CCOs Seeking Public Office in 2018
Now that the 2018 political season is picking up, we should talk about a small but splendid phenomenon I’ve noticed this spring: ethics and compliance officers running for public office. In New York we have Luke Brussel, a former head of compliance at GE Capital, First Data Corp., and Cengage Learning; he’s is running for…
Read MoreReview: Complete Compliance Handbook
Tom Fox, the self-proclaimed “FCPA Evangelist” and my friend for years in compliance news and commentary, just published a new book: The Complete Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Fox was generous enough to supply me with an advance copy, so today we have a review of his book in case you’re…
Read MorePodcast: Materials Declarations and IPC-1754
Our latest Radical Compliance podcast is for heavy industry, aerospace, and defense contractors grappling with hazardous materials in the supply chain, and the new IPC-1754 standard to simplify the declaration of those materials as you send components along to other parties. The standard is the latest in a family of materials compliance regulations that have…
Read MorePodcast: New COSO Chairman Sobel
Internal control and risk management enthusiasts, listen up: we have a new podcast with incoming COSO chairman Paul Sobel, who talked about his desire for COSO to publish more guidance to help companies understand how to put its internal control and risk management frameworks to good, practical use. As always, you can listen to the…
Read MorePodcast: Better Whistleblower Reporting
It’s time for another Radical Compliance podcast, this week discussing how compliance officers can improve the mechanisms they use for whistleblower reporting — a subject that could not be more timely, given that casino magnate Steve Wynn just lost his job over harassment allegations. Our guest is Scott LaVictor, CEO of Neighborhood Watch for Corporations.…
Read MorePodcast: Compliance and Overseas Expansion
Today we have another Radical Compliance podcast, this time talking about the more mundane compliance challenges that companies face when expanding overseas. This is on my mind for a few reasons. First, the economy is going strong in both the United States and Europe, as well as many other regions of the world. So international…
Read MoreCompliance and Overseas Expansion
In our latest Radical Compliance podcast, we talk about how to manage the more mundane compliance challenges (corporate registration, tax returns, payroll) that U.S. companies face when expanding overseas.
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