In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
- US charges former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia? (WSJ)
- The Hoskins case goes to the jury. (WSJ)
- Facebook fights California investigation. (NYT)
- Will Xerox takeover HP? (Washington Post)
In the first Compliance Line Episode, Cailyn, Amanda, and Chris discuss unique uses for a compliance hotline or webform.
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Amanda, Karan, and Will are going to CHILL YOU TO THE BONE with three terrifying tales of sanction screening gone wrong!
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Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast, co-hosted by Lisa Fine and Mary Shirley. Today, Mary concludes her two-part episode with Michelle Shapiro, a partner at the law firm of Arent Fox. Michelle is a career white collar criminal defense attorney who has spent nearly 20 years representing individuals and companies through all phases of investigations and criminal proceedings by federal and state prosecutors and regulators, related to myriad high-stakes issues, such as alleged corruption; insider trading; money laundering; tax, health care, securities and accounting fraud; anti-trust violations; and cyber and other crimes. She also conducts internal investigations of potential misconduct by corporate officers, employees, and agents, including multifaceted transnational investigations for Fortune 500 companies.
Mary speaks with Michelle Shapiro, a partner at Arent Fox about her Compliance experience from the perspective of external counsel. Episode Two with Michelle opens with interesting insights from Michelle based on her experience volunteering on the WomenLEAD Committee and Diversity and Inclusion Committee at a previous law firm. She shares details of the success stories of those committees which is timely information for anyone thinking about setting up similar committees in their own workplace. The conversation to asks us to think beyond a token gesture initiative in these areas and consider what companies can do to show that they are truly invested in the advancement of women leaders and valuing diversity and inclusion.
Mary asks Michelle to draw on some of her benchmarking oversight (one of the aspects of working in consultancy that Mary really misses is getting insight into what several other companies are doing firsthand) and share developments she has observed of companies evolving their due diligence program.
To wrap up the episode Mary and Michelle talk about a couple of the key things they look out for when conducting investigations across borders.
Listen in to this episode where Michelle turns the tables on Mary and throws in some surprise questions of her own!
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In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
- How should you handle whistleblower allegations? (FT)
- “What race are you”? (NYT)
- Vale CEO called whistleblower ‘a cancer’. (WSJ)
- FACEBOOK goes all caps. Is it just making online noise? (Washington Post)
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. In this episode, Matt Kelly and I go into the weeds on a recent academic paper by Stubben and Welch entitled, Are Secondhand Whistleblowing Reports More Credible. The authors reviewed data from the Navex Global data base of 2 million whistleblower reports from more than 1,000 companies from 2004 through 2017. Their findings have significant implications for CCO, GCs and Boards of Directors.
Some of the highlights include:
- Why is this the first international podcast of Compliance Into the Weeds?
- What are the key differences between a first-hand whistleblower report and a secondhand report?
- Why are over 47% more second-hand reports substantiated than first-hand reports?
- Why do first-hand reports tend to be about actions against a person and secondhand reports be about things which happened to the organization?
- What are the implications for triage/investigations of first and secondhand reports?
- Is confirmation bias at work here?
For additional reading see the following:
Matt’s blog post, Study-Second Hand Reports More Reliable, on Radical Compliance.
Stubben and Welch, Are Secondhand Internal Whistleblowing Reports Credible?
Paul Brodie is the CEO of Brodie Consulting. He is a consultant and keynote speaker, and most interestingly, he helps would-be authors get their books published. He joins host Tom Fox today to discuss his professional background, and his work.
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How Brodie Consulting Began
His company, Brodie Consulting, was born out of a personal health crisis. Paul relates that his doctor told him that if he didn’t change his life, he would be dead within five years. This motivated him to take charge of his health and lose over 60 pounds. He wanted to write a book about his journey, but had no idea how to do so. With lots of research about Kindle publishing and some trial and error, he created a 6-step book publishing system. His first three books became bestsellers because of his system. He also discovered that he could help other would-be authors and began to offer coaching, done-for-you book publishing as well as podcast production and executive ghostwriting services.
The Six Step Process
Tom finds Paul’s six step process incredibly useful for a wide variety of projects. He asks him to describe how this process helps companies and individuals get their books published. Paul responds that some of the steps include:
- An initial strategy session to find out how his company can help;
- A second strategy session to determine the best type of service for the client;
- Getting the book written and published;
- Marketing the book.
Keynotes, Seminars and Podcast
One of Paul’s main leadership keynotes is called Motivation 101, in which he speaks about personal, team and organizational motivation. He finds that staying motivated is a major challenge for business leaders. He also regularly offers seminars at universities to help students get clear on where they want to go in life, not only for themselves, he says, but for the future. Tom asks him about his Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) seminar. His response is about the impact a favorite author had on him and how it changed his mindset and his life. Paul also hosts the Get Published podcast. He says that it has helped him to build connections and relationships. His guests offer great advice to his listeners about writing, publishing and marketing books, in a short format. It’s also a lot of fun, he says.
Resources
GetPublishedSystem.com
GetPublishedPodcast.com
In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
- Malaysia rejects $2bn settlement offer from Goldman Sachs. (FT)
- Memo to CEOs-quit sleeping with the staff? (WSJ)
- DOJ trying to silence ‘anonymous’? (NYT)
- Under Armour shares take tumble. (Washington Post)
Amanda and Cailyn discuss policies and unintended gift giving consequences so you can have a compliant holiday season.
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In this episode I visit with Pamela Fierst-Walsh, who works at the US State Department as the Senior Advisor on Conflict & Critical Minerals and U.S. Representative to the Kimberley Process. Every compliance professional needs to understand not only responsible sourcing but the Kimberley Process and how it relates to anti-corruption compliance. Some of the highlights include:
- What is Pamela’s role as the Senior Advisor on Conflict & Critical Minerals and U.S. Representative to the Kimberley Process.
- What is the Kimberly Process?
- Who developed it?
- How does it relate to conflict mineral initiatives? Responsible sourcing?
- How does the US State Department support the Kimberley Process?
- Where could listeners go for more information?
Resources
For more on the Kimberley Process, click here.