Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – January 2018 It’s big news in the employment field: According to some studies, having a policy and mandatory training doesn’t prevent harassment. So when California mandates two…
Joe Murphy – Compliance & Ethics Professional – December 2017 An interesting article in The Wall Street Journal reported on the growing role of contract employees in companies. While exact figures are uncertain, the percentages…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
