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…
A major compliance initiative rarely fails because the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) did not work hard enough. It usually fails because the organization never reached a true agreement on what…
Show Summary Today, we explore one of the eeriest and most profound cautionary tales in the Star Trek canon—Miri. When the crew responds to a distress signal from a planet…
It has been some time since I checked in with the Harvard Business Review for some blog posts. To remedy this deficiency, I will write this week’s blog posts based…
Show Summary Today, we descend into the icy caverns of Exo III in the Star Trek classic What Are Little Girls Made Of?, where Dr. Roger Corby has gone far beyond…
In this eye-opening blog post of Trekking Through Compliance, we examine Mudd’s Women, one of the earliest and most ethically provocative episodes of Star Trek. While Harcourt Fenton Mudd provides his…
In this article, we examine “The Enemy Within,” which aired on October 6, 1966, at Start Date 1672.1. One of the most psychologically compelling episodes of Star Trek to date: “The Enemy…
Artificial intelligence often appears frictionless. A prompt goes in. An answer comes out. A report is summarized. A risk score is generated. A customer interaction is automated. A compliance analyst…
Show Summary Today, we beam aboard the Enterprise as it orbits PSI 2000, a dying planet and ground zero for one of the most revealing episodes in the Star Trek…
Employees trust that leadership will tell them the truth. Investors trust that disclosures are accurate. Customers trust that representations are reliable. Boards trust that management reporting is complete. Compliance officers…
Shadow AI is the internal-controls problem of the artificial-intelligence age. It is not hard to understand why employees use AI tools without waiting for formal approval. These tools are fast,…
