Richard L. Cassin | Editor at large
Richard L. Cassin is the founder of the FCPA Blog. He serves as editor at large.
He has been named multiple times as one of the 100 Most Influential People In Business Ethics by Ethisphere Magazine. He was named a Trust Across America 2019 Top Thought Leader in Trust.
Cassin’s articles about corruption and compliance have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Times (Singapore), New England Law Review, and many other leading publications. His opinions about FCPA enforcement have been cited recently by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Business Week, Variety, Bloomberg’s news wire, Reuters, NPR, Fox News, CNN, and others.
He was a senior partner in a major international law firm and the head of its Asia practice.
Recent Posts
Questions compliance officers should ask themselves before that big promotion
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
Compliance Alert: Sometimes companies must break the law
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
Should compliance departments be forced to compete with outside providers?
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,
Compliance Training: Five reasons why you have an anti-corruption program
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
Is compliance a young person’s profession?
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
Will WFH become a new legal right?
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
Three things (maybe four) I learned in Texas last week
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
The ‘Baader-Meinhof phenomenon’ is a secret weapon for compliance training
The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon? Although the name might not be familiar, everyone knows what it is.
Collaboration sounds good but can cripple a compliance department
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
Is your compliance team too big?
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,