Thinkeen Legal is not your typical law firm, and on this week’s episode of ComTech, Valerie Charles and Tom Fox are talking to founder Christian Perez Font about exactly why that is, and what makes the firm so unique in the industry.
Christian started his career in more traditional, transactional law, but found compliance practices to be uniquely interesting and satisfying, so he built a law practice to provide businesses with the type of information they need to confidently make decisions. He says that Thinkeen Legal “[doesn’t] provide legal advice, we provide business advice with legal confidence.”
Understanding the Data Lifecycle
Valerie points out that it’s great when you can buy data off the shelf – it’s cheaper than creating your own, and is reliable – but there are always going to be situations where industry and company-specific situations mean you need to generate your own. Whether you source data externally or internally, you need to understand what data is and what it means to make good business decisions based on it.
Critical to this process is understanding the lifecycle of data – where it resides in an organization and the different systems it goes through. Data analysis is an evolution and Tom believes that companies should be looking at finding and extracting the data as a business process. Christian points out that the first, most foundational thing you need to do is understand what data is, and what data you need to inform your business decisions and compliance programs.
Looking Towards the Future
Valerie asks what companies need to begin thinking about to prepare for 2025 and beyond, and Christian shares what he thinks: that we need to understand data better – the lifecycle, where it resides, extracting and applying it, and investing in the resources that will be required to do all of it. Further, he believes that compliance teams are going to need to be truly cross-functional to be effective. This isn’t restricted to just compliance but applies to the whole business sector. More teamwork is needed.
Resources
Christian Perez Font on LinkedIn
ThinkeenLegal.com
In the Episode, fan fav and MoFo partner James Koukios returns to discuss the firm’s always informative Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2020. We focus this episode on ABC enforcement efforts from other countries. Highlights include
- OECD Reports lauds US enforcement efforts and increased enforcement efforts by the Netherlands;
- World bank debars German firm;
- Developments in Mexico;
- Developments in and concerning Venezuela; and
- China and its repatriation of fugitives.
Recourses
MoFo Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2020
In today’s edition of Sunday Book Review:
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
- The ABC Murders.
- Hercule Poirot’s Christmas.
- Taken At The Flood.
Today’s workforce is diverse. Tomorrow’s workforce will be even more so! What tools are out there for leaders to help them create a successful team? Today’s episode discusses one tool – assessments.
Maybe you’ve thought assessments are overrated? Or maybe you’ve considered using assessments, but you aren’t sure where to start?
Today’s guest, Eric Shepherd, discusses why and how to use technology-driven assessments of your organization and team to revolutionize the way you lead your people.
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As Ethisphere announces its World’s Most Ethical Company awards for 2021, Tom and Jay look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA.
- Ethisphere announces 2021 World’s Most Ethical Company awards. In CCI. In Radical Compliance.
- Data Privacy under Biden. Colin Rahill in Jolt.
- What the NDAA did regarding the SEC and disgorgement. David Levintow in the FCPA Blog.
- SFO wants companies to invest more in compliance. Dylan Tokar in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.
- Board lessons from a crisis. Stephen Davis and Sandra Guerra in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
- A Texas transplant reflects on weather and lessons learned. Dick Cassin in the FCPA Blog.
- Of Citibank and Black Swan events. Tom Explores in a 3-part blog post series on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics blog. Tom and Matt take a deep dive in Compliance into the Weeds.
- On The Compliance Life, Natalia Shehadeh, CCO at ABB joins me this month. In the first episode, Natalia explained why she choose the compliance profession. Check out the Episode 1 and Episode 2. In Episode 3, Natalia discussed moving into the CCO chair. This is the final Episode 4.
- The Compliance Handbook, a podcast on the nuts and bolts of compliance premiered this month. In Episode 1, Tom is joined by Stephen Martin to talk about how to best think through a comprehensive compliance program. In Episode 2, Tom was joined by Mike Volkov to discuss the Board’s role in Compliance. In Episode 3, Ronnie Feldman and Ricardo Pelleton talked about training and communications from their own very unique perspective. It is also available on the traditional audio formats.
- A new AMI podcast is out, Integrity Through Compliance. It has AMI’s expert observations and guidance in the fields of ethics, antitrust, healthcare, government contracting, corporate governance, cybersecurity, construction, telecommunications, consumer protection and more. In the Episode 1, AMI founder Vin DiCianni visited with AMI MD Jerry Coyne the future of telehealth & home healthcare during a pandemic and beyond. In Epsiode 2, Brenda Morris and Dionne Lomax visited with Jennifer Newton. In Episode 3, Joseph K. West, Partner & Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Duane Morris joined the podcast to talk about the benefits of D&I.
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- Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions.
Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.
En los últimos 20 años Latinoamérica ha sido impactado por más de 70 casos de la FCPA. En esté – el décimo episodio de ¡(H)Ola Compliance! – Matt y Alejandra revelan lo que ven como los 10 casos más importantes. Discuten la importancia de cada caso y las lecciones aprendidas. ¡Escucha y comparte!
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¡(H)Ola Compliance! no tiene la intención y no se puede considerar como asesoramiento legal; el contenido solo refleja los pensamientos y opiniones de sus anfitriones.
¡(H)Ola Compliance! explora la ola de cumplimiento de anticorrupción que ha surgido por Latinoamérica. Inmerso en su cariño para la región, Matteson Ellis y Alejandra Montenegro Almonte (Socios de Miller & Chevalier), navegan las aguas de regulaciones de cumplimiento corporativo desde sus oficinas en Washington, DC y trazan las normas de anticorrupción que afectan a la región. A la vez destacan los desafíos y oportunidades que enfrentan las empresas comprometidas a la ética. ¿Te sientes que estás nadando contra la corriente? ¡Entonces tome la ola de cumplimiento en ¡(H)Ola Compliance!
Where does creativity fit into compliance? In more places than you think. Problem-solving, accountability, communication, and connection – they all take creativity. Join Tom Fox and Ronnie Feldman on Creativity and Compliance, part of the Compliance Podcast Network. In this episode, Tom and Ronnie visit Kerri Salata, Director of Ethics & Conduct and Tiffany Giblin, Sr. Manager Corporate Communications at BMO Financial, about their latest creative campaign highlighting “Risks While Working from Home.”
Some of the highlights include:
· This project was a continuation of a prior campaign, utilizing the Actions Matterly character.
· Who is Actions Matterly?
· Actions Matterly focused on Risks While Working from Home, which is a challenging environment for everyone.
· Lots of privacy and confidentiality issues.
· Lots of ethical issues – particularly because people are isolated at home and perhaps feel like these they can’t be seen.
· How was the campaign was rolled out?
o Photos shared on BMO Intranet Site
o Followed by Video
o Repeated for 6 weeks
· What were some of the lessons learned for compliance professionals who might want to try something creative?
Resources:
Ronnie Feldman (LinkedIn)
Learnings & Entertainments (LinkedIn)
Ronnie Feldman (Twitter)
Learnings & Entertainments (Website)
60-Second Communication & Awareness Shorts – A variety of short, customizable, quick-hitter “commercials” including songs & jingles, video shorts, newsletter graphics & Gifs, and more. Promote integrity, compliance, the Code, the helpline and the E&C team as helpful advisors and coaches.
Workplace Tonight Show! Micro-learning – a library of 1-10-minute trainings and communications wrapped in the style of a late-night variety show, that explains corporate risk topics and why employees should care.
Custom Live & Digital Programing – We’ll develop programming that fits your culture and balances the seriousness of the subject matter with a more engaging delivery.
Tales from the Hotline – check out some samples.