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…
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri’s speech highlighted a critical shift in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) approach to evaluating corporate compliance programs. As outlined in the updated 2024…
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri’s speech highlighted a critical shift in the DOJ’s approach to evaluating corporate compliance programs. As outlined in the updated 2024 Evaluation of Corporate…
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri’s speech highlighted a critical shift in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) approach to evaluating corporate compliance programs. As outlined in the updated 2024…
On Monday, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri spoke at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics 23rd Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute. ( A copy of her…
In corporate compliance, some very basic compliance lessons are destined to be repeated. This was clear from the recently announced Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Foreign Corruption Practices Act enforcement…
This week, we have been exploring how Chief Executive Officers and other senior executives can set an appropriate Tone at the Top by actually walking-the-walk of compliance rather than simply…
We continue our blog post series on how CEOs and top senior executives can demonstrate the ubiquitous Tone at the Top. Setting the tone of doing business ethically and in…
We continue exploring how CEOs and senior executives are uniquely positioned to emphasize the importance of ethical behavior and adherence to compliance regulations. Today, we consider the humble email and…
In corporate compliance, a guiding principle is the foundation for success or failure: Tone at the Top. This phrase encapsulates the role of senior executives—particularly the CEO—in setting the ethical…
The 2022 Monaco Memo emphasized that the key to every company is culture. The bottom line is that corporate culture matters, and a corporate culture that fails to hold individuals…
