This week I’m in Portugal at the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics’ annual European conference, where I attended an excellent discussion on the ethics and compliance challenges of employees leaking confidential matters outside the business. So in the spirit of leaks, I took lots of notes and now pass them along to you. Compliance…
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Today we have two more examples of what ethics and compliance in the Trump 2.0 era might look like: one demonstrating the need for compliance capabilities right now, the other suggesting the ethics and integrity pressures companies could face in the future — and both worth compliance professionals’ attention, because folks, this stuff is coming.…
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Another bustling Compliance Jobs Report this week! We have notable moves at Wells Fargo, Levi Strauss, Bastion, Hiscox, and the University of Missouri; plus notable promotions at Deluxe, Cargill, Etihad, and lots more. Job leads are in insurance, medical research, and videogames, and don’t forget Meme of the Week! Always remember that we need your…
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One of the great puzzles (to me, at least) about President Trump’s pause of FCPA enforcement was why he might want to allow U.S. companies to engage in corruption with foreign government officials. Now we can conduct a useful thought experiment, courtesy of the news that BlackRock is buying two ports that control access to…
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Compliance and audit professionals are hearing today that the DOGE mind virus has now reached the Securities and Exchange Commission, with significant cuts in personnel and resources looming. Let’s take a look at all this to understand what’s really going on at the SEC and how those changes are likely to affect corporate compliance and…
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One of the more lively discussions Radical Compliance sparked last year was a debate about whether compliance professionals need a law degree to have a successful career. Short answer: a nice to have, but certainly not necessary. Today I want to revisit that issue thanks to some fresh perspective from our friends in the finance…
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This week the Compliance Jobs Report notes a new chief compliance officer at Walmart, plus other appointments at General Dynamics, IHG Hotels, Textron, Marvell Technology, and lots more. We have a bundle of promotions to note; job leads in financial crimes, healthcare privacy, and Caribbean cruises; and Meme of the Week goes out to the…
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Earlier this week I had the good fortune to attend a panel discussion here in Boston of compliance officers talking about how their approach to compliance might change thanks to the arrival of the Trump Administration. As I suspected, all of them said their approach really hasn’t changed at all — and they weren’t sure…
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A newly released study finds that the vast majority of software systems that businesses use to manage their operations rely to at least some extent on open-source software — and the vast majority of that open-source code contains multiple high-risk vulnerabilities. So says the 2025 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis Report, released Tuesday by…
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Today I want to return to President Trump’s efforts to consolidate executive power, and what that might mean for regulatory compliance and corporate governance if he succeeds. Our latest example worth dissecting: his executive order issued last week to take control of independent government agencies. Those agencies include regulators near and dear to compliance professionals’…
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Technically, Radical Compliance is the personal blog of Matt Kelly, long-time writer and observer of the corporate compliance and GRC scene. I was a writer, editor, and publisher at Compliance Week, 2003 through 2015; some of you may know me from my career there. I also speak frequently at compliance conferences and other events, and will pretty much shoot the breeze on any compliance topic with anyone who asks.