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…
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…
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…
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…
Joseph Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – August 2018 The world is buzzing about the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Europe now sets the global standard for protecting privacy. GDPR is a pervasive…
Donna Boehme – Corporate Compliance Insights – June 5, 2018 One of the most important features of any compliance program is its written Mandate. The correctly scoped mandate, approved by the Board and understood by senior…
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – June 2018 Here is the situation you confront. Allegations of misconduct are made about a senior official. The allegations go back to conduct over the course of…
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – May 2018 As part of another recent project, the question came up, “What does it mean to do monitoring in a compliance program?” Under the Sentencing Guidelines,…
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…
Donna Boehme – March 6, 2018 An alarming number of companies have convinced themselves that the answer to sexual harassment is training. And what would that training look like? If your answer revolves around a…
