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Compliance Week Conference Podcast

Mary Inman on How Global Companies Are Responding to the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive

In this episode of the Compliance Week 2022 Preview Podcasts series, Mary will discuss some of her presentation at Compliance Week 2022 “How Global Companies Are Responding to the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive”. Some of the issues she will discuss in this podcast and her presentation are:

  • Understand how to comply with both the EU Whistleblower Directive and GDPR requirements around call recordings, interview notes, records, and whistleblower rights to privacy
  • Learn how to run a Data Privacy Impact Assessment (DPIA)
  • Discover where requirements between the EU Whistleblower Directive and data privacy regulations conflict with each other

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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This Week in FCPA

Episode 296 – the Slap Seen ‘Round the World edition


On this April Fool’s Day for 2022, Tom and Jay are back to look at some of the week’s top compliance and ethics stories in the Slap Seen ‘Round the World edition.
 Stories

  1. The Slap Seen ‘Round the World and Compliance. Tom in FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog.
  2. Will CCOs have to certify compliance? Text of Kenneth Polite speech. Tom and Matt in Compliance into the Weeds. Matt in Radical Compliance.
  3. Coal exec indicted under the FCPA. Harry Cassin in the FCPA Blog.
  4. Good bribes. Dick Cassin in the FCPA Blog.
  5. Why controls are key to compliance. Chris Audet in CCI.
  6. MarshMac UK sub garners Declination with Disgorgement. Dylan Tokar in WSJ Risk & Compliance Journal.
  7. ZTE whistleblower feared for his life. Ashley Yablon in CCI.
  8. Whistleblowing keys. Jan Stampers In Risk and Compliance Matters.
  9. Fine line between compliance and evasion of OFAC sanctions. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance.
  10. ISSB delivers sustainability guidelines. IFRS Press Release.

Podcasts and More

  1. What is the intersection of Sports and Ethics? Each year, Jason Meyer holds Ethics Madness, a discussion of this intersection done during March Madness. This year, Jason engaged Tom for Ethics Madness in the podcast format. It was cross-posted on Jason’s site Eight Mindsets, which he co-hosts with Nicole Rose and on Tom’s site, Greetings and Felicitations.
  2. Tom has a two part series with Aly McDevitt on her recent Ransomware case study, on Greetings and Felicitations, Part 1 and Part 2.
  3. Why should you attend Compliance Week 2022? Find out on this episode of From the Editor’s Desk. Listeners get a $200 discount to CW 2022 with the code Fox200. More here.
  4. Tom visits with longtime MS 150 rider Alan Peterson on The Hill Country Podcast. Donate to the fight against MS here.
  5. Why should compliance lead corporate ESG? Kristy Grant-Hart explains on the ESG Compliance Podcast.
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Innovation in Compliance

Why People Don’t Whistleblow with Ian Foxley


Tom Fox welcomes Ian Foxley to this week’s episode of the Innovation in Compliance Podcast. Ian is well-known for his work as a whistleblower in the Airbus GPT corruption scandal in Saudi Arabia, and is now the founder and CEO of Parrhesia Inc. In this episode, Tom and Ian talk about why individuals have a hard time speaking up, what needs to change within organizations, and what needs to be done to protect whistleblowers.  

Parrhesia 
Parrhesia is the principle of affording protection by the powerful to the vulnerable in exchange for vital information. It is this principle that Ian founded his company on. It is also a principle that Ian finds to be absent from the modern business world. “If you don’t allow people to question what rulers are doing you end up with autocracy,” he tells Tom. People need to be allowed to ask questions, and if the situation demands it, whistleblow, so that individuals in charge can take stock of their behaviour and change accordingly. Parrhesia is a social contract between an organization and an individual. 
Why The Whistle Isn’t Blown
Whistleblowing is about two things: declaring the information, and guarding the corporate/individual reputation. The number one root cause as to why individuals don’t come forward when they have knowledge of corruption is fear. They are scared of losing their jobs, their homes, their health and in some cases their families. Ian lists four other reasons why whistleblowing doesn’t occur:

  • Individuals fear that speaking up is not going to be effective.
  • Guilt because of complicity, and fear of possible legal action against themselves.
  • They’re not brave enough to, but assuage their guilt by hindering or delaying processes within the organizations.
  • They believe their actions are for the greater good.

