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FCPA Compliance Report

Claire Worledge on Data Analytic Secrets


In this episode of the FCPA Compliance Report I visit with Claire Worledge. Claire is an internal auditor by professional training. She is the author of Data Analytic Secrets. We visit about her book and her work to bring greater visibility to data analytics to the internal audit profession and the wider compliance profession. Some of the highlights include:
What is data visualization?
What do you see as the role of data analytics in internal audit?
Why Claire wrote Data Analytic Secrets  and the audience for the book.
How can data analytics and visualization be used in fraud prevention?
How about anti-corruption/anti-bribery programs?
How can internal audit be best used in an anti-corruption/anti-bribery program?
What is the intersection of internal audit and internal control?
Resources
Claire Worledge on LinkedIn
Aufinia website

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Daily Compliance News

May 16, 2022 the Mysterious Circumstances Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Deutsch Bank whistleblower dies. (NYT)
  • DOT warns foreign banks. (WSJ)
  • Minority workers reluctant to return to office. (WSJ)
  • Email now retro. (WaPo)
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Sunday Book Review

May 15, 2022 the Supply Chain edition


In today’s edition of Sunday Book Review:

  • Essentials of Supply Chain Management- 4th Edition by Michael Hugos
  • Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation- 6th Edition by Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl
  • Inventory Optimization: Models and Simulations by Nicolas Vandeput
  • Inventory and Production Management in Supply Chains – 4th Edition by Edward A. Silver, David F. Pyke, and Douglas J. Thomas

 Resources
Top 4 Supply Chain Books That Every Student Should Read by Mohamed Boualam on LinkedIn

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Popcorn and Compliance

MCU Series – Dr. Strange


In this podcast series, two complete MCU fans, Tom Fox, founder of the Compliance Podcast Network, and Megan Dougherty, co-founder of One Stone Creative, indulge in a passion for all things in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by re-watching each movie and then podcasting on every movie in the MCU. If you want to indulge in your love for the MCU with two fans passionate about all things MCU, this is the podcast series for you. For this offering, we consider MCU Series – Dr. Strange.
Some of the highlights include:
Ø  The story synopsis.
Ø  What are the key plot points?
Ø  What were some of our favorite cookies?
Ø  How does this movie fit into the overall MCU?
Ø  How is this movie an homage to prior non-MCU movies?
**Next up in our series Thor-Ragnarok**

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Daily Compliance News

May 14, 2022 the On Hold Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Just as Matt Kelly predicted, Musk Twitter bid ‘on hold’. (NYT)
  • DOT announces more sanctions against Russian shell companies. (WSJ)
  • Moderna said it ‘didn’t know’. (WSJ)
  • SEC moving towards regulations on stablecoin. (Reuters)
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Corruption, Crime and Compliance

Episode 234 – A Deep Dive into the Stericycle FCPA Enforcement Action


The Justice Department ended its FCPA enforcement drought by announcing its first corporate settlement in 2022. In a parallel action, the SEC announced its settlement with Stericycle for $28 million for FCPA violations. The SEC’s settlement was second with a company for 2022 (the first was KT Corp.).Under the settlement, Stericycle resolved investigations being conducted by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Brazil. Stericycle agreed to enter into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement and pay more than $84 million. Stericycle will pay $52.5 million in criminal penalties, $28 million to the SEC in civil penalties and disgorgement, and approximately $9.3 million to Brazilian authorities. DOJ agreed to credit up to one-third of the criminal penalty against the company’s fines to Brazilian authorities. Significantly, the DPA requires Stericycle to obtain an independent compliance monitor for a two-year period and then submit a self-report for the rest of the DPA term. Stericycle is a global waste management company which is headquartered in Illinois. In its factual admission, Stericycle admitted a wide-ranging scheme involving the payment of bribes to foreign officials in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. In total, Stericycle paid approximately $10.5 million in bribes to foreign officials in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina to secure business contracts from which Stericycle profited by at least $21.5 million.
In this episode, Michael Volkov reviews the Stericycle FCPA enforcement action.

