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Daily Compliance News

December 22, 2022 – The SBF is Coming Home Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you four compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network.

Stories we are following in today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • More ‘instances of cheating’ in accounting tests but not systemic. (FT)
  • SBF is coming home. (Bloomberg)
  • Great job, boss, ‘kind of a jerk.’ (Reuters)
  • Ethical use of ChatGPT. (NYT)
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Daily Compliance News

July 16, 2022 the How to Stop Cheating edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • FRC orders accounting firms to say how they will stop cheating. (FT)
  • Uber sued over sexual assault claims. (BBC)
  • ABB employees and wives were arrested for South African corruption. (Bloomberg)
  • DOT publishes fact sheets on Russia Sanctions. (WSJ)
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Life with GDPR

FRC Report on Compliance with the UK Modern Slavery Act Update

Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of Life with GDPR. In this episode, we review the recently released Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner, and Lancaster University (Management School) report on a sample of a hundred major companies’ modern slavery statements and their strategic and governance reports. Some of the highlights  include:

1.     Why the Report?

2.     Some successes but much criticism.

3.     Public responses when slavery issues are uncovered.

4.     Why contracts are a part of the solution.

5.     Key takeaways from the Report.

Resources

For more information on the FRC Report, check out the Cordery Compliance client alert on this topic; click here. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go to their website here. Also, check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance, by clicking here.

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Daily Compliance News

January 20, 2022 the Screw You Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Kazakhstan leader and corruption. (OCCRP)
  • FRC to increase UK enforcement. (WSJ)
  • Gag orders in worker rights cases to end? (Reuters)
  • Bettter.com CEO returns. (NYT)
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: April 3, 2019-the trial of the century begins edition

APRIL 3, 2019 BY TOM FOX

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In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Trial of ex-Malaysian PM Najib Razak to begin. (The Guardian)
  • Shocked, just shocked to find out drug company pushed opioids. (NPR)
  • Former Colombia official convicted of bribing government officials on behalf of Odebrecht. (Colombia Reports)
  • UK’s Financial Reporting Council will examine KPMG. (Wall Street Journal)