Change The Culture
Tom asks Ian what companies can do to alleviate the fear whistleblowers feel so that they can be comfortable with speaking out. “Unless you can change the culture across a number of companies and organizations, the fear will always be present,” Ian stresses. There needs to be more positive examples of whistleblowers retaining their careers, their sense of identity, and their sense of worth to society after disclosing wrongdoing, or the culture will never change. The fear will always exist. The education has to change and the organizational mindset has to change. 
To The Future
“In order to change the world, you have to lose your ego,” Ian says in response to Tom’s question on the future of whistleblowing. In the next phase of corporate existence, whistleblowers have to spread their message. They have to bring people with them and show them that they can fight, and more importantly, win.
Resources
Ian Foxley | LinkedIn | Twitter
Parrhesia Inc

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Daily Compliance News

June 12, 2021 the Coming Undone edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • The evolution of whistleblowers. (WSJ)
  • The man who took on Exxon. (WSJ)
  • Coming undone during Covid. (WSJ)
  • Law to require more German women on Boards. (WSJ)
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Compliance Man Chooses the Target

Compliance Man Returns with a New Season: True or False? Episode 1-Are Whistleblowers Enemies of Corporations?


Welcome to a new season of Compliance Man. This season is called True or False? In this series, I am joined by my colleague Tim Khasanov-Batirov, a compliance practitioner who focuses on compliance at international markets for over 20 years. Based on his work experience at six countries as in house compliance officer Tim now consults senior managers and compliance officers globally on complex ethics and compliance matters. On top of that Tim is a co-founder of Compliance Club, an international community of practitioners. You can learn more about Tim, his Compliance Man illustrated series, a YouTube channel and request advice from him by clicking at Timur Khasanov-Batirov at Linkedin.
In each podcast, we will take on a different issue with Tim; a hot, very often a very provocative topic from the corporate’s real life agenda and find out if is it true or false. It will be a tough and very straightforward talks. We invite you to participate in these discussions by commenting each podcast and proposing topics for True or False series. The most active listeners will be invited to join us. Let’s have a sincere conversation!
Today we talk about whistleblowers.
‘Behind the scenes” corporates are confessing that:

  • They do not like whistleblowers;
  • Whistleblowers bring problems;
  • They do not know how to protect whistleblowers. 

Yet whistleblowers bring many pluses. Some are

  • Whistleblowers can protect company and management from big problems;
  • Whistleblowers signal on unethical and unlawful practices.

Join us for the next episode of Compliance Man: True or False? episode. If you disagree or wish to share your views on whistleblower topic please comment below. We will be glad to hear from you. Let’s have a sincere global conversation together.

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Compliance Into the Weeds

Vindman and Whistleblowers


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 Tom Fox take a look at an Op-Ed piece penned by Alexander Vindman in the Washington Post where detailed his experiences as a whistleblower in the Trump White House.
Some of the highlights include:

  • What is the psychology for a whistleblower?
  • What is the role of senior management in a speak up culture?
  • What is the role of a CCO after a whistleblower speaks up?
  • What are the ethical values of a whistleblower?

Resources
See Matt’s blog post, A Must Read on Whistleblower Retaliation on Radical Compliance.

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The Ethics Experts

Episode 013–Shannon Walker


On this episode of The Ethics Experts, we speak with Shannon Walker about whistleblowing, culture, and why speaking up should be more than a talking point…it should be an action.

 Check out more episodes, and don’t forget to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform!

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ComplianceLIVE

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.

Check out more episodes and full episode videos at ComplianceLine.com, and don’t forget to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform!

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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)