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…
Show Summary In this article, we beam down into one of the most compelling courtroom dramas in Star Trek canon—The Menagerie, Part 1. This two-part saga is not just a…
Every Chief Compliance Officer talks about culture. Every company claims to value ethics, integrity, respect, inclusion, and speak-up behavior. Those words appear in codes of conduct, CEO messages, training decks,…
Show Summary Today, we explore The Corbomite Maneuver, which is an early and foundational entry in the Star Trek canon that delivers timeless lessons in leadership, ethics, and composure in the…
Every compliance professional has heard the accusation. Compliance is too slow. Compliance does not understand the business. Compliance always says no. Compliance is where deals go to die. That reputation…
Show Summary Today, we journey to Tantalus V, home to a facility for the criminally insane, where a celebrated doctor, a controversial device, and a desperate escapee converge into a…
A major compliance initiative rarely fails because the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) did not work hard enough. It usually fails because the organization never reached a true agreement on what…
Show Summary Today, we explore one of the eeriest and most profound cautionary tales in the Star Trek canon—Miri. When the crew responds to a distress signal from a planet…
It has been some time since I checked in with the Harvard Business Review for some blog posts. To remedy this deficiency, I will write this week’s blog posts based…
Show Summary Today, we descend into the icy caverns of Exo III in the Star Trek classic What Are Little Girls Made Of?, where Dr. Roger Corby has gone far beyond…
In this eye-opening blog post of Trekking Through Compliance, we examine Mudd’s Women, one of the earliest and most ethically provocative episodes of Star Trek. While Harcourt Fenton Mudd provides his…
