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Digging Deeper

Digging Deeper Episode 4: Public Sector Lessons for the Corporate Investigator


What changes when an investigator leaves the public sector and joins the private sector? For Brian Cairl, senior managing director and director of investigations of the Americas, his toolkit from his time in law enforcement helped the transition – including those lessons learned from some of the bizarre cases he discusses in this episode of Digging Deeper.
 

 
According to Brian, “As an investigator, it’s important to be nimble and to be able to adjust at a moment’s notice.” Over the last three decades, Brian has leveraged his own advice and honed complex corporate investigation skills in cases covering corruption, municipal fraud, intellectual property infringement, product diversion, counterfeiting, and employee misconduct. Tune in to “Digging Deeper, Episode 4: Public Sector Lessons for the Corporate Investigator” to learn more.
Interested in more episodes? Follow along with our series at the links below:

Digging Deeper, an investigative podcast series by K2 Integrity, helps shine a light on the investigations industry as few can: via the real-world, exceptional practitioners who, day in and day out, conduct this work across sectors and around the globe. Listen in to each episode where guests explore unique cases and share what they uncovered along the way to crack the code for clients. Learn more by clicking here, or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify or Stitcher. 
 

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Great Women in Compliance

Lisa Fine on the One-Year of Covid


Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast, co-hosted by Lisa Fine and Mary Shirley.
In last week’s episode, Mary talked about her rants and raves, and when Lisa listened to that episode, it was so interesting and thought provoking that Lisa was inspired to comment on the discussion that Mary started and provided her own thoughts.
Lisa had a front-row seat when Mary endured the misogynistic situation she discussed, and was shocked by it at the time, and also surprised that the same individual reached out to her! Lisa thought a lot about how your generation impacts how you view misogyny and how one responds (spoiler alert: Lisa is Gen X, and is more resigned to the behavior, and admires how Mary identified it so quickly and addressed it).
Lisa has also thought a lot about the term “thought leader,” and what that means to her. We all have the ability to be thought leaders, whether it is visible through LinkedIn, in your work, or just within our community. In other words, you don’t have to be recognized publicly as a thought leader to be one.
Lastly, she talks a bit about how this is the 1-year anniversary of COVID-19 for her and most of the US, and where she thinks we are, where things are going, and reminds us to be kind to ourselves, each other and our E&C community.
And, on that note, we hope that you will contribute your thoughts and opinions for the podcast for the 100th episode, coming soon.
We like to share advice and tips on the podcast via our learned guests but some things don’t have immediate answers, including some aspects of what we’ve canvassed today. If you’d like to share your thoughts on the issues raised, we invite you to connect with us at GWICpod@gmail.com.
The Great Women in Compliance Podcast is proudly featured on the Compliance Podcast Network and sponsored by Corporate Compliance Insights. If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to the podcast and rate it on your podcast player to help other compliance professionals find it. Want to hear more from us? We have a book, “Sending the Elevator Back Down: What We’ve Learned from Great Women in Compliance” (CCI Press, 2020) which is available on Amazon.com and Book Depository.
If you’ve already read the booked and liked it, will you help out other women to make the decision to leverage off the tips and advice given by rating the book and giving it a glowing review on Amazon?
As always, we are so grateful for all of your support and if you have any feedback or suggestions for our 2021 line up or would just like to reach out and say hello, we always welcome hearing from our listeners.

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Cordery

Cordery Head to Head @ Home: Eric Sinrod on predictions for the major TechLaw events of 2021


In this edition of Cordery Head to Head @ Home Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks to Professor Eric Sinrod from his home in California.
It’s a look ahead at what 2021 might mean for the world of technology.
We recorded the film on 19 January 2021 – the last day of the Trump administration.
Listen to the episode now:

Eric & Jonathan try to predict 5 major TechLaw events or trends for 2021 covering issues in the US and in Europe. It is a subjective list in the style of Eric and Jonathan’s previous TechLaw10 predictions (here www.techlaw10.com)
They predict:

  1. Continued increases in cybercrime. Eric looks at the effects of the recent US Presidential Elections and the changing role of social media in elections. Jonathan looks at the trend of cybercriminals trained by hostile governments moving into the private sector and a rise in cybermercenaries. Jonathan also talks about the rise in cybercrime exploiting working from home during the pandemic. He also predicts a new trend of ‘cybershorting’ with ransomware gangs using their tools and techniques to manipulate stock markets to their advantage.
  2. Eric talks about section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act and whether it can last in the new world of social media. Jonathan thinks the banning of Trump from social media will lead to a wider debate about online content and censorship.
  3. Jonathan looks at the challenges of regulating tech giants and the coming together of anti-trust/competition law, privacy and fair trade rules. He predicts that the size of bigtech operators will increasingly be a global political issue. He also predicts that these disputes will spill over into smaller tech players, including equipment manufacturers too. Eric talks about moves to split up bigtech operations (including Facebook) in the US.
  4. Eric looks at the challenges of going back to work after the pandemic. Will the world return to normal and what happens when people don’t feel its safe to return to the workplace? There is more detail on some of these considerations here bit.ly/cvrtw
  5. Jonathan looks at a bumper year for GDPR in 2020 but predicts a stormy year for data transfer in 2021 with the challenges of the collapse of Privacy Shield, the issues with Standard Contractual Clauses and the issues brought about by Brexit. There are more materials on this here https://bit.ly/pshielddead & here https://bit.ly/brextemp

You can listen to earlier TechLaw10 audio podcasts with Eric and Jonathan at www.techlaw10.com.
You can find out more about Eric here at Duane Morris LLP https://www.duanemorris.com/attorneys…
and more about Jonathan here https://www.corderycompliance.com/our…
You can view more Cordery Head to Head interviews here www.bit.ly/corderytv
 

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Compliance Into the Weeds

The ECI 2021 Global Business Ethics Survey


Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. This week Matt and Tom take a deep dive into findings, conclusions and recommendations in the ECI 2021 GBES.  Some of the issues we consider are:

  • What were the key findings of the GBES?
  • What pressure are employees under?
  • What were the findings on observed misconduct and the reported misconduct?
  • Troubling findings on retaliation.
  • What has been the impact of Covid-19 on compliance and ethics?
  • What were the conclusions and recommendations? 

Resources
Matt’s blog post on Radical Compliance:
Report: Ethics Pressures Mounting on Employees
ECI
2021 Global Business Ethics Survey
Next week, Tom will have a 5-part podcast series on the FCPA Compliance Report, featuring ECI President Pat Harned discussing the 2021 GBES.

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Daily Compliance News

March 10, 2021, Farewell to Roger Mudd edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • ESG proposals to reach shareholder ballots? (WSJ)
  • Big Tech critic appointed to FTC. (WSJ)
  • How many jobs did Greensill put at risk? (BBC)
  • Roger Mudd passes away. (FT)
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The Compliance Life

Rob Chesnut – To eBay, Silicon Valley and Fraud Prevention


The Compliance Life details the journey to and in the role of a Chief Compliance Officer. How does one come to sit in the CCO chair? What are some of the skills a CCO needs to success navigate the compliance waters in any company? What are some of the top challenges CCOs have faced and how did they meet them? These questions and many others will be explored in this new podcast series. Over four episodes each month on The Compliance Life, I visit with one current or former CCO to explore their journey to the CCO chair. This month, my guest is Rob Chesnut, whose most recent position was as the Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. He is also the author of the best-selling book,  ​Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution with St Martin’s Press.
In this second episode, we take up Rob’s move across country to become the 3rd lawyer at eBay in the 1990s. We visit about what eBay and Silicon Valley like in those early days. We discussed Rob’s fraud prevention program he created at eBay.  We discussed how  the process of taking a company public help to focus on compliance.

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The Compliance Handbook

The Compliance Handbook – The Role of Innovation in Compliance with Ben Locwin

Companies need to be more innovative when it gets down to compliance. Thus, compliance practitioners should ensure that ethics and compliance are central to the business operation in response to today’s evolving and fast-paced regulatory environment. Consequently, compliance programs should be innovative, behavior-based, yet consistent with organizational systems and policies.
However, one loophole with many compliance officers is they have legal professional backgrounds—the majority proceeds from the general counsel’s office and private practice. Frankly, innovation is not high on the charts for what most compliance officers are taught. Instead, they were familiarized with the Socratic method to read cases and learn how to argue points.
So, how can a Corporate Compliance Officer think about an innovation strategy for any risk management program?
Ben Locwin, a well-known innovator in a wide variety of fields, is here to throw in some light about Innovation in Compliance.
Key takeaways discussed in the episode:

