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The Compliance Life

Mark Beyer – Into Energy, Expanding Risks and Building Out a Compliance Program

The Compliance Life details the journey to and in the role of a Chief Compliance Officer. How does one come to sit in the CCO chair? What are some of the skills a CCO needs to success navigate the compliance waters in any company? What are some of the top challenges CCOs have faced and how did they meet them? These questions and many others will be explored in this new podcast series. Over four episodes each month on The Compliance Life, I visit with one current or former CCO to explore their journey to the CCO chair. This month, my guest is Mark Beyer, the Ethics and Compliance Officer at Pedernales Electric Cooperative.

From Lockheed Martin, Beyer moved into the energy space to the oilfield services company Baker Hughes. There he worked under Trade Compliance Director Ellen Smith (check out Ellen’s story from December 2021 on The Compliance Life). He also improved his Compliance Toolkit at Baker Hughes.

Tool No. 5 was learning about compliance program building. A compliance program is far beyond rules, documents and organization. It is business process designed to operationalize compliance. He also learned how to message compliance into the front lines of business.

Tool. No. 6 allowed Beyer to expand the scope of his compliance knowledge, through learning about anti-corruption compliance. Here Beyer worked under At Baker he worked under CCO legend Jay Martin, who was known for his best practices compliance programs.

Resources
Mark Beyer LinkedIn Profile
Pedernales Electric Cooperative

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Compliance Week Conference Podcast

Carrie Penman on More is Better! Empowering Compliance with Risk-Signal Data

In this episode of the Compliance Week 2022 Preview Podcasts series, Carrie will discuss some of her presentations at Compliance Week 2022, “Navigating the Global Regulatory Environment.” Some of the issues she will discuss in this podcast, and her presentations are:

  • Engage in a conversation on how hotline data can become a critical flow of information that, like the proverbial canary in the coalmine, can tip the business off to issues. At the same time, they are much more easily addressed.
  • Explore how other business functions (e.g., accounting, marketing, sales) have a steady flow of data at their fingertips used to help the business make strategic decisions.
  • Discuss how hotline data can be used as a pivotal business tool to proactively guide important decisions across risk, compliance, and the business at large.

In this first full compliance conference in over 2 years, I hope you can join me at Compliance Week 2022. This year’s event will be May 16-18 at the JW Marriott in Washington DC. The line-up of this year’s event is first-rate, with some of the top ethics and compliance practitioners around.

Gain insights and make connections at the industry’s premier cross-industry national compliance event offering knowledge-packed, accredited sessions and take-home advice from the most influential leaders in the compliance community. Back for its 17th year, compliance, ethics, legal, and audit professionals will gather face-to-face to benchmark best practices and gain the latest tactics and strategies to enhance compliance programs. And many others to:

  • Network with your peers, including C-suite executives, legal professionals, HR leaders, and ethics and compliance visionaries.
  • Hear from 75+ respected cross-industry practitioners who are CEOs, CCOs, regulators, federal officials, and practitioners to help inform and shape the strategic direction of your enterprise risk management program.
  • Hear directly from the two SEC Commissioners and gain insights into the agency’s enforcement areas, and walk away with guidance on remaining compliant within emerging areas such as ESG disclosure, third-party risk management, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and more.
  • Bring actionable takeaways back to your program from various session types, including ESG, Human Trafficking, Board obligations, and many others, to listen, learn and share.
  • The goal of Compliance Week is to arm you with information, strategy, and tactics to transform your organization and your career by connecting ethics to business performance through process augmentation and data visualization.

I hope you can join me at the event. For information on the event, click here. As an extra benefit to listeners of this podcast, Compliance Week is offering a $200 discount on the registration price. Enter discount code TFLAW $200 OFF.

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Compliance Week Conference Podcast

Spencer Preis on Navigating the Global Regulatory Environment

In this episode of the Compliance Week 2022 Preview Podcasts series, Spencer will discuss some of his presentations at Compliance Week 2022, “Navigating the Global Regulatory Environment.” Some of the issues he will discuss in this podcast, and his presentations are:

  • Driving compliance culture change across diverse geographies, functions, and teams
  • How global organizations can remain compliant within global areas with conflicting laws
  • Sharing data across borders
  • Setting up SOPs to remain compliant
  • Keeping up with changing requirement across the globe, including high-conflict areas (China, Russia, etc.), FCPA enforcement, EU development, etc.

