I am attending the Global Ethics Summit 2010, hosted by Dow Jones and Ethisphere. Here are my notes, live from this session: Let’s face it: compliance is usually seen as a cost center. While there’s been some good and interesting research about the positive impact on the business of a good ethical culture and brand,…
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New Anti-Bribery Compendium
Trace International has launched an online, fully-searchable database containing summaries and analyses of international anti-bribery enforcement actions and investigations in the U.S. and throughout the world. The Trace Compendium summaries are searchable by name or by numerous other criteria, including year, substantive criteria, enforcement authority, and enforcement result. Want the actions involving officials in Thailand?…
Compliance Bits and Pieces
Here are some interesting compliance stories that have not made their into their own posts: Canada’s Commitment to Combating the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials: Watching Bill C-31 from the Wrageblog Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act and the Identification of Criminals Act, was introduced…
Compliance Bits and Pieces
Here are some interesting stories from the past week: Compliance Surprises in Cuba’s Closed Economy by Alexandra Wrage on the WrageBlog Companies enjoying any success in Cuba have partnered with savvy locals who guide them through the dense, opaque bureaucracy. Such companies must convince the government that they are there for the long haul. They…
Bits and Pieces on Compliance
Here are a few stories and items that caught my eye recently, but I have not had time to build-out to a full post: Role of Federal Sentencing Guidelines in FCPA Cases from the WrageBlog Given the tremendous fines imposed upon Siemens AG and Kellogg Brown & Root LLC (“KBR”) in the past 10 months,…
Vetting Business Partners
My notes, live, from Vetting Business Partners, with Alexandra Wrage of Trace International to talk about how leading companies have approached this challenge in a global company. Due diligence on business partners is one of the most important things a company can do, but also one of the least interesting things. She points out that…
Corresponding with Cornelius – a new series of blog posts
Not all of my online conversations take place here at Compliance Building. I try to make as many comments in other places as I do here. Twitter is a sporadic stream of thoughts, comments, and replies. I also try to leave as many comments on other blogs as I do posts here. I think you…
Approaching the Sphinx: The DOJ’s Opinion Release Procedure under the FCPA
Alexandra Wrage of the WrageBlog shares her experiences using the Department of Justice’s opinion release procedure under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Approaching the Sphinx: The DOJ’s Opinion Release Procedure. Ms. Wrage takes us through the experiences of TRACE International in obtaining FCPA Opinion Procedure Release 08-03. The opinion release procedure for the Foreign Corrupt…
A Simple Strategy to Avoid Paying a Bribe
Alexandra A. Wrage writes on the WrageBlog about Simple Strategies to avoid paying a bribe: “Our informant carefully prepared himself to meet with a notorious bribe-demanding functionary for the first time. He scripted his approach to the exchange: (a) Stand quietly at the functionary’s little window until the functionary looked at him, (b) Smile confidently, (c)…
2008 Update on Anti-Corruption
The Anti-Corruption Committee of the American Bar Association consisting of Leslie Benton, Michael Kieval, Caroline Lindsey, Kerry Mandernach, Philip Urofsky, and Alexandra Wrage prepared an Anti-Corruption update for the Summer 2008 edition of The International Lawyer.