  • Decipher that connecting innovation and compliance is the pursuit of understanding the truth in the false positives and the false negatives.
  • Come to know that there’s a marked difference between innovation and invention. Innovating the compliance infrastructure is always much more straightforward than creating something from scratch.
  • See through the truth that we’re drowning in data but thirsting for information. Updating your beliefs with better data will always lead to better risk management outcomes.
  • Change the way you’re looking at information so that you can position your company at the front edge boundary of what’s accurate and correct.
  • Be reminded that the paradigm is changing; companies don’t stay static, people’s behavior doesn’t stay static. Thus, continuous monitoring leads to constant improvement.
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Voices of Data Protection

Information protection strategies and roadmap


In this episode, we take a scenic stroll through all the work that’s gone into the Microsoft Information Protection pillar of the Compliance suite with Mathili Dandige, who leads this initiative for Microsoft. We also weave pearls of wisdom from industry expert Joel Oleson, Director at Perficient and Microsoft MVP, who provides us with unique customer sentiments and stories about the information protection landscape.

Voices of Data Protection is a show about the latest processes and solutions to help you manage your data, keep it safe, and stay compliant. We talk with industry experts, leaders, and program managers from Microsoft to learn how digital transformation is accelerating the need for compliance, how organizations are navigating this new landscape, and learn best-in-class practices and solutions to get your organization started and bring compliance to the next level. Transcripts are available for all episodes. For more infomration, visit: https://aka.ms/voicesofdataprotection
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Innovation in Compliance

Learning Rather Than Training with Eric Shepherd


 
Eric Shepherd is the former CEO of Question Mark. In 2019 he stepped down and now runs a non-profit company called Talent Transformation, focused on helping individuals understand the future, leadership, and learning. Tom Fox welcomes Eric onto his week’s show as they discuss the ways organizations can better develop through a focus on learning rather than training.
 

 
The Rise in Technology
With the rise in technological advances and automation, machines will be replacing human tasks, and what this means is that individuals will need to acquire new skills. “People will need to learn new skills and be more agile in their approach to work,” Eric says. “Just as technology is going to disrupt a lot of jobs, we can also use technology to help us learn the skills required for the 21st century,” he adds. He iterates that communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution are some of the most important skills that need to be developed and nurtured. Eric also adds that employees will feel bitter at having been displaced, and it is up to society to provide learning systems to help them transition into new roles.
Talent Transformation Pyramid
Eric had a good understanding of assessing knowledge skills and abilities but not of assessing behaviors, emotional intelligence, or personality traits. Understanding how mindset and skillset would support readiness and performance was important. “How would people be ready to do tasks and how would they perform but being based on both their behaviors and social-emotional intelligence,” he adds. He explains to Tom that the concept was hard to explain to people, so he created the ‘talent transformation pyramid’, showing how personality traits and cognitive systems would support performance at an individual level, team level, and organizational level. 
CEO Sets The Culture
Tom asks Eric what he sees as the CEO’s role in talent transformation, especially in regards to the coronavirus pandemic. Eric stresses that the CEO has to set the organizational culture and that that culture would differ depending on what business they’re running. In these uncertain times, employees are being bombarded with different fears that will affect their work performance. CEOs need to address those fears and establish a culture that says wellness, psychological safety, and inclusion are important. It has to come from the top, he argues.
Learning Through Culture
Eric reiterates that the majority of repetitive tasks are going to be replaced by machines. What this means for humans in the future is that there will be more focus on creativity, communication, collaboration, and cooperation. Learning through culture will see organizations become more successful because they are being more creative and embracing the possibilities of the future. “The company that can embrace those talents and those skills is actually going to be more efficient, and having greater efficiency would lead to greater profitability simply because they’re more agile and they’re more nimble.”
Learning Rather Than Training
Tom asks Eric to explain how the pandemic has changed his approach. Eric explains that now his company acts more as business advisors rather than doing actual assessments. With the impact of COVID-19, Eric has been uploading a lot of content to YouTube and his company’s website. Tom also asks Eric what companies need to think about in the next few years in regards to talent transformation. “Think about learning rather than training. Think about culture.”
 
Resources
Eric Shepherd | LinkedIn, Twitter 
TalentTransformation.com
eric@talenttransformation.com
Talent Transformation by Eric Shepherd and Joan Phaup

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Daily Compliance News

March 9, 2021, DOJ Hires Compliance Expert edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • DOJ adds compliance expertise. (WSJ)
  • Think Russia hacking was bad? Try Chinese. (NYT)
  • Chamber of Commerce endorses Gensler. (WaPo)
  • Local content, try required local headquarters. (FT)