Trekking Through Compliance

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Conscience of the King, which aired on December 8, 1966, Star Date 2817.6. The Enterprise is called Planet Q by Dr. Thomas Leighton. Leighton suspects Anton Karidian, the leader of a Shakespearean acting troupe currently on the planet, is Kodos the Executioner, former governor of the Earth colony of Tarsus IV. Kodos had ordered that half the population of 8000 be put to death during a food shortage. Both Leighton and Kirk were eyewitnesses. Kirk arranges to ferry the acting troupe to its next destination. Spock learns the history of the massacre, Kirk's connection to it, and that seven of the nine witnesses had died, in each case when Karidian's troupe was nearby. Kirk confronts Karidian with his suspicions. Karidian does not admit to being Kodos. Karidian, overhearing, is disturbed, and Lenore tries to reassure him by revealing that she has been killing the witnesses to his crimes. Kirk moves to arrest them both. Lenore snatches a phaser and accidentally kills Karidian. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     When does a leader step from business to personal? 2.     Can you ever be sure in an investigation absent a confession? 3.     What is the difference between an investigation and a root cause analysis?  Resources: Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein for The Conscience of the King MissionLogPodcast.com-The The Conscience of the King Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Turnabout Intruder, which aired on June 3, 1969, Star Date 5298.5. After receiving a distress call from a science party on Camus II exploring the ruins of a dead civilization, the Enterprise rushes to assistance. All party members appear dead except the leader Dr. Janice Lester and the medical officer Dr. Arthur Coleman. According to Dr. Coleman, Lester is suffering from some unknown sort of radiation poisoning. However, when the rest of the Enterprise landing party goes to aid a dying science party member and leaving Kirk and Lester alone, she activates an alien device she has discovered and exchanges bodies with Kirk. Lester is driven by jealousy and a persecution complex and complains to Kirk about the agony of being a woman. Lester-as-Kirk orders everyone to be beamed about and takes over the role of Kirk. Lester-as-Kirk removes Bones as a chief medical officer and installs Dr. Coleman, a former starship doctor who has been found incompetent by the Starfleet Surgeon General, in his place. Dr. Coleman attempts to prevent Kirk (in Dr. Lester's body) from interacting with the crew by sedating her, but she escapes to sickbay to talk to Bones and Spock. However, Lester-as-Kirk is also waiting for a physical examination ordered by McCoy. He proceeds to knock Kirk-as-Lester out and orders her to be put in isolation and incommunicado. Spock suspects something amiss and goes to speak to (the real) Kirk in solitary confinement. At Kirk's request, Spock does a Vulcan mind probe and discovers the truth. Spock tries to escape with the real Kirk but is stopped by Lester-as-Kirk and security guards. This leads to a court-martial trial for Spock. Spock puts Kirk (in Lester's body) on the stand and testifies that Kirk's mind is in her body. In the meantime, Sulu and Chekov refuse to obey Lester-as-Kirk's orders, and Kirk and Lester experience a temporary reversion of minds. In fact, to prevent a reversion, Coleman informs Lester-as-Kirk that Lester must be killed. However, Coleman is too late to carry out the task, and Kirk's and Lester's minds revert to their appropriate bodies. Compliance Takeaways: Who monitors the senior executives? What happens when you have C-Suite involvement in the bribery scheme? How can your company make a comeback? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode All Our Yesterdays which aired on March 14, 1969, Star Date 5943.7 On a mission to evacuate the population of the lone planet Sarpedon before its sun explodes, Spock, Kirk and McCoy beam down to investigate why sensors indicate no humanoid life remaining on the planet. They discover a "library" staffed by Mr. Atoz ("A to Z") who tells them to hurry up and pick a destination, and that he himself plans to join his wife and family when the nova comes.  Kirk and then Spock and McCoy are sent to different places in the past. However they are all able to return to the library as Mr. Atoz puts in a disk and rushes to join his family before it is too late. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy return to the Enterprise, which warps out of orbit just as the star novas. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     What is targeted training? 2.     What is effective training? 3.     What is your training governance protocol? