Richard L. Cassin | Editor at large
Richard L. Cassin founded the FCPA Blog and now serves as editor-at-large.
He was named multiple times by Ethisphere Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics.
Before founding the FCPA Blog, he was a senior partner in a major international law firm and the head of its Singapore office and Asia practice.
Cassin’s articles about corruption and compliance have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Times (Singapore), New England Law Review, and other leading publications. His opinions about FCPA enforcement have been cited by the New York Times, Washington Post, Business Week, Variety, Bloomberg’s news wire, Reuters, NPR, Fox News, CNN, and others.
Recent Posts
Should issuers disclose ‘employee depression’ as a new corporate risk factor?
During the past two years, fear of infection and death, and shutting offices and everywhere else people meet, produced what amounts to a second pandemic:
War in Ukraine: When does a bribe become a ‘good bribe’?
As of March 27, the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since the Russian invasion started reached nearly 3.9 million. Most of the refugees — mainly
Was political risk in Russia hiding in plain sight?
Western businesses have begun the painful process of tallying their losses in Russia. International banks are owed more than $121 billion by Russian entities, with
Reassessing Ukraine’s ‘failed’ anti-corruption reforms
You probably saw stories last week about Daria Kaleniuk. The co-founder and executive director of the Anti-Corruption Action Center in Ukraine fled Kyiv and turned

Why sanctions are a corruption ‘super spreader’
The United States, the European Union, Canada, and the UK announced coordinated sanctions against Russia this weekend. The sanctions are designed mainly to block major
‘Stakeholder capitalism’ is here. How does it rank compliance?
Let’s start with recent events that might have escaped notice because of Covid-19 distractions. Two years ago, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,
Do compliance officers need a union?
The idea that compliance officers might need or want a union to represent them with management might not seem serious. But’s let’s do our best
Do your C-suite and boardroom have ‘unrealistic expectations’ about compliance?
One of the least understood aspects of anti-corruption compliance outside the compliance community is that perfection isn’t required. Compliance involves people, and whenever people are
For compliance officers, pay is up but so is burnout
There was good news for compliance officers last week. They’re in demand, and their pay is rising. But there was bad news too. In the
How the virus undid corruption risk models
The UN Global Compact published “A Guide for Anti-Corruption Risk Assessment” in 2013 that many companies worldwide adopted. With a further push from the DOJ