Novartis: A New “Rock Star” In Compliance And Ethics
Donna Boehme – Corporate Compliance Insights – November 19, 2018 My readers are familiar with my analysis of the many Compliance 1.0 train wrecks over the past decade, including #GM(delayed ignition switch recall and “69 Naughty…
The Crisis in Ethical Leadership
Looking at recent headlines of CEOs getting fired, resigning abruptly, harassing women in the post #MeToo world, and just being plain stupid and careless with their power eg #Tesla, I had to ask myself, who (and which Board) did…
Is your program at least as good as industry practice?
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – October 2018 Do you know what “industry practice” is? Does it matter in your compliance program? We know that the Sentencing Guidelines set a baseline for compliance…
CBS and the Defining Moment of Ethical Leadership That Could Have Been
by Donna Boehme Every Company, every organization, every CEO, every Board of Directors, and every Leader comes upon a rare Defining Moment that affords it the opportunity to define its values, demonstrate ethical leadership, set…
The executives ignore the training. What now?
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – September 2018 The company is rolling out its anti-harassment compliance training, and you want the officers to attend first. The CEO can’t attend and already knows this…
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Donna Boehme Named 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree as a Top Thought Leader in Trust!
Compliance Strategists is please to announce that Donna Boehme received the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from Trust Across America. Every year, Trust Across America awards honors to those individuals whose work helps to elevate societal trust, across a wide range of industries and professions. The…
Blog Articles
Does Sexual Harassment Training Work?
Donna Boehme – March 6, 2018 An alarming number of companies have convinced themselves that the answer to sexual harassment is training.…
Dear #EthiTweeps: Am I Still Going to Las Vegas #SCCEcei? Heck Yeah! #ROWRR!
Dear #EthiTweeps: Thank you to all who wrote to me…
Hmmm… “Chief Integrity Officer” – What’s in a Title?
by Donna Boehme Oh my. A “Chief Integrity Officer.” When…
CCO Rule #2a – Sometimes Even A Great Plan Needs a Tweak
Donna Boehme Once, in one of my CCO roles, we…
In the Media
GDPR and your compliance program
Joseph Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – August 2018 The world is buzzing about the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR);…
Dear CCOs: What Is Your Mandate??
Donna Boehme – Corporate Compliance Insights – June 5, 2018…
Investigating judicial misconduct? Oh, never mind!
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – June 2018…
We’re supposed to “monitor”? What does that mean?
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – May 2018…
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Donna Boehme awarded the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics 2014 International Compliance and Ethics Award
The SCCE has honored people and organizations that recognize the value of, have made significant contributions to, and champion compliance and ethics in business. This year, Donna Boehme, with 20+ years experience designing and managing compliance and ethics solutions, was honored for her tireless dedication and…
The CECO and the fight against harassment
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – April 2018 In a recent article on 2017 developments, Rebecca Walker discussed the increased focus by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on the role of the chief ethics and compliance officer (CECO), including independence, authority, and…
Evaluating your program: A misunderstood key to compliance program success
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – March 2018 In 2004, the U.S. Sentencing Commission amended the compliance program standards to make one of its most important improvements: It required companies to “evaluate periodically the effectiveness” of their programs. Other standard setters have followed.…
Listed: Worst Reputational Crises Of 2017 (Boehme quoted)
Tony Chapelle – Agenda Week – February 2018 The bombshell news two weeks ago that Steve Wynn, chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts, allegedly raped one employee and sexually harassed numerous others reminded board directors just how much reputational damage can cost. At Agenda ’s…
Gee, I wonder why antitrust compliance programs aren’t better?
Joseph Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – February 2018 The Antitrust Division makes a point of this: no existing compliance program is considered for any purpose. This is a one-size-fits-all policy: no matter how diligent your compliance program, no matter how hard you tried…
Survey Highlights Compliance Dangers (Murphy quoted)
Henry Cutter – The Wall Street Journal – January 23, 2018 Fewer than one in five companies give compliance staff substantive roles in handling major mergers, and more than half have unresolved compliance problems that regulators have yet to discover, according to a survey of…
