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
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
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Richard Bistrong
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Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
Of the more than 100 organizations participating in the Anti-Corruption Compliance Program Benchmarking Survey conducted by Kaplan & Walker LLP and the FCPA Blog, what do you think is the approximate percentage of respondents that:
1.… Continue Reading
Jeff Kaplan makes many good points about best practices ― among them, that benchmarking FCPA and UK Bribery Act compliance is not only about operational excellence. The benchmarking has legal significance.… Continue Reading
On a podcast at TheCorporateCounsel.net, Jeff Kaplan talks with editor Broc Romanek about global compliance trends and the Anti-Corruption Compliance Program Benchmarking Survey.
The excellent eleven-minute presentation is here.… Continue Reading
Rebecca Walker and I are very pleased to announce that the report based on the benchmarking survey that we and the FCPA Blog conducted earlier this year of corporate anti-corruption compliance programs is now available. … Continue Reading
By Jeffrey M. Kaplan and Rebecca Walker
The Anti-Corruption Compliance Program Benchmarking Survey that we are conducting with the FCPA Blog closes at noon EDT on July 12.
So, this is a “last call” for companies that would like to receive the benchmarking report on a complimentary basis by taking the survey.… Continue Reading
By Jeffrey M. Kaplan and Rebecca Walker
For a variety of reasons, requiring training of agents and other third-party business representatives is among the most challenging aspects of having an anti-corruption compliance program.… Continue Reading
By Jeffrey M. Kaplan and Rebecca Walker
Is your board trained on anti-corruption law and compliance? Clearly, not every board should be trained on every compliance risk area. But for high-risk areas, training may be advisable – both to help a board exercise program oversight in an effective manner and to defeat a Caremark claim should a compliance failure occur.… Continue Reading
By Jeffrey M. Kaplan and Rebecca Walker
Do you have a charter or similar document for your compliance program? Approximately 83% of the companies responding to date to the anti-corruption compliance program benchmarking survey we are conducting with the FCPA Blog do.… Continue Reading
In a column published earlier this year, the New York Times’ Ethicist was asked about the ethics of an employee’s skipping FCPA compliance training where the training seemingly bore no relevance to his or her actual job.… Continue Reading
By Jeffrey M. Kaplan
Anti-corruption auditing has become commonplace in the past few years, but as a general matter the audit process tends to occur too infrequently to serve as a company’s only form compliance “checking.”… Continue Reading
We believe this is the most comprehensive effort of its kind ever undertaken and that the survey report will be valuable to companies seeking to develop, implement, and assess anti-corruption compliance programs.… Continue Reading
By Jeffrey M. Kaplan and Rebecca Walker
Benchmarking has long had an important role in shaping organizational compliance programs, and over the years we have tried to play a part in this through benchmarking studies we have conducted for a variety of organizations — such as the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association, the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics and the Conference Board.… Continue Reading