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Compliance Week Conference Podcast

Charles Schwager on The Current State of Compliance and What’s in Store for the Future


In this episode of the Compliance Week 2022 Preview Podcasts series, Charles will discuss some of his presentation at Compliance Week 2022 “The Current State of Compliance and What’s in Store for the Future”. Some of the issues he will discuss in this podcast and his presentation are:

  • The current state of the industry, impacts of COVID-19, and examine the road ahead;
  • Steps compliance professionals can take collectively to protect and advance the profession moving forward; and
  • Reflections on emerging topics that are top of mind for compliance officers and how leaders are forging ahead.

In this first full compliance conference in over 2 years, I hope you can join me at Compliance Week 2022. This year’s event will be May 16-18 at the JW Marriott in Washington DC. The line-up of this year’s event is simply first rate with some of the top ethics and compliance practitioners around.
Gain insights and make connections at the industry’s premier cross-industry national compliance event offering knowledge-packed, accredited sessions and take-home advice from the most influential leaders in the compliance community. Back for its 17th year, compliance, ethics, legal, and audit professionals will gather safely face-to-face to benchmark best practices and gain the latest tactics and strategies to enhance their compliance programs. and many others to:

  • Network with your peers, including C-suite executives, legal professionals, HR leaders and ethics and compliance visionaries.
  • Hear from 75+ respected cross-industry practitioners who are CEOs, CCOs, regulators, federal officials, and practitioners to help inform and shape the strategic direction of your enterprise risk management program.
  • Hear directly from the two SEC Commissioners and gain insights into the agency’s areas of enforcement and walk away with guidance on how to remain compliant within emerging areas such as ESG disclosure, third-party risk management, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency and more.
  • Bring actionable takeaways back to your program from various session types including ESG, Human Trafficking, Board obligations and many others for you to listen, learn and share.
  • The goal of Compliance Week is to arm you with information, strategy and tactics to transform your organization and your career by connecting ethics to business performance through process augmentation and data visualization.

I hope you can join me at the event. For information on the event, click here. As an extra benefit to listeners of this podcast, Compliance Week is offering a $200 discount off the registration price. Enter discount code discount code TFLAW $200 OFF.

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Presidential Leadership Lessons for the Business Executive

Presidential Leadership Lessons from Theodore Roosevelt, Part 1-the Early Years


Richard Lummis and Tom Fox begin a series on leadership lessons from Theodore Roosevelt. We will look at lessons from Roosevelt’s early years in New York up to his cowboying days in Montana; the second phase of his public career, from NYC Police Commission to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, San Juan Hill and the Vice Presidency; his leadership from his Presidency; his life in the post-Presidency and the election of 1912 and we will end with leadership lessons from his post Bull Moose Party life, World War I and event surrounding his death. In this first episode, we consider the leadership lessons learned by Roosevelt from his parents, his sickly childhood, initial forays into public life, widowhood and cowboying in Montana.
Highlights of this podcast include:
Roosevelt’s parents, his upbringing, education and early book publishing. Roosevelt’s widowhood in his early 20s and his election to the New York State Assembly. From the Presidential election of 1884, up to his cowboying in Dakota. We conclude with three key leadership lessons, including 1. The beginning of his lifelong learning; 2. How he came to view merit, not privilege as the key to advancement, and 3. How hard work is required to be a great leader.
Resources
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 10 Leadership Lessons from the White House
6 Leadership Hacks From The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
10 top Leadership Principles of Teddy Roosevelt
The Roosevelts: Eight presidential lessons in leadership
Lessons in Leadership from 100 years ago
Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership
10 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Lessons

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STAKE: The Leadership Podcast

4 Tips to Authentically Connect with Remote Employees


Do you manage or supervise employees who work remotely, or does your supervisor work remotely? If you answer ‘yes’ to either of those questions — this episode is for you!
In this episode, you’ll hear a clip of a virtual keynote I gave recently in which I am quickly teaching four practical strategies for authentically connecting with remote employees. After all, for some people, connecting with other humans through a computer screen can be difficult. These four steps offer you great ways to move forward to accomplish team success! Enjoy!
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Daily Compliance News

May 13, 2022 the Does KPMG Finally Get It Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Sinkhole of corruption sold. (Guardian)
  • Putin’s yacht and raising corruption awareness. (Above the Law)
  • Does KPMG in UK finally understand that culture matters? (FT)
  • If you care about your reputation, don’t do business with the state of Texas. (Reuters)