In addition to learning about the FBI’s compliance program, understanding white collar criminals, and a visit to the FBI Academy, the FBI Corporate Compliance Officer Outreach Event included a very frank discussion of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The program brought in attorneys from the Department of Justice to discuss their approach to bringing FCPA … Read more »
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A Visit to the FBI Academy
As part of my visit to the FBI Headquarters for the FBI Corporate Compliance Officer Outreach Event, we took a trip to Quantico to visit the FBI Academy. The Academy shares space with the Marine Corps base and is therefore behind heavy security. Even with all of that security, there are buildings at the Academy … Read more »
FBI and Understanding White Collar Criminals
As part of my visit to the FBI Headquarters for the FBI Corporate Compliance Officer Outreach Event, Supervisory Special Agent Susan Kossler discussed her work in the Behavior Analysis division of the FBI. The Silence of the Lambs and “Criminal Minds” have glamorized the work of FBI profilers, making them seem like real life versions … Read more »
The FBI’s Compliance Program
As I mentioned last week, I had a chance to meet with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and learn about their compliance program and some aspects of other FBI programs. Patrick W. Kelley gave a very thoughtful overview of the FBI’s compliance program. Like many compliance programs, it was born from a crisis. The FBI … Read more »
My Visit with the FBI
You would expect a visit with the FBI to be terrifying. When they come with their badges out and windbreakers on, you are in trouble. The FBI headquarters is easy spot, sitting right on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Even once you get past the security guards and metal detectors in the front lobby, visitors … Read more »
This Week is Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week
The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics is promoting the week of May 3-9, 2009 as Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week. Read more »
Compliance & Ethics Institute Announces Las Vegas Lineup
The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics has released the schedule of programs for its Compliance & Ethics Institute to be held September 13-16 in Las Vegas: Preliminary Brochure (.pdf) I am not sure if I am going to head out to Las Vegas for this particular conference, but there are some very interesting topics … Read more »
Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week is May 3 to 9
The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics is promoting the week of May 3-9, 2009 as Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week. Read more »
A Benchmarking Survey on Third-Party Codes of Conduct
Rebecca Walker of Kaplan & Walker LLP is the author of a report on A Benchmarking Survey on Third-Party Codes of Conduct (register to download) sponsored by The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics. The SCCE received survey results from more than 400 compliance professionals on how they deal with third-party compliance policies. As Rebecca … Read more »
General Counsel as the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Over at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics bulletin boards there was a great deal of discussion about whether the CECO should hold a concurrent role as general counsel or whether the positions should be split. Here are a collection of reasons: In some industries, including healthcare, the government has specifically stated that it … Read more »