting risky? Mike Munro explores in the FCPA Blog.
7. Facebook fined for changing CCOs without reporting to the CMA. CMA Press Release.
8. The intersection of compliance and IT. Kyle Martin in Risk and Compliance Matters.
9. What does the oldest COI tell us about professional misconduct? Jeff Kaplan in the COI Blog.
10. Contesting the narrative of compliance failures. Robert Barrington in GAB.

 Podcasts and Events

11. Compliance Week is going ‘Inside the Mind of the CCO’. Participate in the survey here.
12. Ethisphere’s World Most Ethical Company awards for 2022 are open for submission. For more information on the Application Process, click here.
13. Are you exasperated? Then check, F*ing Argentina. In this podcast series co-hosts Tom Fox and Gregg Greenberg, author of F*ing Argentina explore the current American psyche of being overworked, over leveraged, overtired and overwhelmed. Find out about modern America’s exasperation with well…exasperation. In Episode 6, Billy Joel and exasperation.
14. This month on The Compliance Month, I visit with John Melican, Managing Director at Exiger on his journey to and from the CCO chair. In Episode 1, college and early professional career at NY County DA’s Office. In Episode 2, Melican moved into the corporate world and into compliance. In Episode 3, John moves into the CCO chair.
15. Why is the Texas Hill Country one of the most special places on earth? Check out the newest edition to the CPN, as Tom Fox celebrates the people, places and things of the Hill County. In Episode 1, he visits with Camp Stewart for Boys matriarch, Kathy Ragsdale.
16. How does a Compliance Bible become a best-seller? Check out Tom’s appearance on the C-Suite Network’s Best Seller TV to find out. Purchase The Compliance Handbook, 2^nd edition 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.