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Savage Curtain which aired on March 7, 1969, Star Date 5906.4. While scanning planet Excalbia, Spock detects strange readings which seem to indicate the presence of carbon cycle life forms. The subsequent appearance of Abraham Lincoln on the viewing screen and his transportation to the Enterprise demonstrate that whatever intelligence resides on the planet has the ability to read minds and manipulate matter. Shortly before beaming Lincoln aboard, Spock reports that sensors showing an object resembling living rock with claws at the same position. On board, Lincoln appears to be human with knowledge of technology from the mid 1800's but is strangely also aware of the Vulcan philosophy. When Kirk accepts Lincoln's invitation for Spock and him to beam down to a patch of Earth-type environment on the planet, they encounter Surak, the father of Vulcan civilization. A piece of rock suddenly becomes animated and informs them that the inhabitants of the planet are conducting an experiment to discover which of the opposing human philosophies is stronger: good or evil. To carry out their experiment, the rock creatures pit Lincoln, Surak, Kirk, and Spock against Genghis Khan, Colonel Green, Zora and Kahless the Klingon in a battle to the death. Green appears to parlay with Surak but sends his associates to sneak up on him. They then attempt to trick Kirk's party into rescuing him when he (apparently) screams out in pain. Lincoln attempts to sneak into Green's camp, but this action had been expected. As he discovers that Surak is already dead, Lincoln is speared from behind. Col. Green's party then attacks Spock and Kirk. Spock kills Col. Green and the others are forced to flee. The rock creatures discover that evil is defeated when directly confronted by good, and Spock, Kirk, and the Enterprise are released. Compliance Takeaways: Executives behaving badly? Internal control work-arounds and overrides. Who watches the watchers? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Cloud Miners, which aired on February 28, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5818.4 When a botanical plague threatens to destroy all vegetation on the planet Merak II, the Enterprise visits Ardana, the only known source of the xenite mineral needed to halt the plague. Despite High Advisor Plasus's request that they beam to the cloud city Stratos, Kirk and Spock beam directly down to the xenite mine entrance, where they are lassooed by the xenite miners. Kirk and Spock are entertained as guests on Stratos until the xenite can be found. Plasus' daughter Droxine is fascinated with Spock, but the city servant and secret Trogglyte leader Vanna has an interest of a different kind for Kirk: she attempts to take him hostage at mining-implement-point. And his forceful protests prompt Plasus to order their immediate departure from the city. Back aboard the Enterprise, Kirk learns from McCoy that unprocessed xenite emits an odorless, invisible gas that temporarily diminishes mental ability and heightens emotions. Spock then realizes that the leaders of the disrupters have all been isolated from xenite emissions by their service aboard Stratos. Kirk proposes that the Trogglytes be supplied with xenite masks. Once the effect of the gas has worn off, Kirk agrees to provide Vanna with masks and help the Trogglytes obtain equality in exchange for the xenite, despite the protests of Plasus. Kirk and Plasus drop charges against each other, and Kirk and Spock return to the Enterprise with xenite in hand. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     What is institutional justice? 2.     What is institutional fairness? 3.     How do you know your discipline is consistent? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Way To Eden, which aired on February 21, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5832.3 In its tribute to the Summer of Love and the hippie generation, a group of alternative lifestylers come aboard the Enterprise and bring their message of love and simplicity to the crew of the Enterprise. They manage to shanghai the crew into taking them to the mythical planet of Eden, which it turns out exists. Once there, however, they find the food is poisonous, and the ground is laced with acid. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     What does your ELT do to support compliance? 2.     How do you utilize your ELT in your compliance program? 3.     Do you get the resources you need in budget and headcount from your ELT? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Requiem for Methuselah, which aired on February 14, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5843.7. The Enterprise lands on a planet which has an immortal who is trying to build the perfect AI companion. He has gone through several models of her. Kirk brings her to the verge of humanity but choosing between Kirk and her creator is too much, and she dies trying to make the final decision. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     Sometimes, a CCO must take a stand and speak the truth to power. 2.     Why is it important to bring investment into your decision-making? 3.     Practice, practice, and more practice. Yet even with practice, things can go awry. Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Lights of Zetar, which aired on January 31, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5725.3. On its way to the Memory Alpha planetoid, the storehouse of all Federation's cultural history and scientific knowledge, sensors detect a strange storm. The storm travels at a speed of Warp 2.6, indicating that it cannot be a natural phenomenon. The storm heads right for the Enterprise, penetrating the shield and attacking different brain centers of different crew members. Lt. Mira Romaine, aboard to oversee transmission of data newly gathered by the Enterprise to Memory Alpha, seems the hardest hit. The storm then heads for shieldless Memory Alpha, killing all those aboard and burning out the central memory core. Mira beamed and warned everyone to return to the Enterprise because the storm was returning. Scans from the Enterprise confirm this, and the landing party returns to the ship. To rid Mira of the alien influence before the aliens attack again, Kirk rushes her to a gravity/pressure chamber. The aliens attack too soon, however, and Mira becomes completely possessed. Speaking through Mira, the aliens identify themselves as the last survivors of the planet Zetar. They have had to discard their bodies and have been searching for a millennium for one such as Mira's in which they can live out their lives. Before Mira's consciousness can be completely subjugated, Scotty puts her in the pressure chamber. Here, the aliens are killed, and Mira is freed. