As Russia invades Ukraine, Tom and Jay settle in and are back looking at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories this week in the Russia Invades edition.
Stories
- What Russia invasion could mean for corporate governance. Michael Peregrine in Forbes.com. What do sanctions mean for US companies? Jaclyn Jaeger in Compliance Week (sub req’d)
- Why is subculture audits so critical? Vera Cherepanova explains in the FCPA Blog.
- KT Corp. settles FCPA enforcement action. Tom (FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog) and Mike Volkov (Corruption Crime and Compliance) both have 3-part series. Matt Kelly’s take in Radical Compliance. Tom and Matt in Compliance into the Weeds.
- National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and what it means. Kathleen McDermott and Mark Krotoski in CCI. David Smagalla in WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.
- How Credit Suisse facilitated crime, corruption, and dictators. Jessie Drucker and Ben Hubbard in the New York Times.
- Why diversity on investigation teams matters. Karin Portlock and Jabari Julien in Compliance and Enforcement.
- Could small-cap directors & officers could face ESG liability. Lawrence Heim in practicalESG.
- Global trends in corporate governance for 2022. Richard Fields, Rusty O’Kelley III, and Laura Sanderson, in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
- Roger Ng trial in danger of collapse due to prosecution ‘inexcusable error .’Stewart Bishop in Law360. (sub req’d)
- Using the FCPA to fight the demand side of bribery. Matthew Stephenson in GAB.
Podcasts and More
- In February on The Compliance Life, I visited with Ellen Smith, a former Director of Trade Compliance who recently started her consulting firm. In Part 1, she discussed her academic background and early professional career. In Part 2, Ellen discussed her move in-house. In Part 3, Ellen discusses being a part of the Compliance Dream Team at Weatherford. In Part 4, Ellen moves into the world of consulting.
- On the FCPA Compliance Report, Tom began a 2-part series with Trade Compliance guru Matt Silverman on possible Russia sanction (Part 1) and the corporate response (Part 2). Part 2 posts Monday, February 28.
- CCI releases a new e-book from Mike Volkov, “Compliance Culture Revolution .”Available free from CCI.
- Gwen Hassan has a special 2-part pod series on Hidden Traffic with Jeff Bond, from the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, on the impact of climate change on modern slavery. Part 1 and Part 2.
- Are you a Star Wars fan? How about an uber-Geek? You will love the 5-part series on Science of Star Wars in the Greeting and Felicitations podcast series on the Compliance Podcast Network if you are either or both. In this series, Tom visits astrophysicist Dr. Ben Locwin on the following topics: Episode 1-Traveling in Hyperspace, Episode 2-Fighting with a Light Saber, Episode 3-Mechanical Prosthetics, Episode 4-Cyborgs, and Robots and Episode 5- Death Star. It is a ton of fun, and you will love it.
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.
