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Episode 17: A Conflict of Interest-Compliance Officer Whistleblowing


 

Amanda welcomes back Call Center Supervisor Angela Earnhardt to discuss the potential conflict of interest for compliance officers who turn into whistleblowers. Also, paleontologists and teacher-unicorns.

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Compliance Into the Weeds

Episode 147-Secondhand Whistleblower Report

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 and I go into the weeds on a recent academic paper by Stubben and Welch entitled, Are Secondhand Whistleblowing Reports More Credible. The authors reviewed data from the Navex Global data base of 2 million whistleblower reports from more than 1,000 companies from 2004 through 2017.  Their findings have significant implications for CCO, GCs and Boards of Directors.
Some of the highlights include:

  • Why is this the first international podcast of Compliance Into the Weeds?
  • What are the key differences between a first-hand whistleblower report and a secondhand report?
  • Why are over 47% more second-hand reports substantiated than first-hand reports?
  • Why do first-hand reports tend to be about actions against a person and secondhand reports be about things which happened to the organization?
  • What are the implications for triage/investigations of first and secondhand reports?
  • Is confirmation bias at work here?

For additional reading see the following:
Matt’s blog post, Study-Second Hand Reports More Reliable, on Radical Compliance.
Stubben and Welch, Are Secondhand Internal Whistleblowing Reports Credible?

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: August 22, 2019-the more whistleblowers fired edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Did Phillips fire whistleblower to get rid of him? (com)
  • Senator Warren wants Wells Fargo to explain fees charged on closed accounts. (NYT)
  • Trial court rejects Alstom employee attempt to have case dismissed. (WSJ)
  • Mickey is not happy about now. (MarketWatch)
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: May 23, 2019-the life or death

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Guyana Investigating Leases Controlled by Exxon & Tullow (Bloomberg)
  • In EU 75% of those who observe illegal corp activity afraid to report it. (FT)
  • KPMG to be hit by massive fine in UK. (Reuters)
  • What is risk management (as in when its life or death)? (Wall Street Journal)
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Compliance Into the Weeds

Compliance into the Weeds: Episode 123-Whistleblower Protection

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 a deep dive into the House Financial Services bill, HR 2515, which amends the Dodd-Frank Act to clarify that whistleblowers who report misconduct to their employers and not to the SEC also have protections against retaliation under the law. This bill fixes the US Supreme Court decision in Digital Realty Trust which mandated that whistleblowers had to go to the SEC to obtain Dodd-Frank anti-retaliation protection. Some of the highlights include:
Some of the highlights include:

  • What was the ruling in Digital Realty Trust?
  • Why did it negatively impact whistleblowers, companies and the SEC?
  • What has made whistleblowers and internal reporting so significant?
  • How does the proposed fix benefit whistleblowers, companies and the SEC?
  • Why should businesses get behind this proposed fix?
  • What are the chances it actually is signed into law?

For more reading check out Matt’s blog post “Progress on Whistleblower Fix