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     What is your internal reporting mechanism? 2.     Have you trained your middle managers in how to receive reports? 3.     What is your triage protocol? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode That Which Survives, which aired on January 24, 1969, and occurred on Star Date Unknown. McCoy, Sulu, Kirk, and senior geologist D'Amato beam down to investigate a strange planet the size of the Moon but with the mass of the Earth. The planet has no magnetic field but a well-developed atmosphere and plant life---despite the fact that the planet appears to be only 1000 years old. As the landing party is beaming down, a strange woman appears, says, "wait, you must not go," and kills the transporter operator. Meanwhile, aboard the Enterprise, Engineer grade 4 John B. Watkins is killed by the woman when he checks the bypass circuit, but not before he warns Scott that a strange woman is aboard. On the Enterprise, the woman rigs the engines to explode by fusing the emergency bypass circuit on the matter/antimatter integrator. The Enterprise begins accelerating out of control, and Spock estimates that the Enterprise will explode in 14.87 minutes, with no way to stop it. Scotty saves the Enterprise from exploding by reversing polarity on the magnetic probe and returning the magnetic flow to normal. Spock rescues the landing party at this juncture when he beams down and destroys the computer which was projecting the image of the woman Losira. When a recorded tape is automatically played, they find out that the planet they are on is a space outpost built by the Calandans, who were all killed by a disease they created while building the planet. The outpost was left on automatic, with the computer attempting to fend off all explorers but the expected Calandan ship. As Kirk prepares to return to the Enterprise, he comments in response to a statement by Spock that beauty such as Losira's is transitory, that "beauty survives." Compliance Takeaways: 1.     What is your risk tolerance? 2.     How do you manage sales risk? 3.     How does your Board look at risk? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Mark of Gideon, which aired on January 17, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5423.4 In an attempt to establish diplomatic relations with planet Gideon, Kirk beams down to the sensor-shielded planet using coordinates supplied by Gideon ambassador Hodin. When Kirk materializes, he finds himself still on the transporter pad aboard the Enterprise. To his great surprise, he appears to be completely alone, and there is no sign of the crew. After noticing a bruise on his arm, Kirk encounters a girl named Odona. Kirk begins to suspect that something is very wrong. Hodin explains that the germ-free atmosphere and an increasingly long life span on Gideon have created a vast overpopulation problem and hopes to bring it under control by introducing disease. When Kirk then asks Hodin why the people of Gideon have not practiced birth control, Hodin replies that the people of Gideon believe life is sacred and that the love of life is the greatest gift and that they, therefore, cannot interfere with the creation of life. By this time, Spock has discovered that the two sets of coordinates he has been provided do not match. After Admiral Fitzgerald continues to refuse to let Spock beam down, Spock disobeys orders and beams down to the first set of coordinates. He locates Kirkhe, and Kirk beams up with Odona to the real Enterprise. McCoy heals Odona, and she is beamed back to Gideon, where her blood can now serve as the source of Vegan choriomeningitis for her people. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     Why is compliance needed at the Board? 2.     How do you promote middle management to senior management? 3.     What is your triage protocol? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Let That Be Your Last Battlefield which aired on January 10, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5730.0 On its way to decontaminate the planet Arianis, the Enterprise intercepts a shuttlecraft stolen from Starbase 4 together with its pilot. The pilot is an alien who is solid white on his right side and solid black on his left. His name is Lokai, and he claims to be a political refugee from Cheron. Shortly thereafter, another alien is deposited on the bridge of the Enterprise by a spaceship just before it disintegrates. The new alien identifies himself as Bele, a police officer from Cheron who has been tracking Lokai for over 50,000 years. Bele is black on the right and white on the left and is outraged when Kirk sees no difference in them. Bele considers his coloration superior to Lokai and others "his kind." Lokai and Bele claim to be in the right, but Kirk stays above the argument, offering to drop them off at a Starbase. Bele attempts to force the Enterprise to Charon but returns control to Kirk when he threatens to self-destruct the Enterprise. After the Enterprise has decontaminated Arianis, Bele deactivates the destruct mode and forces the Enterprise to Cheron. Here, Bele and Lokai discover that all life there has been destroyed by years of racially-motivated fighting. Driven mad by the sight, Lokai and Bele both beam down to the surface, where they will continue to fight each other until one or both are dead. