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…
We continue our celebration of the Houston Astros winning the 2022 World Series by considering defense in baseball and prevention and detection in a best practices compliance program. According to…
I have assiduously avoided blogging about the Houston Astros during this year’s playoffs. It was not for fear of jinxing them; I was fully convinced they would win it all…
What is corporate culture? What are ethical values? What is integrity at your organization? All of these questions are critical to the success of any business. Unfortunately, we usually see…
Clawbacks have become a new topic in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement and compliance with the announcement of the Monaco Doctrine and release of the Monaco Memo. Matt Kelly,…
We conclude our exploration of one of the most public cases of corporate moral bankruptcy where Lafarge SA and its Syria unit Lafarge Cement Syria, or LCS, each pled guilty…
We continue our exploration of one of the most public cases of corporate moral bankruptcy where Lafarge SA and its Syria unit Lafarge Cement Syria, or LCS, each pled guilty…
On April 24, 2017, Holcim Group issued a press release announcing the conclusion of the investigation into the payment of its subsidiary LaFarge to designated terrorist organizations. The Press Release…
I conclude my Great Structures Week with a focus on structural engineering failures: suspension bridges and the challenges of wind in their construction and maintenance. I am drawing these posts…
I continue my Great Structures Week with focus on great structural engineering and its innovations in the medieval world – that being the Gothic Cathedral. I am drawing these posts…
I continue my Great Structures Week with focus on structural engineering innovations from ancient Rome. I am drawing these posts from The Teaching Company course, “Understanding the World’s Greatest Structures:…
