Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
In an SEC filing Tuesday, Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group SA said it wrote down $4.7 billion in bad loans, and chief risk and compliance officer Lara Warner was “stepping down” from her role on the executive board effective that day and leaving the bank.… Continue Reading
You may have noticed a risk factor in annual reports and SEC registration statements about “conflicting laws and regulations.” Once rare, the warning has become common, thanks to globalized operations and proliferating regulators.… Continue Reading
We all know this about corporate life: Support functions are the exclusive responsibility of designated groups. If you need or want compliance help, for example, you have to ask the compliance department.… Continue Reading
Here’s a strange fact. Some corporate anti-bribery policies give no reason for employees not to pay bribes. Or rather, the only reason they give is that the company doesn’t allow or tolerate bribery.… Continue Reading
Although we all celebrate birthdays and keep close track of our age, you can’t do that in the workplace anymore. So there’s no reliable information out there about the average age of compliance officers.… Continue Reading
Because of Covid-19, nearly half of all U.S. workers are now working from home, and a majority of those want to continue working from home after the outbreak ends. Have we reached the point when some employees will have a legally enforceable right to work from home?… Continue Reading
Living through a large-scale catastrophic event can bring on reflective thought and self assessment. Last week’s arctic weather in my home state of Texas did that.… Continue Reading
The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon? Although the name might not be familiar, everyone knows what it is.… Continue Reading
There’s a persistent belief in the C-suite that responses to disruptive events — like a deadly pandemic that never seems to end — must include inter-department collaboration. The truth, however, is that forced collaborations don’t always work.… Continue Reading
Corporate life is all about teamwork. Teams are everywhere, and the highest praise at job review time is, “You’re a team player.” We should assume, then, that teams and teamwork are always better than individual efforts, right?… Continue Reading
Crowdsourced performance appraisals are all the rage in corporate life, with peers constantly rating how well or poorly co-workers are doing their jobs. Do peer reviews result in better compliance departments?… Continue Reading
One of the byproducts of our locked-down, socially distanced, mask-wearing, remote-working world is that introverts are feeling more comfortable. They don’t need to pretend to be part of the gregarious, fist-bumping, loud-talking in-crowd of corporate extroverts, and that’s a big relief.… Continue Reading
