Compliance Events to Watch in 2024

2024

Happy New year, fellow compliance enthusiasts! As you struggle to answer all those emails and calendar alerts you ignored last week, spare a moment contemplate those bigger issues — like, say, those listed in the Radical Compliance annual list of compliance issues worth watching in the next 12 months.  Every January I try to identify…

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Compliance Events to Watch in 2023

2023

Welcome back to the grind, fellow compliance enthusiasts — and if you need a break from answering all those emails you ignored last week, fear not! Radical Compliance is here to help, with our annual list of compliance events worth watching in the next 12 months.  Every January I try to identify those events likely…

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Five Compliance Events to Watch in 2021

2021

That’s it, folks: the hellish 365 days otherwise known as 2020 is now over. It was a brutal, bitter year; and the consequences of pandemic, recession, and political rancor will echo for years to come.  Those consequences, however, will start to come immediately. So before we return to the grind of emails to answer and…

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Ethics & Compliance Random Thoughts

Radical Compliance is going on vacation for a few days, so it’s time for another collection of random thoughts about corporate compliance, audit, and risk management while I’m waiting at the airport departure gate. In no particular order…  SEC chairman Jay Clayton raises a valid, difficult point when he says our corporate disclosure regime is…

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Random Thoughts on Compliance… 

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Radical Compliance is in London this week, tending to a few speaking events and some much-needed pub visits. That means fewer timely posts than usual, so here are some random thoughts to keep you entertained while we wait in the immigration arrivals line at Heathrow Airport.  Washington should hurry up and pass legislation to extend…

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Compliance Thanks in 2018

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The day before Thanksgiving is all about slow-rolling your way to early dismissal, so let’s pass the time listing all that we’re thankful for in corporate ethics and compliance this year. I’ll start. I’m thankful for compliance professionals who update your LinkedIn profiles promptly. You are what makes the Compliance Jobs Report a success. I’m…

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Compliance Depicted in Film

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Last week we called out some of the ways that corporate ethics and compliance have been portrayed in television over the years. As promised, this week we have a look at ethics and compliance portrayed in film. Again, we had two criteria: the films had to be fictional (we will address the many outstanding documentary…

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The Best Compliance on Television

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Several weeks ago I posted a question on LinkedIn: What are some of the best representations of corporate compliance, business ethics, or regulatory issues that you’ve ever seen on television? My only requirements were that the shows be fictional, and portray a legal business behaving in a corrupt manner (rather than an illegal business like…

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Review: 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…

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SCCE Budget & Staff Survey

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The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics has published a new report on the budget and staffing levels for compliance departments at various types of organizations. All you compliance officers looking to score more money from the board, take note. The report only offers benchmarking data so you can see the average budget and staff…

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