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Posts Tagged: U.S. Sentencing Guidelines

Can we really ‘measure’ compliance?

A lot of credit for equating managing with math goes to the late Peter Drucker, pictured left. “What gets measured gets managed,” he said, and “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.”… Continue Reading

Why do ‘normal’ employees violate the FCPA?

People who’ve violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act fall into two categories: those who had criminal intent from the start, and those who stumbled into the offense.

It’s the second group — the regular folks who’ve done a bad thing — who are so tragic.… Continue Reading

ISO 37001 is here. Will It Work?

On October 14, after four years of work involving the active participation of experts from 37 countries, the International Organization for Standardization issued ISO 3700, its standard for anti-bribery management systems.… Continue Reading

Worth MacMurray: The DOJ is emphasizing a ‘culture of compliance’

Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal DivisionThe DOJ’s FCPA Guidance and Enforcement Plan places significant emphasis on organizational culture. The section describing “an effective compliance and ethics program” includes “whether the company has established a culture of compliance, including an awareness among employees that any criminal conduct, including the conduct underlying the investigation, will not be tolerated.”… Continue Reading