In this first full compliance conference in over 2 years, I hope you can join me at Compliance Week 2022. This year’s event will be May 16-18 at the JW Marriott in Washington DC. The line-up of this year’s event is simply first rate with some of the top ethics and compliance practitioners around.

Gain insights and make connections at the industry’s premier cross-industry national compliance event offering knowledge-packed, accredited sessions and take-home advice from the most influential leaders in the compliance community. Back for its 17th year, compliance, ethics, legal, and audit professionals will gather face-to-face to benchmark best practices and gain the latest tactics and strategies to enhance compliance programs. and many others to:

  • Network with your peers, including C-suite executives, legal professionals, HR leaders and ethics and compliance visionaries.
  • Hear from 75+ respected cross-industry practitioners who are CEOs, CCOs, regulators, federal officials, and practitioners to help inform and shape the strategic direction of your enterprise risk management program.
  • Hear directly from the two SEC Commissioners and gain insights into the agency’s areas of enforcement and walk away with guidance on how to remain compliant within emerging areas such as ESG disclosure, third-party risk management, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency and more.
  • Bring actionable takeaways back to your program from various session types including ESG, Human Trafficking, Board obligations and many others for you to listen to, learn and share compliance Week aims is to arm you with information, strat,egy, and tactics to transform your organization and your career by connecting ethics to business performance through process augmentation and data visualization.

I hope you can join me at the event. For information on the event, click here. As an extra benefit to listeners of this podcast, Compliance Week is offering a $200 discount off the registration price. Enter discount code discount code TFLAW $200 OFF.

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Compliance Week Conference Podcast

The Brothers Gallo on Engagement and Compliance ROI

In this episode of the Compliance Week 2022 Preview Podcasts series, Nick and Gio will discuss some of their presentations at Compliance Week 2022. Some of the issues they will discuss in this podcast and their presentations are:

  • How you can demonstrate internal ROI for your compliance program;
  • How to drive stakeholder engagement through a speak up culture;
  • Where compliance is headed in 2025 and beyond.

In this first full compliance conference in over 2 years, I hope you can join me at Compliance Week 2022. This year’s event will be May 16-18 at the JW Marriott in Washington DC. The line-up of this year’s event is simply first rate with some of the top ethics and compliance practitioners around.

Gain insights and make connections at the industry’s premier cross-industry national compliance event offering knowledge-packed, accredited sessions and take-home advice from the most influential leaders in the compliance community. Back for its 17th year, compliance, ethics, legal, and audit professionals will gather safely face-to-face to benchmark best practices and gain the latest tactics and strategies to enhance their compliance programs. and many others to:

  • Network with your peers, including C-suite executives, legal professionals, HR leaders and ethics and compliance visionaries.
  • Hear from 75+ respected cross-industry practitioners who are CEOs, CCOs, regulators, federal officials, and practitioners to help inform and shape the strategic direction of your enterprise risk management program.
  • Hear directly from the two SEC Commissioners and gain insights into the agency’s areas of enforcement and walk away with guidance on how to remain compliant within emerging areas such as ESG disclosure, third-party risk management, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency and more.
  • Bring actionable takeaways back to your program from various session types including ESG, Human Trafficking, Board obligations and many others for you to listen, learn and share.
  • The goal of Compliance Week is to arm you with information, strategy and tactics to transform your organization and your career by connecting ethics to business performance through process augmentation and data visualization.

I hope you can join me at the event. For information on the event, click here. As an extra benefit to listeners of this podcast, Compliance Week is offering a $200 discount off the registration price. Enter discount code discount code TFLAW $200 OFF.

