In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
Tag: KPMG
Super Sunday is here. The NFL finally gets the game in the spotlight after weeks of brutal PR. Who ya got? “Who Dey” or Hollywood? Tom and Jay are back look at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories this week in the Super Sunday edition.
Stories
1. Do compliance professionals need a union? Dick Cassin in the FCPA Blog.
2. Jailed employees under the FCPA. Bill Jacobsen explores in the FCPA Blog.
3. New workplace normal for policies and training. Ingrid Freeden in Risk and Compliance Matters.
4. New SOE risk management framework. Alexandra Gillies and Thomas Shipley in the FCPA Blog.
5. 3 questions from KPMG and Carillion tribunal. Neil Hodge in Compliance Week. (sub req’d)
6. SFO investigation protocol announced. Mengqi Sun in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.
7. Companies yet again ask EU for rules around ESG. Lawrence Heim in practicalESG.
8. CCOs say self-reporting a hard sell. Evren Esen in CCI.
9. What comes next for ABC and the Olympics? Andy Spalding in GAB.
10. The Spotify imbroglio. Matt Kelly with a 2-parter in Radical Compliance, Part 1 and Part 2.
Podcasts and More
11. In February on The Compliance Life, I visit with Ellen Smith, a former Director of Trade Compliance who recently started her own consulting firm. In Part 1, she discussed her academic background and early professional career. InPart 2, Ellen moves in-house.
12. Tom and Richard Lummis begin their annual review of Best Picturing winning movies on 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership. In Part 1 they review Schindler’s List for leadership and ethical lessons. Upcoming episodes will look at Gladiator, A Man for All Seasons and Platoon.
13. CCI releases new e-book from Tom “FCPA 2021 Year in Review”. Available free from CCI.
14. Trial of the Century-the Enron Trial. This week, Tom premiered a 5-part podcast series on the Enron Trial with Loren Steffy, who covered the trial for the Houston Chronicle. In Part 1, run up to the trial. In Part 2, the trial begins. In Part 3, the star witnesses and key testimony. In Part 4, the Verdict comes in. In Part 5, what did it all mean. It is be available on the Compliance Podcast Network, Megaphone, iTunes, Spotify and all other top podcast platforms.
15. In a special 2-part series on the Sunday Book Review, Tom looks at the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership’s top books on ethical leadership from 2021. Part 1 and Part 2.
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.
As the GOAT of pro football, Tom Brady retires, Brian Flores sues the NFL and the Bengals/Rams make the Super Bowl, Tom and Jay are back look at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories this week in the Brady Retires edition.
Stories
- DOJ issues first Opinion Release of 2022. DOJ website. Tom in FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Bill Steinman in the FCPA Blog.
- Do BODs have unrealistic expectations on compliance? Dick Cassin explores in the FCPA Blog.
- KPMG mislead FRC through forged docs. Risk and Compliance Platform Europe.
- LRN releases 2022 Program Effectiveness Report. Download report here. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance.
- A ‘how-to’ on remediating. The HeadSpin enforcement action. Tom in FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Aaron Nicodemus in Compliance Week. (sub req’d)
- Learning to scale up ethically. Hemant Taneja in CCI.
- Why compliance should lead ESG. Carrie Penman in Ethics and Compliance Matters.
- The Boardroom agenda in 2022. Deloitte in Harvard Law School forum on Corporate Governance.
- Changes in antitrust enforcement and its impact on compliance. Mike Volkov, Matt Kelly and Tom in Compliance into the Weeds. Mike Volkov with a 3-part blog series in Corruption Crime and Compliance.
- Unclear values can lead to unethical behavior. Brett Beasley in Center for Ethical Leadership.
Podcasts and More
- In February on The Compliance Life, I visit with Ellen Smith, a former Director of Trade Compliance who recently started her own consulting firm. In Part 1, she discussed her academic background and early professional career.
- Aly McDevitt with a multipart series in Compliance Week on the end-to-end story of a ransomware attack. Here more about the series on this month’s edition of From the Editor’s Desk, with Tom and Dave Lefort. A subscription is required but Compliance Week is running a membership special of $199 for the year. Use Promo Code RNSM199. For information and details click here.
- CCI releases new e-book from Tom “FCPA 2021 Year in Review”. Available free from CCI.
- Trial of the Century-the Enron Trial. This week, Tom premiered a 5-part podcast series on the Enron Trial with Loren Steffy, who covered the trial for the Houston Chronicle. In Part 1, run up to the trial. In Part 2, the trial begins. In Part 3, the star witnesses and key testimony. In Part 4, the Verdict comes in. In Part 5, what did it all mean. It is be available on the Compliance Podcast Network, Megaphone, iTunes, Spotify and all other top podcast platforms.
- Looking for a quick daily bite of trade compliance? Check out the Compliance Kitchen with Silvia Surman, who gives a short 3-5 minute update on one trade compliance topic each day. On the Compliance Podcast Network.
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.
