Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler Speaks at Compliance Week 2010

Gary Grindler, the second-highest ranking official at the U.S. Justice Department, will talk about the department’s policy goals and initiatives to fight corporate fraud, including white-collar crime issues such as securities and commodities fraud, healthcare fraud, and the work of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. These are my notes, live from the keynote: Lots … Read more »

The 2010 OCEG GRC Achievement Awards Presentation

The Open Compliance and Ethics Group will recognize the great strides that many organizations have made in improving and integrating their approaches to governance, risk management, and compliance. The winners were: Best Buy – Ethics blog for employees Capital One – GRC implementation Carnival Corporation – Integrated approach to GRC Management Direct TV- Embedding spreadsheet … Read more »

Organizational Structures That Work: Small-Company Edition

In contrast to our “large company” edition Monday morning, this session will explore how smaller public companies structure their compliance functions. The CCOs at PETCO, Schnitzer Steel, and VeriSign—each with under $5 billion in revenue—will outline, compare and contrast the structure of their compliance organization, focusing on their functions, reporting structure, organization, responsibilities, infrastructure and … Read more »

SEC Disclosure Update With Shelley E. Parratt

Shelley Parratt of the SEC’s Corporation Finance Division will provide an update of the Commission’s disclosure program, including topics such as executive compensation disclosure, climate-change disclosure, and other proxy disclosure issues, as well as updates regarding the Comment Letter process. These are my notes, live from the keynote: (A standard SEC disclosure that these are … Read more »

Barney Frank Addresses Compliance Week 2010

Barney Frank is the U.S. House Representative for Massachusetts’ 4th congressional district. In 2007, Rep. Frank became the chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, which oversees much of the financial services industry, including securities, insurance, banking, and housing. Rep. Frank will address those four industries in his keynote, and will take questions from … Read more »

View From the Top: JetBlue, Governance & Compliance

JetBlue Airways President and CEO David Barger, and JetBlue Chairman of the Board Joel Peterson, will explore tone-at-the-top, cultures of integrity, and the evolution of JetBlue’s corporate governance and compliance programs. To be explored: How JetBlue built integrity as a core value to be considered in every decision made by every crewmember; why JetBlue separated … Read more »

Social Media and Compliance

Compliance, ethics, and legal executives at Johnson & Johnson, Best Buy, and The Travelers Companies will provide details on their social media policies, programs, and experiences, focusing on a variety of cultural, legal, and disclosure-related issues. Featuring: Johnson & Johnson Senior Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary Douglas K. Chia Best Buy Chief Ethics Officer Kathleen … Read more »

Former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt: Goldman Sachs, SEC Enforcement, and Lessons For Our Times

Prestigious firms sued by the SEC, subjects of negative reports, forced to endure angry Congressional testimony arising out of their involvement in the financial crisis of 2008, already provide important lessons for corporate executives. Kalorama Partners CEO Harvey Pitt—the former SEC chairman who has penned a Compliance Week column for seven years—makes his fifth appearance … Read more »