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     Why is language translation so important for compliance? 2.     What is the role of compliance in creating a safe workspace? 3.     Why should your organization only deal with ethical businesses? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Whom Gods Destroy which aired on January 3, 1969 and occurred on Star Date 5718.3 Kirk and Spock are on a medical mission to deliver sanity saving drugs to an institute for the incorrigibly criminally insane. An inmate is a former commander. He  is also a homicidal, master-strategist. As a former Starship commander, he takes over the asylum, and then turns his attention on taking over the Enterprise. Can Kirk and Spock defeat him? How can they defeat him? Compliance Takeaways: 1.     Do you have audit rights and do you exercise them? 2.     High risk does not mean you cannot move forward, it means you must have a robust risk management strategy. 3.     Do you go with facts or your gut in decision making? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Elaan of Troyius, which aired on December 20, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 4373.5 Kirk and crew are playing taxi to Elaan from Elas and an ambassador from Troyius. (She is one of the greatest spoiled brat characters in all of TOS.) Their mission: get everyone safely from point A to point B. Sounds easy, right? Now add in Elaan's near-barbarism, a bit of sabotage, and a hostile Klingon ship. Can Kirk civilize Elaan, evade the Klingons, and keep the Enterprise from blowing up? Compliance Takeaways: 1.     Do you perform continuous monitoring of your 3rd parties? 2.     How deep does your 3rd party investigation go? 3.     How culturally astute is your compliance regime? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Empath, which aired on December 6, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 5121.5 In this episode, the Vions attempt to see if a planet of empaths is worth saving by forcing one of their people to choose between her life or an Enterprise crew landing party. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     What is a gap analysis? 2.     Who should be on your investigation team? 3.     What is the Board of Directors' role in hiring? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Wink of an Eye which aired on November 29, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 5710.5 While exploring an outer quadrant of the Galaxy, the Enterprise receives a distress call from the planet Scalos. However, a landing party cannot locate the transmission's source. Kirk thinks he detects the buzzing of insects, but the tricorder does not register them. Queer goings-on follows when Compton disappears right in front of McCoy. After their return to the Enterprise, malfunctions occur aboard the ship, which cannot be explained. Kirk correctly concludes that aliens have been beamed aboard. Spock detects an alien machine being installed into the environmental control, but when Spock attempts to disconnect the machine, he is prevented by a force field. Kirk then disappears. Kirk makes a tape for Spock in which he explains all this. McCoy discovers the tape, and Spock reads it by greatly slowing it down. Spock then speeds himself up, and the Scalosians are returned to their planet to live out the rest of their lives, recognizing that the Federation will not permit any more Starships to enter the area. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     What questions should your Board be asking? 2.     As CCO, who do you report to? 3.     How tone at the top impacts your entire organization. Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Plato's Stepchildren which aired on November 12, 1968 and occurred on Star Date 5784.0 This is one of the most difficult episodes of TOS to watch. It involves a planet of immortal mind-control beings who take pleasure through the torment of others with their psychokinetic powers. They have their own personal plaything (read: slave) who has endured their torment until the Enterprise arrives. The beings then turn on the landing crew. In one of the most difficult scenes in all of TOS they force Kirk to kiss Uhuru. While it is celebrated as the first interracial kiss on television, it is in reality a mind rape of both. Kirk eventually overcomes their power. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     Absolute power corrupts absolutely. 2.     How do you document an internal control override? 3.     What happens when senior management is in on the illegal conduct? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Tholian which aired on November 15, 1968 and occurred on Star Date 3842.3. When the Enterprise attempts to ascertain the fate of the U.S.S. Defiant which vanished 3 weeks ago and Spock reports strange sensor readings. They visually detect the Defiant, but sensors indicate it is not there. A landing party beams aboard and when McCoy tries to touch one of the dead crew members, his hand passes right through him, revealing that the Defiant is starting to disintegrate. They all beam back save Captain Kirk. Kirk and the ship are trapped in a parallel universe by the weakening of the surrounding fabric of space. The appearance of two hostile Tholian ships disrupts the spatial interphase which would have allowed Kirk to reenter his own universe. Spock convinces the Tholians to wait until the interphase occurs, but the Enterprise is unable to beam Kirk aboard. The Tholian then fire and damage the Enterprise. In her cabin, Uhura sees a vision of Captain Kirk and reports to McCoy that he is alive. McCoy believes Uhura is going mad and confines her to sickbay. Scott then sees the same vision, and rushes to the bridge, where everyone, including Spock, sees it as well. The Enterprise is able to hold Kirk in the transporter beam at the next interphase and then escape from the completed Tholian web by using ship's power to disrupt space-time. Compliance Takeaways: How do you manage talent in your function? What is smart risk in compliance? Do you have to be nice to lead in compliance? