Posts by Matt Kelly
RTX Settles Huge Export Controls Mess
Anyone looking for a complicated case-study in export controls compliance, turn your eyes to RTX Corp. The defense contracting giant just agreed to pay $200 million and overhaul its export compliance function, to settle charges that the company improperly sent classified defense goods to foreign countries and allowed employees to bring along sensitive information while…
Read MoreCompliance Jobs Report: Aug. 30
Another big Compliance Jobs Report heading into Labor Day Weekend! We have new hires at Eli Lilly, Veon, Truist, Lifepoint Health, and more; plus a reshuffle of integrity and compliance leaders at Volkswagen. Also a bunch of promotions to note, job leads in insurance, investing, and hospitality; and Meme of the Week goes out to…
Read MoreBCG Scores FCPA Declination
The Justice Department has decided not to bring FCPA charges against Boston Consulting Group, crediting the firm for its prompt self-disclosure of bribery problems in Africa and for the painful financial consequences it imposed on the offending employees. Let’s dig into the declination letter and see what lessons the rest of the corporate compliance community…
Read MoreA Telling SEC Whistleblower Award
Another week, another tantalizing whistleblower award from the Securities and Exchange Commission! This time around, the agency has doled out $20 million to some senior corporate officer who first tried to get the company to investigate a misconduct allegation internally, and then went to the SEC when the company took no action. The SEC announced…
Read MoreKeeping Compliance & Legal Separate
Last week we had a popular post about why ethics and compliance officers don’t necessarily need to be lawyers to do a good job. Now we have a vivid example of why the entire ethics and compliance function should be separate from legal, courtesy of a debacle at Disney over a wrongful death lawsuit. You…
Read MoreCompliance Jobs Report: Aug. 23
The Compliance Jobs Report this week has updates from MKS Instruments, Bally’s, Barclays, Avient, Cintas, and more. We have a slew of promotions to note; job leads in television, cancer treatment, and FCPA enforcement; and Meme of the Week goes out to target shooters! Always remember that we need your help to make the Report…
Read MoreUndermining the CCO, Part II
Earlier this month we had a popular post on ways that senior management might undermine the chief compliance officer’s power and authority. The post sparked quite a bit of feedback, so today let’s share more stories of management undermining the CCO — and ways the CCO could try to push back. The original post identified…
Read MoreMore Lessons on Cyber Control Failures
We have another glimpse into modern cybersecurity threats and the control weaknesses that allow those threats to happen, courtesy of an enforcement action against a financial services firm that twice was duped by hackers into selling their customers’ assets. The financial services firm is Equiniti Trust Co., a registered transfer agent — that is, a…
Read MoreCompliance Officers and Law Degrees
Last week we saw another salary survey for compliance officers, which found that compliance professionals with law degrees enjoyed far higher compensation than those without one. This lets us revisit that eternal debate in corporate compliance: do compliance officers need to be lawyers? The report comes from recruitment firm BarkerGilmore, as a more detailed follow-up…
Read MoreCompliance Jobs Report: Aug.16
A big Compliance Jobs Report this week. Departures at Tesla, Microsoft, and FNB; new hires at TechnipFMC, Kering, Radiology Partners, and many more. Our job leads this week are in big box retail, medical AI, and healthcare practices; and Meme of the Week goes out to everyone performing AI risk assessments! Always remember that we…
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