Welcome to The Woody Report, where Washington & Lee School of Law Associate Professor Karen Woody and host Tom Fox discuss issues on white collar crime, compliance issues, international corruption, securities and accounting fraud, and internal corporate…
Star Trek’s “Errand of Mercy” has long captivated viewers with its profound examination of conflict, diplomacy, and the limitations of perception. While it might not seem immediately apparent, this episode…
Show Summary Star Trek has always served as a powerful lens through which to view not just the potential future of humanity but the contemporary complexities we face today. The…
This final post in the Bosch series should not end with a victory lap about the DOJ Declination. That would be the wrong lesson. Bosch earned real credit for what…
Show Summary Star Trek has consistently excelled at blending imaginative storytelling with deeply reflective, ethical, and compliance lessons. In the episode “This Side of Paradise,” Captain Kirk and the crew…
The Bosch enforcement action is, at one level, an export controls case. But for compliance professionals, it is also a communications failure. More specifically, it is a case study of…
Show Summary Star Trek’s original series has long been a treasure trove of timeless lessons for leaders, ethicists, and compliance professionals. The episode “A Taste of Armageddon” offers a gripping narrative…
As most readers know, sometimes when I get going on a multipart blog series, I either get carried away or simply cannot stop. Maybe sometimes it is both. This week…
Show Summary In the legendary Star Trek episode “Space Seed,” Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise encounter a drifting vessel, the SS Botany Bay, which houses cryogenically…
Every Chief Compliance Officer should study the Bosch declination because it answers a practical question: what does the DOJ reward when a company discovers serious national security compliance failures? It…
Show Summary As a corporate compliance professional, I often say that sometimes the most profound lessons in ethics, culture, and communication don’t come from law books or boardroom memos—they come…
