News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
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Bill Waite
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Russell A. Stamets
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Richard Bistrong
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In one of the most interesting looks at what makes a compliance program tick and why, Todd Haugh, an assistant professor of business law and ethics at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, said that even best-practices compliance programs fail to take into account the importance of eliminating rationalizations.… Continue Reading
The former general manager of a Miami-based firm was sentenced this week to time served for his part in a plot to bribe officials at Haiti’s state-owned telecommunications company.
Amadeus Richers, 66, a German citizen living in Brazil, was also placed on supervised released for three years and ordered to pay $100.… Continue Reading
As a groundbreaking risk management tool, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue recently unveiled a new ethics mobile application.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Ethics App provides answers to questions about government ethics issues and is the first App of its kind in the federal government. … Continue Reading