When do they need training?
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – October 2017 One question that sometimes comes up, especially regarding new employees or those who are newly promoted, is when do they need to be trained? How…
Category Archives: In the Media
Testing as a form of measurement
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – August 2017 Practitioners today know that they need to measure and assess their compliance programs. Often, though, they seem to go inexorably to surveys as the tool for…
Compliance programs: What went wrong?
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – July 2017 Every day, it seems, we read about another major company facing criminal charges or committing other types of improper actions. We hear about large fines,…
“Let’s do interactive, effective anti-harassment training!” Or maybe not?
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – May 2017 The EEOC recently posted a draft enforcement guidance for comment; among its features was a discussion of “promising practices,” including “interactive” training. I have also…
Tools for evaluating your compliance program
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – April 2017 One of the most challenging issues for compliance and ethics professionals is how to evaluate a compliance program. There is quite a bit that has…
Chief compliance officers (and the DOJ) want accountability and discipline
Donna Boehme – The FCPA Blog – March 30, 2017 This article first appeared on The FCPA Blog. CCOs know that accountability and discipline are difficult and perilous areas to embed in their programs for…
The DOJ and Hui Chen define the future of compliance
Donna Boehme – The FCPA Blog – March 9, 2017 This article first appeared on the FCPA Blog. In the Justice Department’s new guidance for compliance programs, which appeared online unannounced, undated and unsigned, one detects…
Factors to consider in imposing discipline
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – March 2017 In a previous column, I discussed the range of options for discipline. In this column, I address factors to consider in imposing discipline. The prior…
Why CCOs Should NOT Worry About That FBI VW Arrest
Donna Boehme – The Compliance & Ethics Blog – February 28, 2017 Ever since the news broke of various VW execs being arrested, including the US-based compliance “environment and emissions manager,” I’ve seen some mild hysteria…
Why Compliance Officers Need Independence
Donna Boehme – Corporate Compliance Insights – February 2017 I recently read a great blog post by Tom Fox on why compliance officers need independence. And former federal prosecutor Michael Volkov, who completely understands the…