In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
- More Wells Fargo culture issues. (WSJ)
- Homeland Security to study cyber-attacks. (Bloomberg)
- KPMG sued for $1.8bn over Carillion debacle. (Reuters)
- WFT gets sued yet again. (WaPo)
As both of their teams are unceremoniously knocked out of the playoffs, Tom and Jay are back looking at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories this week in the Activision Blizzard Sold edition.
Stories
- Activision Blizzard was sold to Microsoft. Check out articles on how the NYT happened, the parameters of the deal in the WSJ, the compliance mess in Bloomberg, and legal issues in Reuters.
- Did the pandemic undo corruption risk models? Dick Cassin explores in the FCPA Blog.
- KPMG spanked yet again in the UK. Jaclyn Jaeger in Compliance Week (sub req’d).
- Person of the Year in Compliance? ESG. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance.
- Is Abby Normal next? Banks using behavioral science. Vera Cherepanova in FCPA Blog.
- Businesses and Strategy on Countering Corruption. Sara Paul, Andrea Gordon, and Dane Sowers in the CCI.
- Climate change compliance. Jeff Kaplan in Conflicts of Interest Blog.
- Trust has its moment. Stewart Levine in Forbes.com.
- Institutional investors on ESG voting. Lawrence Heim in PracticalESG.
- The virtual Board Room. Jeffrey Karpf and Fernando Martinez in Compliance and Enforcement.
Podcasts and More
- Tom and Matt Kelly conclude a 2-part podcast series on issues they are following in 2022. On Compliance into the Weeds, Part 1 and Part 2.
- In January on The Compliance Life, I visited Valerie Charles, a partner at StoneTurn. Val has one of the most interesting journeys in compliance. In Part 1, she discussed her academic background and early professional career. In Part 2, she discusses her move to ComTech. In Part 3, Valerie moves into the consulting world.
- What is the intersection of Joel Coen’s Macbeth and organizational issues in compliance? Tom explores in a 4-part blog series on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog.
- CCI releases a new e-book from Tom, “FCPA 2021 Year in Review”. Available free from CCI.
- Trial of the Century-the Enron Trial. On Monday, January 4, Tom premiers a 5-part podcast series on the Enron Trial with Loren Steffy, who covered the trial for the Houston Chronicle. You can check out the preview here. It will be available on the Compliance Podcast Network, Megaphone, iTunes, and other top podcast platforms.
- Check out 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program returns, which runs from January 1 to January 31. Available on the Compliance Podcast Network, Megaphone, iTunes, and other top podcast platforms.
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.
In this episode I visit with one of my favorite people, Francine McKenna, a reporter at MarketWatch. We check in on the current developments in the KPMG-PCAOB scandal including recent guilty pleas, sentencing and where the matter might finally be headed. Some of the highlights include:
· A review of the Indictment and underlying facts.
· A review of the horrendous facts about KPMG that came out during the March trial.
· What does it say about the PCAOB that two of its former Board members were witnesses for the defense in the trial?
· What did all this mean for KPMG head Lynne Doughtie? What does all this mean for audit independence, particularly in the Jay Clayton era at the SEC?
· Where can listeners go for more information?
Resources
Francine McKenna on MarketWatch
MarketWatch website
Re: The Auditors blogsite
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. In this episode, Matt Kelly (the coolest guy in compliance) and I take things in a different direction as we welcome Francine McKenna, reporter at MarketWatch. And blogger extraordinaire at Re: The Auditors. After one full week of writing, thinking and talking about the SEC enforcement action against KPMG, we provide our initial reflections.
McKenna discusses:
- Is the total fine only Starbucks money for KPMG?
- Why no one had an inkling of this cheating scandal in addition to the PCAOB scandal.
- Why will the SEC will go out of its way not to put KPMG out of business?
- What are the federal government audit assignments KPMG currently holds?
- How should recalcitrant KPMG employees be disciplined?
- Can the KPMG culture be turned around?
Kelly discusses:
- Who will be the monitor and what will be their scope? What will they do?
- How do you hold accounting firms accountable?
- Channeling his inner Dean Wormer, Kelly asks if KPMG is now on a double Cease and Desist Order?
- Can KPMG keep public confidence going forward?
- Did Jay Clayton’s summer 2018 comments include any knowledge of the cheating scandal?
Fox discusses:
- Was it negligent or intentional conduct involved?
- How heavy is the shadow of Arthur Anderson in this matter?
- Why the government will use all means possible not to put KPMG out of business?
- KPMG in currently involved in multiple scandals, in at least 3 separate continents. Where and when will it end?
- Is it time to break up the Big 4?
- Is this fine really even a meaningful sanction?
For additional reading, check out the following resources:
You should start with McKenna’s great piece on the scandal in MarketWatch, “The KPMG cheating scandal was much more widespread than originally thought”
Matt’s blog post-Questions on the KPMG Ethics Fiasco
Tom’s blog post-Day of Reckoning for KPMG-Failures in Ethics
