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
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
How will President Trump and the new administration view compliance officers and their work? Are compliance officers friend or foe?
It’s no secret the election has changed almost everything. A big shake out is coming to America.… Continue Reading
For compliance officers wondering about Wells Fargo and their own companies and careers, here’s my advice. Put aside your personal politics or ideals and look deeply into your company’s core values.… Continue Reading
Employees at Wells Fargo opened about two million deposit and credit card accounts that customers didn’t authorize. Why? To earn incentive compensation for new accounts.
So far the bank has fired about 5,300 employees who were involved with the unauthorized accounts and has paid $185 million in fines.… Continue Reading
Donna Boehme is widely credited with transforming the compliance profession into what is now known as Compliance 2.0. For that ten-year pioneering struggle and for creating models for global compliance programs, the SCCE’s 10-year anniversay award for dedicated service went to her as the “Lion of Compliance.”… Continue Reading
Much should be written soon about the suicide note from Ashish Awasthi: “I am going to commit suicide because I can’t meet my company’s sales target and my company is pressuring me.”… Continue Reading
“I have to believe my compliance work is relevant to this tragedy. I have to believe the mission of compliance can help. If you stay in this transformative work in progress called Compliance 2.0, you have a sense of mission that makes it worth it.… Continue Reading
In my family we knew two of the young people murdered at the Pulse Club in Orlando in the worst mass shooting in American history, with 49 killed and 53 wounded.… Continue Reading
Blue Marble Photo of EarthIn my last post I discovered the power of images to make a point, like the ribbons of marble floating on air. The Blue Marble, NASA”s image of earth from space, changed how we see the planet, our home.… Continue Reading
Oh what a wonderful post Friday about writers and editors. Makes me jump up and down: In one place the Comma Queen, John McPhee (I’m working through a collection of his essays), and my editor.… Continue Reading
What do I love about the FCPA Blog NYC Conference 2016? It’s big and broad just like the FCPA Blog itself. It has the energy of the blog’s global readers.
The FCPA Blog is the community meeting place for the global compliance profession.… Continue Reading
In this final post of my three-part series about Compliance 2.0, I’m asking corporate executives and board members to support a chief compliance officer who is untethered from the general counsel, who reports to the board, and who oversees compliance officers who are themselves executives and subject matter experts.… Continue Reading
In the first post in this three-part series, I wrote about decision-making when the project is lawful but awful. But there are also risks when situations are lawful but new or novel.… Continue Reading
