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…
This week we will conclude our lengthy exploration of the philosophical underpinnings of the modern corporate compliance program. We have examined Hannah Arendt and her concepts of personal responsibility and…
This week we will conclude our lengthy exploration of the philosophical underpinnings of the modern corporate compliance program. We will examine Simone de Beauvoir and the conditions for ethical action…
Ed. Note: This month, on my podcast series Popcorn and Compliance, I am taking a deep dive into the first five Frankenstein movies. Over October, I will consider Frankenstein, The…
For years, compliance professionals have turned to the Department of Justice’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP) to answer a fundamental question: What does an effective compliance program actually look like?…
CEO succession is usually discussed as a planning exercise. Boards identify potential successors, develop internal talent, periodically review the succession plan, and prepare for the orderly transition that eventually comes…
A company can publish thoughtful AI principles, appoint a governance committee, and still struggle to answer a basic question: who can stop an AI system when its behavior creates unacceptable…
Compliance technology has become the operational backbone of the modern ethics and compliance program. When technology works, it can make compliance faster, more consistent, measurable, and embedded in business operations….
In the first four posts in the Leonardo Compliance Framework, we used Leonardo’s work to explore the compliance disciplines of Refine, Investigate, Innovate, and Monitor. For our final blog post, the…
In the previous post in the Leonardo Compliance Framework, Leonardo’s flying machines gave us Innovate, the principle that Compliance should help organizations capture the benefits of emerging technology while establishing governance…
In the first two posts in the Leonardo Compliance Framework, the Mona Lisa gave us Refine, the principle that an effective compliance program improves as the organization learns from experience. Leonardo’s anatomical…
