As both of their teams are unceremoniously knocked out of the playoffs, Tom and Jay are back looking at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories this week in the Activision Blizzard Sold edition.
Stories

1. Activision Blizzard was sold to Microsoft. Check out articles on how the NYT happened, the parameters of the deal in the  WSJ, the compliance mess in Bloomberg, and legal issues in  Reuters.
2. Did the pandemic undo corruption risk models? Dick Cassin explores in the FCPA Blog.
3. KPMG spanked yet again in the UK. Jaclyn Jaeger in Compliance Week (sub req’d).
4. Person of the Year in Compliance? ESG. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance.   
5. Is Abby Normal next? Banks using behavioral science. Vera Cherepanova in FCPA Blog.
6. Businesses and Strategy on Countering Corruption. Sara Paul, Andrea Gordon, and Dane Sowers in the CCI.  
7. Climate change compliance. Jeff Kaplan in Conflicts of Interest Blog.
8. Trust has its moment. Stewart Levine in Forbes.com. 
9. Institutional investors on ESG voting. Lawrence Heim in PracticalESG.
10. The virtual Board Room. Jeffrey Karpf and Fernando Martinez in Compliance and Enforcement. 

Podcasts and More

1. Tom and Matt Kelly conclude a 2-part podcast series on issues they are following in 2022. On Compliance into the Weeds, Part 1 and Part 2. 
2. In January on The Compliance Life, I visited Valerie Charles, a partner at StoneTurn. Val has one of the most interesting journeys in compliance. In Part 1, she discussed her academic background and early professional career. In Part 2, she discusses her move to ComTech. In Part 3, Valerie moves into the consulting world. 
3. What is the intersection of Joel Coen’s Macbeth and organizational issues in compliance? Tom explores in a 4-part blog series on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. 
4. CCI releases a new e-book from Tom, “FCPA 2021 Year in Review”. Available free from CCI.
5. Trial of the Century-the Enron Trial. On Monday, January 4, Tom premiers a 5-part podcast series on the Enron Trial with Loren Steffy, who covered the trial for the Houston Chronicle. You can check out the preview here. It will be available on the Compliance Podcast Network, Megaphone, iTunes, and other top podcast platforms. 
6. Check out 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program returns, which runs from January 1 to January 31. Available on the Compliance Podcast Network, Megaphone, iTunes, and other top podcast platforms. 

 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.