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…
“Risk is our business.” That famous Star Trek line could have been the mission statement for the crew of the USS Enterprise, but in The Savage Curtain, the stakes go beyond…
Institutional justice and institutional fairness are not abstract ideals; they are operational requirements in a corporate compliance program. They define how policies are enforced, how decisions are made, and how employees perceive…
In compliance, leadership is not just about setting the tone at the top. It is about guiding an organization through competing values, disruptive influences, and well-intentioned but potentially dangerous shortcuts….
Today we conclude our 5-part deep dive into the Asante Berko trial and guilty verdict, using the trial not simply as a case study but as a mechanism to pressure-test…
In corporate life, ethical decision-making is not only a question of right and wrong. It is also a test of leadership, trust, and long-term vision. Missteps in ethics erode corporate…
Today in Part 4, I want to focus on some of the compliance lessons from the Asante Berko FCPA trial. The compliance lesson from the Berko trial is not simply…
In the corporate compliance world, an internal investigation is often the moment of truth. Whether triggered by a whistleblower complaint, a regulatory inquiry, or a suspicious transaction, the investigation’s quality…
We continue our deep dive into the Asante Berko FCPA conviction. Today we consider the jury’s verdict. The jury returned three guilty verdicts. That is the decisive legal result, but…
In compliance, risk management is more than a checklist. It is the ongoing discipline of identifying threats, assessing their potential impact, and implementing measures to mitigate or neutralize them before…
Yesterday in Part One of our series on the Asante Berko FCPA trial and conviction, we examined the prosecution’s mosaic. Today in Part 2, we ask the defense question that…
