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I’ve been attending the HCCA’s 19th Annual Compliance Institute this week in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
The Health Care Compliance Association is a non-profit membership group for compliance professionals in the healthcare-provider field.… Continue Reading
In the black-and-white world of Compliance 1.0, compliance officers labored alone, emerging now and then to nag the sales force about sticking to the rules and staying out of trouble. The sales people and others spent a lot of time pointing fingers at compliance — the Department of No, the Division of Sales Prevention, the Anti-Profit Police.… Continue Reading
This week I’ve been using my head to smash through some myths about compliance professionals and the jobs they do. I’m a bit bloodied by the exercise, but encouraged by so many generous comments from readers.… Continue Reading
In the prior post, I talked about a few myths that started during the Compliance 1.0 era and are now holding back the transition to Compliance 2.0.
What is Compliance 2.0?… Continue Reading
One of the most important developments in our profession is the emergence of Compliance 2.0, as championed by Donna Boehme and others. What is Compliance 2.0?
It starts by untethering the compliance department from the general counsel.… 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 anniversary award for dedicated service went to her as the “Lion of Compliance.”… Continue Reading
My thanks to Professor Andy Spalding and his students from the University of Richmond School of Law for undertaking the Rio 2016 project and executing it with dedication and enthusiasm. I hope it becomes a model for law students around the globe.… Continue Reading
I’m going to take an exam to be certified as a compliance professional on April 1. The exam is offered by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics after the SCCE’s European Compliance & Ethics Institute in London.… Continue Reading
Yesterday’s post by Jose Da Silva about progress in Colombia against graft is a welcome push back to the out of date stereotype that corruption is just how business is done there.… Continue Reading
The FCPA Blog has been talking about the growth of global enforcement and compliance. That’s good. But let’s not forget the original principle of enforcement by business organizations themselves.
Simply put, if all companies refuse to pay bribes, the bribe takers are out of business.… Continue Reading
If you were the compliance officer for the largest company in Atlanta in 1965, the CEO might have asked you about Martin Luther King winning the Nobel Peace Prize and a dinner sponsored by the mayor in his honor.… Continue Reading
Gate to the garage yard in the Mauthausen concentration camp (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Martin is the amazing young man who took me on my tour. He did his year of national service at the former Nazi concentration camp, mostly giving tours.… Continue Reading