Turning Around Compliance Programs

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Most compliance officers will at some point in their careers find themselves needing to turn around an under-performing corporate compliance program. So today we have another Radical Compliance podcast interview, this time with a compliance officer who styles himself as a “turn-around specialist.” He had plenty to say about how to get under-performing programs back…

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Podcast: Preparing for Immigration Compliance

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The incoming Trump Administration will bring lots of tumult in 2025, but we can make one safe bet: that immigration compliance will be a top enforcement priority. So today we have another Radical Compliance podcast to unpack what that enforcement wave might look like, and how compliance teams can prepare now for what’s to come. …

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Podcast: State of the Compliance Community

Today we have another Radical Compliance podcast, this time to talk about the community of ethics and compliance professionals and the challenges of keeping that community engaged. To unpack those issues I called up Gerry Zack, former CEO of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics and the Healthcare Compliance Association.  As compliance folks might…

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Podcast: Compensation Clawback Strategies

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Today we have another Radical Compliance podcast, this time to talk about compensation clawback policies: how to structure them, the challenges in using them, and what one recent FCPA case tells us about the favorable outcomes your company can achieve when clawbacks are part of your compliance program. The case in question involves Boston Consulting…

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Podcast: Do DPAs Really Work?

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Today we have another Radical Compliance podcast, trying to unpack a question near to the hearts of compliance professionals everywhere: Do deferred-prosecution agreements really work to improve corporate behavior?  This issue has been on my mind lately because federal prosecutors recently accused Boeing of breaching the DPA it struck in 2021 to settle criminal charges…

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Podcast: Building a Compliance Function

Today we have another Radical Compliance podcast, this time on the practical challenges of building out a global compliance program. I sat down with Charles Paré, chief compliance officer at CEVA Logistics, who has been doing just that since he started working for CEVA eight months ago. You can hear the full podcast at the…

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Podcast: The Importance of ‘ITGCs’ 

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Everybody understands that strong controls over technology are crucial to effective corporate compliance, governance, and external reporting — but not enough people (myself included) understand how those IT controls are supposed to work. So when the Institute of Internal Auditors recently announced a certificate in IT general controls, I was intrigued. What education need did…

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An Update on the Job Market

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Today we circle back to the state of the compliance job market now that the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic is receding in the United States. Our post today includes an interview with one of more notable compliance recruiters out there, who says that hiring these days has never been higher.  That recruiter is Steve…

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Podcast: Domestic Corruption & Bribery

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Several weeks ago compliance professionals saw two enforcement actions involving energy companies implicated in bribing government officials here in the United States. They were sobering reminders that FCPA-like misconduct can happen right here at home, too.  Today I want to pick up that thread again, with a deeper look at how domestic corruption risks do…

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Podcast: The Compliance Jobs Market

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Last week we published the largest Compliance Jobs Report ever, with two dozen compliance professionals moving into new companies or new roles across a range of industries and geographic locations. That was great news, but also surreal — falling on the same day that we saw unemployment jump to 14.7 percent in the United States,…

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