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 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…
Star Trek: The Original Series often illustrates complex ethical and procedural dilemmas that resonate deeply within the realm of corporate compliance. The episode “Court Martial,” in particular, offers compelling insights…
The Bosch Declination is an important early marker in the Department of Justice’s new corporate enforcement architecture. It is also a practical case study in how export controls, national security…
