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Episode 272 – the Facebook Whistleblower edition


Tom is on for a solo run this week to review some of the top compliance and ethics stories on the Facebook Whistleblower edition. 

Stories

1.     The Facebook Whistleblower. 60 Minutes appearance and Congressional Testimony. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance. Aaron Nicodemus in Compliance Week.  (sub req’d)
2.     Petrofac settles with SFO. Harry Cassin in the FCPA Blog.
3.     ESG and business risks. Mike Volkov in Corruption, Crime and Compliance.
4.     DOJ to emphasize white collar criminal cases.  Dylan Tokar in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.
5.     Ancient history and FCPA enforcement. Dick Cassin in the FCPA Blog.
6.     Lessons learned from the Pandora Papers. Jaclyn Jaeger in Compliance Week. (sub req’d)
7.     Using AI for pattern recognition in investigations. Veeral Gosalia in CCI.
8.     Will ethical lapses at the Fed sink the Powell nomination? Jeanna Smialek and James Tankersly in the NYT.
9.     The Big Stink and Green Bonds. Lawrence Heim in PracticalESG.
10.  Would you trust Ozy? Ozy says its open for business (after a short hiatus).  What does it mean for compliance? Megan Leonhardt and Jessica Mathews in Fortune.
11.  Risk based compliance and ransomware. SheppardMullin lawyers on JDSupra.   

Podcasts and Events

12.  Congrats to Great Women in Compliance for being honored as a top pod by w3 in the DEI category; Everything Compliance as a top roundtable in podcasting and CPN for top compliance podcast network.
13.  Compliance Week is going ‘Inside the Mind of the CCO’. Participate in the survey here.
14.  Ethisphere’s World Most Ethical Company awards for 2022 are open for submission. For more information on the Application Process, click here.
15.  Are you exasperated? Then check, F*ing Argentina. In this podcast series co-hosts Tom Fox and Gregg Greenberg, author of F*ing Argentina explore the current American psyche of being overworked, over leveraged, overtired and overwhelmed. Find out about modern America’s exasperation with well…exasperation. In Episode 1, the dreaded Parent Meeting night at your child’s elementary school. In Episode 2, why F*ing Argentina? In Episode 3, one of the most beloved characters in musical theater, Officer Krupke is exasperated. In Episode 4, the ubiquitous ‘Couples Dinner’.
16.  This month on The Compliance Month, I visit with John Melican, Managing Director at Exiger on his journey to and from the CCO chair. In Episode 1, college and early professional career at NY County DA’s Office.
17.  What is Design Thinking in Compliance? Check out the newest edition to the CPN, where co-hosts Tom Fox and Carsten Tams discuss the social engineering tool of design thinking and how it creates greater compliance engagement and effectiveness. Check out Episode 1 here.
18.  Join Jay, Tom and the top E&C professionals at Converge21, a virtual conference on October 12 & 13. Registration and information here. Why should you attend? Check out some of the panelists discuss their presentation on the Converge21 podcasts. Michael Randrup Wendy Badger, Lloydette Bai-Marrow, Tom and Philip Winterburn.
19.  How does a Compliance Bible become a best-seller? Check out Tom’s appearance on the C-Suite Network’s Best Seller TV to find out.  Purchase The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition here.
Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.

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Episode 257 – the More Cheating in Baseball edition


Jay is back from moving. He and Tom are shocked, shocked that there is another cheating scandal in baseball. While ruminating on just how shocked they are, they take a look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA in the More Cheating in Baseball edition.
Stories

  1. This year’s cheating scandal in baseball. Stephanie Apstein and Alex Prewitt in SI. David Waldstein in NYT. Buster Olny in com. Tom takes a deep dive in three blog posts on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog.
  2. EU Prosecutor’s Office opens for business. Jon Rusch in Dipping Through Geometries.
  3. Exxon BOD vote should be a wake up call. Jaclyn Jaeger in Complinace Week. (sub req’d)
  4. Compliance when no one is watching. Julie DeMauro in the FCPA Blog.
  5. What are 5 things CCOs can do to comply with Biden’s Statement on Corruption? Al Barbarino in Law360.
  6. What do pirates teach us about leadership? Fransesca Gino in XpertsLeague.
  7. Should CCOs run ESG? Mike Volkov say ‘No’ in Corruption, Crime and Compliance.
  8. Is your Supply Chain ethical? Andrew Blasi and Nicolas Diamond in CCI.
  9. What are some reasons for the lack of FCPA enforcement? Harry Cassin speculates in the FCPA Blog.
  10. Get on one page for risk management. Sandar Erez in CCI.

