If you stuck around for my blog posts on Compliance Week 2010, I figured I would end the week with other attendee’s coverage: Lanny Breuer at Compliance Week by Tom Fox on FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog He stated that tools which had been previously used to combat organized crime would now be employed in … Read more »
Category: Compliance Bricks and Mortar
Compliance Bits and Pieces for May 21
Here are some compliance related stories that caught my eye recently: The annotated MBA oath by Alex Beam in the Boston Globe How does a pledge of honor fit into today’s business world? Just read between the lines. FCPA Red Flags, Hewlett-Packard and Big Papi by Tom Fox Recently, commentator and former big league manager, … Read more »
Compliance Bits and Pieces for May 14
Here are some interesting articles from the past week: When Investors Say Bad Things on Pay by Matt Kelly in Compliance Week‘s The Big Picture Shareholders had their say on pay at two U.S. corporations last week—and for the first time ever in this country, the answer was “no.” Motorola held its annual meeting on … Read more »
Compliance Bits and Pieces for May 7
Here are some recent compliance related stories that I found interesting: Why Executive Pay Is So High by Neil Weinberg in Forbes.com So [Gary] Wilson can say, with more than a little credibility, that the boards supposedly overseeing management are instead packed with lackeys with appalling frequency. It’s a familiar complaint but one that he … Read more »
Compliance Bits and Pieces for April 30
I was on vacation last week and apparently missed lots of big news. A volcano kept me from going to Europe, but nothing stopped the SEC from bringing a case against Goldman Sachs. Here are some recent compliance related stories that I found interesting. The SEC and the Rogue Inspector General by J Robert Brown … Read more »
Compliance Bits and Pieces for April 16
Here are some interesting compliance stories from the past week: Chief Compliance Officers, SEC-style by Matt Kelly in Compliance Week‘s The Big Picture Griffin is the SEC’s first-ever chief compliance officer, and her arrival is long overdue. It stems from news that broke last May of an insider-trading scandal within the SEC, which is pretty … Read more »
Compliance Bits and Pieces for April 9
Here are some recent compliance related stories that I found interesting: Bribe Fighter: The strange but true tale of a phony currency, shame, and a grass-roots movement that could go global By Jeremy Kahn in the Boston Globe What good is a currency that is not even worth the paper it’s printed on? That’s the … Read more »
Compliance Bits and Pieces for April 2
Here are some recent stories that caught my eye: Q&A with Ethisphere Executive Director Alex Brigham in Corporate Compliance Insights The Ethisphere Institute recently announced the 2010 World’s Most Ethical Companies, highlighting 100 organizations that lead the way in promoting ethical business standards. These companies go beyond legal minimums, introduce innovative ideas benefiting the public … Read more »
Some of My Favorite April Fool’s Day Items on the Web
The web is full of surprises today. Here are some of my favorites The iCade to turn your iPad into an arcade cabinet Google has renamed itself to Topeka Topeka went first and renamed themselves “Google” to attract their fiber for communities program. Atlassian’s Fourwalls A location based social networking platform for inside your company. … Read more »
April Fool’s Day
April Fool’s Day is celebrated with hoaxes and practical jokes. I’m hesitant to post anything today for fear that a serious story would be seen as a joke or a joke would be seen as a serious story. A few years ago, if I had told you that Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, AIG, General Motors … Read more »