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Harry Cassin
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Bill Waite
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CCOs know that accountability and discipline are difficult and perilous areas to embed in their programs for a number of reasons.
Decisions involving discipline and internal enforcement involve levers of power that may be viewed as challenges to existing sources of power and “the way things are done around here.”… Continue Reading
In the Justice Department’s new guidance for compliance programs, which appeared online unannounced, undated and unsigned, one detects the experienced hand of the DOJ’s new Compliance Counsel, Hui Chen.
I am so impressed by the content of the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs that I suggest the DOJ rename this document: Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (This Is What True Compliance Subject Matter Expertise (SME) Looks Like). … Continue Reading
While still within shouting distance of January 1, I’d like to set out my top 2017 resolutions for CCOs and EthiTweeps.
I’ve kept them deliberately brief and broad so that every reader can achieve something important in each category — with a view to achieving successful milestones in the Compliance 2.0 world of 2017.… Continue Reading
I know that the compliance professionals in my networks understand, now more than ever, that choices have consequences.
Last May at Compliance Week 2016, I began to hear the impact of CCOs voting with their feet.… Continue Reading
Major conferences like Compliance Week 2016 are the perfect venue for witnessing the continuing development of the dynamic and fast-evolving compliance profession.
Fresh from presenting the conference’s closing keynote with my “A-team” of panelists, Pat Gnazzo, Keith Darcy and Lee Augsburger, I’ve now had time to reflect on my five big takeaways from the event:
1.… Continue Reading