Posts Tagged ‘Trump’
Compliance Officers on the Move: Jan. 13
This week’s compliance jobs report has a few interesting items. We have promotions happening at Mars and JP Morgan; new hires at United Natural Foods and Vanderbilt University; and Leslie Caldwell is stepping down from the Justice Department. Plus, a lucky compliance professional somewhere has the chance to be compliance counsel to the Trump Organization. I…
Read MoreEthics, Politics, and Optics in New Washington
The farce that unfolded in the House of Representatives this week over the independent Office of Congressional Ethics is an important reminder for compliance professionals—of just how weak the Republican grasp on power actually is, and how much (or how little) Washington might accomplish in the coming year. What happened, essentially, was this. First, Republicans lawmakers…
Read MoreSelf-Promotion: The Trump Compliance e-Book
I’m delighted to announce that my recent posts about the incoming Trump Administration have been included in a new e-book published by Corporate Compliance Insights. You can download the e-book for free on CCI’s website and then ponder the future to your heart’s content. The e-book is a special project from Everything Compliance, the (usually)…
Read MoreCompliance in the Trump Era, Part III: Legislation
Today we continue our series on compliance in the Trump Era by looking at what could happen with Washington politics. Compliance officers might wish that’s something you can ignore, something that exists on a plane beyond your world of internal investigations, whistleblower complaints, and regulatory probes. No such luck. Republicans and the Trump Administration have…
Read MoreCompliance in the Trump Era, Part II: FCPA
Last week we began an occasional series about how the incoming Trump Administration might affect the world of corporate compliance. Today we continue with a look at the future of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. First, let’s knock down the prospect of Congress revising the FCPA itself. Regardless of what Republican lawmakers say to score…
Read MoreFour Companies to Watch for ‘Trump Risk’
Last week two companies became the first public filers to cite the incoming Trump Administration as a risk worth disclosing in the Risk Factors section of their quarterly reports. We haven’t seen any more since then, although we will in the future. Several people wrote to me after that post last week, essentially saying—well, so…
Read MoreWell That Didn’t Last Long…
One day after compliance officers had a small bit of comfort, that one of their own was playing a key role helping the incoming Trump Administration with Justice Department issues—he’s out. Kevin O’Connor, currently general counsel at asset management firm Point72, spent three years as global head of ethics & compliance at United Technologies Corp.…
Read MoreA CCO Voice Emerges in Trump World
One potential bright spot for corporate compliance officers seeking answers in about the incoming Trump Administration: one of your own is leading the transition team for the Justice Department, according to Bloomberg. That person is Kevin O’Connor, who served as global head of ethics & compliance at United Technologies Corp. from 2012 to 2015. O’Connor…
Read MoreCompliance in the Trump Era, Part I: The SEC
SEC Chairman Mary Jo White announced her resignation yesterday, firing the starting pistol for the Trump Administration to reshape financial regulation in this country. Compliance officers are uneasy about what the incoming Trump Administration might mean to them, and for good reason. Still, we have a few early clues to consider, so let’s try to…
Read MoreIt’s Starting: Disclosure of ‘Trump Risk’
They’re here, they’re here! The first corporate filings that cite the incoming Trump Administration as a potential risk factor! The winner is TPI Composites, a Rhode Island-based manufacturer of components for wind power generation. TPI filed its third-quarter report at 4:41 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Fourteen minutes later came the quarterly report for Adeptus…
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