
The NBA/Clippers Investigation: Part 5 – Lessons for CCOs and Boards
The ultimate measure of a compliance program is whether it can constrain the people the organization believes it cannot afford to disappoint. Most compliance programs

The ultimate measure of a compliance program is whether it can constrain the people the organization believes it cannot afford to disappoint. Most compliance programs

The Clippers penalties demonstrate that discipline is not the end of a compliance process. They are a public test of whether rules apply to powerful

The Clippers investigation shows why contracts, approvals, and carefully drafted emails cannot substitute for controls that test economic reality. In Part 3 of a five-part

The Clippers investigation demonstrates why conflict controls must follow influence, economic benefit, and interconnected transactions, not merely financial ownership. In Part 2 of this five-part

Over the next five blog posts, we will consider how commercial pressure, weak controls, and leadership decisions turned a salary-cap rule into an enterprise-wide governance

Ed. Note: I was finally able to see the movie The Odyssey. To say it blew me away was an understatement. Even though it didn’t

Ed. Note: I was finally able to see the movie The Odyssey. To say it blew me away was an understatement. Even though it didn’t

Ed. Note: I was finally able to see the movie The Odyssey. To say it blew me away was an understatement. Even though it didn’t

Ed. Note: I was finally able to see the movie The Odyssey. To say it blew me away was an understatement. Even though it didn’t

Dolly Parton died this week. Her death closed one of the most remarkable careers in American entertainment, but it did not close the institutions, ideas,
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