Thomas Fox | Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox is a contributing editor of the FCPA Blog.
Thomas Fox has practiced law in Houston for 30 years. He is now the Compliance Ambassador for the Red Flag Group.
Tom is the author of the award winning FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog and the international best-selling book “Lessons Learned on Compliance and Ethics”.
His seminal book, “Doing Compliance: Design, Create, and Implement an Effective Anti-Corruption Compliance Program” is widely viewed as one of the top volumes on the nuts and bolts of compliance.
He is one of the top leaders in social media in compliance, blogging, podcasting, writing and speaking across the globe on anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance programs.
Recent Posts
With news of NSA surveillance, life just got tougher for the compliance practitioner
Last week the FCPA Blog, in a post entitled NSA spying also linked to FCPA enforcement, reported that the National Security Agency (NSA) has engaged in economic espionage for the benefit of the United States and perhaps others.
Can anti-corruption laws drive health and safety?
Photo courtesy of www.china.org.cnWhat is the cost of bribery and corruption? We’re seeing it played out daily in Bangladesh as each body is pulled out of the rubble of the Rana Plaza, where there are now more than 600 confirmed deaths in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh’s $20 billion-a-year garment industry.
Corporate Miranda warnings and the FCPA
Click original to enlargeThe death of New York Times reporter Anthony Lewis brought out a spate of articles about the Gideon case, which provides that all persons charged with crimes are entitled to representation by counsel. This decision is often cited with the Miranda decision as two of the most important backbones in the rights of those charged with crimes.
Doing Business in Italy? You Have Been Warned…
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)Last week, I was discussing a report with fellow compliance practitioner Craig Bloom, that Giuseppe Orsi, President of one of Italy’s largest conglomerates, Finmeccanica, SpA, was arrested under allegations of bribery in Finmeccanica’s sale of twelve helicopters to the Indian Government in 2010.
Fox’s Top Ten Enforcement Actions for 2012
As we near the end of 2012, it is appropriate to reflect back on some of the things which have occurred over the past 12 months.
Rolls Royce under investigation by the SFO
The BBC online service reported Thursday that Rolls Royce is in talks with the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) regarding potential allegations of bribery and corruption in Indonesia and China.
ICE appeals victim rights case to Supreme Court
As reported by the FCPA Professor last week, Costa Rica’s Instituto Costarricense De Electricidad (ICE) filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court in November.
Rachael Carson, Silent Spring and Leadership
Leadership can come in all forms, in all shapes and sizes, even in an introvert.
Ethical values and Lance Armstrong: What do you tell your kids?
I admit to having been very conflicted over Lance Armstrong. He’s a Texan, from Austin, so we have that immediate connection.
The Music Didn’t Die After All
It turned out that the music didn’t die after all and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife enforcement of the Lacey Act against Gibson Guitar Corp. was justified.