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Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor

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Andy Spalding
Senior Editor

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Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor

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Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large

Elizabeth K. Spahn

Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus

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Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor

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Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor

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Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor

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Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor

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Bill Waite
Contributing Editor

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Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor

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Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor

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Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor

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Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor

WILLIAM B.F. STEINMAN

Bill Steinman
Contributing Editor

Is compliance failing?

Richard L. Cassin September 21, 2018

During most interviews, I’m asked this question or something like it: More companies than ever have compliance programs. Yet huge scandals keep making headlines. What gives?

To be fair, there’s plenty of evidence that compliance has failed: Volkswagen cheated on diesel emissions tests.… Continue Reading

Richard Bistrong: When we’re squeezed, do ethical decisions flow out?

Richard Bistrong June 18, 2018

When I started blogging in 2014, there was little discussion about how issues like financial pressures and “micro-cultures” could impact decision making that can lead us astray.

Now, though, the OECD has published an engaging work, Behavioral Insights for Public Integrity, Harnessing the Human Factor to Counter Corruption, focusing on the interaction between policy making and integrity.… Continue Reading

Karp and Mendelsohn: Is RBS the first enforcement action under DOJ policy against piling on?

Brad Karp and Mark Mendelsohn May 21, 2018

On May 9 the DOJ announced a new policy concerning the coordination of penalties imposed by more than one regulator or law enforcement authority in corporate resolutions.  

This new policy (pdf) against “piling on” requires DOJ attorneys to “coordinate with one another to avoid the unnecessary imposition of duplicative fines, penalties, and/or forfeiture against [a] company,” and further instructs DOJ personnel to “endeavor, as appropriate, to .… Continue Reading

Keppel employees may face criminal prosecution in Singapore, government says

Richard L. Cassin January 8, 2018

Singapore’s Indranee Rajah blasts KeppelA top Singapore official told parliament Monday that Keppel employees are still being investigated by Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and could face criminal charges.

Senior Minister of State for Finance and Law Indranee Rajah said “the Public Prosecutor will determine whether to prosecute them after investigations are completed,”according to a report from Singapore’s Mediacorp.… Continue Reading