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Compliance Week Conference Podcast

Andy Powell on Introducing Interactivity and Behavioral Science to Your Ethics & Compliance Program


In this episode of the Compliance Week 2022 Preview Podcasts series, Andy will discuss some of his presentations at Compliance Week 2022, “Introducing Interactivity and Behavioral Science to Your Ethics & Compliance Program.” Some of the issues he will discuss in this podcast, and his presentations are:

  • Learn how to transform your code of conduct from static to dynamic and interactive, featuring practices from behavioral science that help employees retain information.
  • Discover the latest best practices for ethics and compliance training and how to make it more effective, engaging, and “sticky,” with examples.
  • Find out how to use interactivity data from your code of conduct, helpline, disclosures, and training to increase risk visibility and identify trends and hotspots.

In this first full compliance conference in over 2 years, I hope you can join me at Compliance Week 2022. This year’s event will be May 16-18 at the JW Marriott in Washington DC. The line-up of this year’s event is simply first-rate, with some of the top ethics and compliance practitioners around.
Gain insights and make connections at the industry’s premier cross-industry national compliance event offering knowledge-packed, accredited sessions and take-home advice from the most influential leaders in the compliance community. Back for its 17th year, compliance, ethics, legal, and audit professionals will gather safely face-to-face to benchmark best practices and gain the latest tactics and strategies to enhance their compliance programs And many others to:

  • Network with your peers, including C-suite executives, legal professionals, HR leaders, and ethics and compliance visionaries.
  • Hear from 75+ respected cross-industry practitioners who are CEOs, CCOs, regulators, federal officials, and practitioners to help inform and shape the strategic direction of your enterprise risk management program.
  • Hear directly from the two SEC Commissioners, gain insights into the agency’s enforcement areas, and walk away with guidance on remaining compliant within emerging areas such as ESG disclosure, third-party risk management, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and more.
  • Bring actionable takeaways back to your program from various session types, including ESG, Human Trafficking, Board obligations, and many others, to listen, learn and share.
  • Compliance Week aims to arm you with information, strategy, and tactics to transform your organization and career by connecting ethics to business performance through process augmentation and data visualization.

I hope you can join me at the event. For information on the event, click here. As an extra benefit to listeners of this podcast, Compliance Week is offering a $200 discount off the registration price, and enter discount code TFLAW $200 OFF.

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This Week in FCPA

Episode 300 – the All Good Things edition


Welcome to the All Good Things edition of This Week in FCPA. This episode 300 is Tom and Jay’s final episode of this podcast. It has been a great run and we appreciate all our loyal fans and listeners over the past 6-year plus run. Today we close with some highlights from our most popular episode, our favorite episodes and some very special guests including Candice Tal, Lisa Beth Lentini, Joe Oringel and Tedra Foster.
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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Taxman

Why Does Tax Need a Seat at the Table


What is the intersection of tax and compliance? Why does a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) or compliance professional need to sit down with the corporate head of tax? How does a corporate tax function fit into a best practices compliance program? It turns out there is quite a bit a compliance professional can learn from a tax professional. Moreover, there are many aspects of tax which should be considered by a CCO and compliance professional from an overall risk management perspective. Unfortunately, these questions are rarely explored in the compliance community. In this episode, we explore the question of why tax needs a seat at the table.
Tax and the Table
The table refers to the front end of when an organization is trying to define what it wants to do, where it wants to do it, and how it’s going to perform. A corporation’s ultimate objective is to generate net income or distributable profit, something tax professionals are well-suited to assist with because they are experts in damage control and risk mitigation. Tracy points out, “Tax can provide an umbrella to achieve corporate objectives if they’re involved in the front end.”
Tax’s Relationship with Other Stakeholders
In a company, a functional lead will often pose the question: ‘Why do we need tax here?’ According to Tracy, “A good tax guy has to be proactive and provide examples to get the tax men at the table.”
Educating Corporate Functions Outside of Tax 
Tracy’s advice is to build a relationship with the functional experts, and “create the situation where you’re a trusted business advisor”. He recommends one-on-one interactions above all. However, it is important to remember that in a global organization, the outcome may not always be successful. For this approach to yield positive results, he comments, “there has to be some buy-in, compliance, and a willingness to talk tax.”
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Tracy Howell | Email | LinkedIn

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Compliance Week Conference Podcast

