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
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
Trust Across America’s focus has always been on finding and highlighting the “best in breed” corporate citizens while leaving the worst for the scrutiny of others. But today is only Wednesday and my inbox is swamped with so many trust busting stories that my head is spinning.… Continue Reading
International investigations are the heart and soul of FCPA inquiries. As denoted by its title, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act deals with bribes and offers to foreign officials and those of foreign state owned enterprises.… Continue Reading
In his most recent book Thank You for Being Late, Thomas Friedman cited BusinessDictionary.com for the following definition of culture:
It is the “pattern of responses discovered, develop or invented during the group’s history of handling problems which arise from the interaction of its member, and between them and their environment.… Continue Reading
Jay Rosen wondered in December if companies would be more inclined to resolve outstanding enforcement actions under the outgoing Obama administration or wait to see what might happen under a Trump administration.… Continue Reading
Volkswagen AG agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to three felony counts and pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty for selling 590,000 diesel vehicles in the United States by cheating on federal and state emissions tests and lying to regulators.… Continue Reading
The Federal Bureau of Investigation reportedly arrested a Volkswagen compliance officer who will face charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States for his role in VW’s diesel emissions cheating scandal.… Continue Reading
I know that the compliance professionals in my networks understand, now more than ever, that choices have consequences.
Last May at Compliance Week 2016, I began to hear the impact of CCOs voting with their feet.… Continue Reading
For many years the Dutch government lagged behind countries like the United States, the UK and Germany enforcing anti-corruption laws. But that has recently changed in a dramatic way.
I wrote a post nearly two years ago for the FCPA Blog about Dutch enforcement actions against KPMG and the construction company Ballast Nedam.… Continue Reading
How will President Trump and the new administration view compliance officers and their work? Are compliance officers friend or foe?
It’s no secret the election has changed almost everything. A big shake out is coming to America.… Continue Reading
Volkswage AG said in a statement Sunday that German prosecutors have extended an investigation into alleged market manipulation to include two board members including chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch.
VW has admitted installing cheating software that gave false results on emissions tests on more than 11 million diesel vehicles sold worldwide.… Continue Reading
Incentive compensation is making lots of news lately, but the news is all bad. Mylan’s Epipen, Volkswagen, and Wells Fargo. Ugh.
Take Wells Fargo for example. It had a reasonable goal of increasing accounts through aggressive cross selling of products to existing consumers.… Continue Reading
A Volkswagen engineer who worked in Germany and the United States pleaded guilty Friday for a long-running conspiracy to trick U.S. regulators and VW buyers with software that cheated U.S. emissions tests for hundreds of thousands of “clean diesel” vehicles.… Continue Reading
