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…
One of Star Trek’s enduring gifts to corporate compliance professionals is its willingness to ask: What happens when innovation runs ahead of governance? Nowhere is this question more provocatively posed…
The introduction of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, specifically the offense of failure to prevent fraud (FTPF), takes effect on 1 September 2025. Every US company doing…
Yesterday, I began a two-part review of the article “What Is a Designed Intelligence Environment?” in which authors Michael Schrage and David Kiron examine how enterprises must rethink their intelligence…
As compliance professionals, we often talk about global organizations “boldly going” where few have gone before, into new markets, unfamiliar territories, and diverse cultures. But what happens when the culture…
If you have been around the compliance world long enough, you have heard the refrain: “It all comes down to communication.” Whether you are launching a new code of conduct,…
If there is one constant in the world of compliance, it is the reality of change. However, in 2025, change takes on a new vector: artificial intelligence, not just as…
One of the defining strengths of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) is its willingness to confront the thorniest questions of morality, leadership, and power. Few episodes tackle these issues…
One thing I have learned from the digital age is that to stay ahead, we must stay informed and proactive about how new technologies impact corporate governance, ethics, and operational…
If you have spent any time in the world of corporate compliance, you know risk assessment is not just a box-ticking exercise. It is the navigational star by which a…
There comes a time in every compliance professional’s journey when the rules and the regulations alone cannot answer the central ethical question at hand. In the fast-moving, high-stakes world of…