Ellen Hunt on Introducing Interactivity and Behavioral Science to Your Ethics & Compliance Program

In this episode of the Compliance Week 2022 Preview Podcasts series, Ellen will discuss some of her presentations at Compliance Week 2022, “Introducing Interactivity and Behavioral Science to Your Ethics & Compliance Program.” Some of the issues she will discuss in this podcast and her presentations are:

  • Learn how to transform your code of conduct from static to dynamic and interactive, featuring practices from behavioral science that help employees retain information
  • Discover the latest best practices for ethics and compliance training and how to make it more effective, engaging, and “sticky,” with examples
  • Find out how to use interactivity data from your code of conduct, helpline, disclosures, and training to increase risk visibility and identify trends and hotspots.

In this first entire compliance conference in over 2 years, I hope you can join me at Compliance Week 2022. This year’s event will be May 16-18 at the JW Marriott in Washington DC. The line-up of this year’s event is the first-rate with some of the top ethics and compliance practitioners around.

Gain insights and make connections at the industry’s premier cross-industry national compliance event offering knowledge-packed, accredited sessions and take-home advice from the most influential leaders in the compliance community. Back for its 17th year, compliance, ethics, legal, and audit professionals will gather face-to-face to benchmark best practices and gain the latest tactics and strategies to enhance compliance programs and many others to:

  • Network with your peers, including C-suite executives, legal professionals, HR leaders, and ethics and compliance visionaries.
  • Hear from 75+ respected cross-industry practitioners who are CEOs, CCOs, regulators, federal officials, and practitioners to help inform and shape the strategic direction of your enterprise risk management program.
  • Hear directly from the two SEC Commissioners and gain insights into the agency’s enforcement areas and walk away with guidance on how to remain compliant within emerging areas such as ESG disclosure, third-party risk management, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and more.
  • Bring actionable takeaways back to your program from various session types, including ESG, Human Trafficking, Board obligations, and many others, for you to listen, learn and share.
  • The goal of Compliance Week is to arm you with information, strategy, and tactics to transform your organization and your career by connecting ethics to business performance through process augmentation and data visualization.

I hope you can join me at the event. For information on the event, click here. As an extra benefit to listeners of this podcast, Compliance Week is offering a $200 discount on the registration price, and enter discount code TFLAW $200 OFF.

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Compliance Into the Weeds

Impacts on Compliance of Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. This week, Matt and Tom take a deep dive into some of the impacts on compliance from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Highlights include:

·      How will the invasion impact your Supply Chain?

·      What are the attributes of a compliance program that can lead your corporate response?

·      What about cyber?

·      Will all this lead to a more holistic ERM response?

Resources

Matt in Radical Compliance

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The Compliance Life

Mark Beyer – College & Early Career

The Compliance Life details the journey to and in the role of a Chief Compliance Officer. How does one come to sit in the CCO chair? What are some of the skills a CCO needs to success navigate the compliance waters in any company? What are some of the top challenges CCOs have faced and how did they meet them? These questions and many others will be explored in this new podcast series. Over four episodes each month on The Compliance Life, I visit with one current or former CCO to explore their journey to the CCO chair. This month, my guest is Mark Beyer, the Ethics and Compliance Officer at Pedernales Electric Cooperative.

Mark graduated from Texas State University with a degree in business economics. He began work in international operations at Lockheed Martin where he work in aerospace and government contracts. At Lockheed he began to learn a series of lessons and develop skills for what he calls his ‘Compliance Toolbox’. He learned several of these skills at Lockheed.

Tool No. 1 was collaboration, which he learned from his mentor at Lockheed, Steve Engle. Through this process, Beyer learned that titles and degrees matter less than good ideas and willingness to join in problem solving.

Tool No. 2 was learned through becoming certified in Lean Six Sigma and it helped Beyer learn process management and overseeing such project.

Tool No. 3 was the role of compliance and why having a seat at the table is so critical.

Tool No. 4 was the international experience he learned at Lockheed by traveling for his work and learning about other cultures.

Resources

Mark Beyer LinkedIn Profile

Pedernales Electric Cooperative