Podcasts and Events

  1. CPN premiers a new podcast, The ESG Report. In the first episode, Tom has a two-part series featuring Trysha Daskem, head of ESG at Silver. Check out Part 1 and Part 2.
  2. How does history inform compliance? What are the leadership lessons from ancient Greeks and Romans? Find out in this special 10 part podcast series on famous Greeks and Romans from Plutarch’s Lives this week on 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, hosted by Richard Lummis and Tom Fox. In Episode 1, they mined Plutarch about the lives of and leadership lessons from Themistocles and Camillus. In Episode 2, they looked at Solon and Popsicola.
  3. Trekking Through Compliance Returns! Tom reviews all 79 episodes of Star Trek, the Original Series beginning June 1. Each day at 3 PM on the Compliance Podcast Network. This week’s offerings included The Conscience of a King, Balance of Terror, Shore Leave, The Galileo Seven and The Squire of Gothos.
  4. Vin DiCianna turns the tables on Tom by interviewing him for this week’s Integrity Through Complaince. Check it out here.
  5. Join Convercent for a Converge Innovation Forum, with a look into the future of compliance on risk visibility up, down, and across the businesson June 23 at 11 AM CT. for information and registration click here.
  6. On July 1, join K2 Integrity’s Snezana Gebauer and Darren Matthews will present a webinar on asset tracing at the IBA Global Influencer Forum. Learn more and register: https://www.k2integrity.com/en/events/k2-integrity-webinar-at-iba-global-influencer-forum-fraud-debt-and-judgements-how-to-maximize-asset
  7. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go hereThe Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions.

Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.

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Episode 251 – It’s a New Dawn edition


With Jay back online, he and Tom take a look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught his interest on This Week in FCPA in the It’s a New Dawn edition.
Stories
1.     SAP trade sanction enforcement action. Matt Kelly with two pieces in Radical Compliance. Mike Volkov takes a deep dive in a 4 part series on Corruption Crime and Compliance.
2.     Should compliance make folks uncomfortable?  Anna Romberg explores in the FCPA Blog.

3.     Has FCPA enforcement stopped? Of course not and Dick Cassin explains why on the FCPA Blog.

4.     Scott Moritz synthesizes the FCPA Resource Guide and Evaluation of Corp Compliance Programs. On LinkedIn.
5.     The Zombie idea of corruption risk? Matthew Stephenson in the Global AntiCorruption Blog.
6.     What does Solar Winds mean for businesses? Dan Verton in CCI.
7.     On the intersection of governance, fraud and culture. Jonathan Marks in Board and Fraud.
8.     Compliance and Supply Chain Risk Management. Josh Reed in Navex Global’s Ethics and Compliance Matters Blog.
9.     DNB fined $48.1MM for AML violations. Aaron Nicodemus in Compliance Week (sub req’d)
10.  Compliance officers taking the lead in corp ESG. Dylan Tokar in WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.
Podcasts and Events
11.  Check out the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network, Survive and Thrive. In this podcast, co-hosted by Tom Fox and Kortney Nordrum, we unpack some compliance disasters and more importantly how to avoid them. Check out Episode 1 here, where we unpack the risk of timing.
12.  In this episode of Integrity Through Compliance, Jesse Caplan, Dionne Lomax and Jim Anilot discuss “From Business Opportunities to Compliance Risks: Health Expectations in 2021”. Check it out here.
13.  Join Jay and Tom at Compliance Week 2021. For information and registration, click here. Listeners to this podcast can receive a discount of $200 by using the code PODCAST599 at check out.
14.  CCI releases a new eBook, The FCPA Year in Review by the Compliance Evangelist, Tom Fox. You can obtain a copy here.  Best of all its available at no charge.
15.  Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go hereThe Compliance Handbook 2nd edition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, Eric Young joins Tom for a deep dive into the role of internal controls in a best practices compliance program.
16.  Special Treat-Grace Slick opens the Jefferson Airplane’s Woodstock set with “It’s a New Dawn.”
Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com.