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FCPA Compliance Report

2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies Applications Open

In this episode of the FCPA Compliance Report, I am joined by Erica Salmon Byrne, President of Ethisphere and Chair of the Ethisphere’s Business Ethics Leadership Alliance. Some of the highlights include:

1.     Ethisphere announces the 2023 World’s Most Ethical application process.

2.     What is the application process?

3.     What is the Ethics Quotient and why is it such a useful measure?

4.     What are the 5 categories of evaluation?

5.     Why is going through the application process itself so useful?

6.     How can a company use it as a benchmarking exercise?

7.     How does the Ethisphere “The Sphere” interact with the application process?

8.     What are the 6 archetypes of value creation?

Resources

Erica Salmon Byrne

Ethisphere

World’s Most Ethical Companies application process, here

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Daily Compliance News

September 12, 2022 the Jeremiad Edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Jeremiads do not affect SEC. (WSJ)
  • Nikola founder goes on trial for fraud. (WSJ)
  • The business has changed in cyber forever. (WaPo)
  • WFT-Venezuela seeks to prosecute corruption. (Reuters)
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Sunday Book Review

September 11, 2022 the Queen Elizabeth Tribute edition

In today’s edition of Sunday Book Review:

Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith

The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe by Angela Kelly

Town & Country: The Queen: A Life in Pictures by Hearst Homes

Not in Front of the Corgis: Secrets of Life Behind the Royal Curtains by Brian Hoey

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Popcorn and Compliance

Leadership Lessons from Chariots of Fire

Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are back with another review of an Oscar-winning Best Picture movie with an eye towards the leadership lessons that might be drawn from them. It is a great way to honor the Oscars, rewatch some great old movies and garner some interesting perspectives on leadership. We continue that tradition as we are back with more leadership lessons from Oscar-winning Best Picture movies and today’s offering is the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.

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Daily Compliance News

September 10, 2022 the Captain Hazelwood Dies Edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Crypto fraud trader pleads guilty to $100MM fraud. (WSJ)
  • Captain of Exxon Valdez dies. (NYT)
  • Corruption and climate change. (WaPo)
  • Former Puerto Rican official sentenced for bribery. (DOJ Press Release)
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Because That's What Heroes Do

WandaVision – Episode 5 – On This Very Special Episode

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. We previously reviewed all the movies, and now we have a series on WandaVision. 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 continue with Episode 5, On This Very Special Episode.

Some of the highlights include:

Ø The story synopsis.

Ø What are the key plot points?

Ø What were some of our favorite cookies?

Next up in our series WandaVision, Episode 6 All New Halloween Spooktacular

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Daily Compliance News

September 9, 2022 the More Corruption Allegations in College Edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Steve Bannon was charged with money laundering. (WSJ)
  • Musk lawsuit over Dogecoin expands. (Reuters)
  • More allegations of corruption at USC. (Foreign Policy)
  • Ex-Uber Security Chief claims Uber legal led hacking response. (Law360)
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Everything Compliance

Episode 104 – the Back to School Edition

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance as we celebrate our second century of shows. In 2021, Everything Compliance was honored by W3 as a top talk show in podcasting. In this episode, we have the quartet of Jonathan Marks, Jonathan Armstrong, Jay Rosen and Matt Kelly on a variety of topics. We conclude with our fan Shout Outs and Rants section.

1. Jay Rosen looks at a recent report about the number and quality of SEC whistleblower awards.  Rosen shouts out to scientists who are trying to create Oxygen from CO2 so that life can exist on Mars.

2. Matt Kelly discusses the Mudge whistleblower allegations regarding Twitter.  Kelly shouts out to NASA engineers who scrubbed the space shuttle launch due to safety concerns.

3. Jonathan Marks considers the role of internal audit in M&A work specifically and how the Board should utilize internal audit more generally. Marks shouts out the 30the anniversary of the US Sentencing Guidelines.

4. Tom Fox shouts out the American League leading Houston Astros.

5. Jonathan Armstrong looks at the newly released Lloyd’s regulations around denial of coverage for cyber-attacks made by foreign governments and state actors. He shouts out to the British television show “Have I Got News” for skewering Boris Johnson with his own words.

The members of the Everything Compliance are:

•       Jay Rosen– Jay is Vice President, Business Development Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors. Rosen can be reached at JRosen@affiliatedmonitors.com

•       Karen Woody – One of the top academic experts on the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu

•       Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com

•       Jonathan Armstrong –is our UK colleague, who is an experienced data privacy/data protection lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at jonathan.armstrong@corderycompliance.com

•       Jonathan Marks is Partner, Firm Practice Leader – Global Forensic, Compliance & Integrity Services at Baker Tilly. Marks can be reached at jonathan.marks@bakertilly.com

The host and producer, ranter (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network.

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Daily Compliance News

September 8, 2022 the Biden Fight Against Corruption Edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • DOT continues to use private actors for sanctions enforcement. (WSJ)
  • Booz Allen set to pay on no-poach clause. (Reuters)
  • Biden Administration ABC blueprint. (Foreign Policy)
  • Musk can amend lawsuit but cannot delay trial. (NYT)
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Jamming with Jason

JwJ Encore: The $2 Million Career Mistake

Most people make some of the same career mistakes. Are you guilty of making them?

And, they probably don’t seem like mistakes since they are often what you are told to do. They seem to like what you are supposed to do. You know, keep your head down, do good work, stay in the same safe job, work for the same company most of your career, etc… is what you’ve been told to be successful. But what if those lies are meant to keep you handcuffed to your job and hurt you?

Whether or not you believe these mistakes can cost you money over your career. And I mean A LOT OF MONEY… $2 million or more. Don’t believe me. Make your own decision after you listen.

In this #jammingwithjason #podcast episode, we discuss 4 of the most common mistakes and what you can do to avoid them. Since I’m sure you don’t want to miss out on $2 million or more in compensation over your career, do you?

Are you going to take control of your career or let your organization manage your career?

FOR FULL SHOW NOTES AND LINKS, VISIT:

E284 The $2 Million Career Mistake

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