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode   For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky which aired on November 1, 1968, Star Date Unknown. McCoy calls Kirk to sickbay and informs him that the ship's Chief Medical Officer (himself) has contracted an incurable fatal disease called xenopolycythemia and has only one year to live. However, McCoy assures Kirk that he will still be able to do his job until the end. Suddenly, the Enterprise is attacked and diverts and determines their point of origin, an asteroid 200 km in diameter, which is actually a nuclear-powered spaceship on a collision course with planet Daran V. The inhabitants do not know that they are on a spaceship, except for one old man who had climbed a mountain when he was young and intones "For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky." After uttering this, the oracle punishes the old man with death by means of a subcutaneous "instrument of obedience." They are able to put the ship back on course. They also discover databanks of the Fabrini containing a great deal of medical knowledge, including the cure for McCoy's xenopolycythemia.  Compliance Takeaways: 1.     How do you manage? 2.     Executives having skin in compliance. 3.     As a compliance professional, do you have empathy? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Day of the Dove which aired on November 1, 1968, Star Date Unknown. Compliance Takeaways: How to use disruption as an innovation. Integrating compliance into the business. Hitting the ground running as a new CCO.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Spectre of the Gun, which aired on October 25, 1968, Star Date 4385.3. On a mission to establish contact with the reclusive Melcotians, Kirk ignores the message of a space probe. The landing party encounters a Melcotian who informs them they are an outside disease that must be destroyed. Their trespassing is to be punished by death, and the pattern of their death will be taken from Kirk's memories. As Kirk's ancestors pioneered the West, the landing party finds itself teleported to Tombstone, Arizona, on October 26, 1881. Desperately, Bones and Spock cooperate to build a tranquilizer bomb that will incapacitate the Earps. Scotty volunteers to test the potion Bones has cooked up. Despite Bones' careful preparation, it does not work. Spock is the only one who understands the significance of this fact, saying, "You do not seem to understand. It did not function. But it must function." Spock realizes that nothing around them is real; the whole scenario is taking place in their minds. They end up at the OK Corral, and the Melcotians, impressed that Kirk did not kill, then extend an invitation to establish relations with the Federation. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     How do you overcome biases? 2.     Have you looked at your Supply Chain for innovation? 3.     How do you move compliance into the DNA of your organization? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Is There No Truth in Beauty which aired on October 18, 1968, Star Date 5630.7. The Enterprise is given the mission of transporting the Medusan ambassador Kollos, a member of a species so ugly that the mere sight of it causes humans to go insane back to his home planet. The ambassador arrives enclosed in a specially designed box and is accompanied by the telepath Dr. Miranda Jones, who is looking after his needs. Like Spock, Jones can look at a Medusan through a visor, supposedly because she has studied on Vulcan but in reality because she is blind. Larry Marvick, one of the designers of the Enterprise, also beamed aboard. He seeks revenge against Kollos for taking Miranda away from him but s driven insane when he inadvertently looks at Kollos while attempting to shoot him with a phaser. The insane Marvick commandeers the Enterprise and pilots it to an unknown location outside the galaxy. Using the visor to protect his human half from the sight of the Medusan, Spock melds minds with Kolos and is returned the Enterprise to its galaxy. Miranda and Kollos are then delivered to their destination. Upon parting, Kirk presents Miranda with a rose. Miranda queries, "I suppose it has thorns," and Kirk responds, "I never met a rose that didn't." Compliance Takeaways: 1.     How can you ask the right question? 2.     Compliance leadership is a conversation. 3.     Targeting your compliance message. Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode And The Children Shall Lead, which aired on October 11, 1968, Star Date 5027.1. An alien named the ‘Gorgon' takes over the minds of the children of colonists on Triacas. He causes the children to mind trick their parents into committing suicide as the colonists feel compelled to destroy themselves to escape what they call "the enemy within." As the Children are evacuated to the Enterprise to transport to Star Base 4, the Gorgon commands them to take over the Enterprise, which they temporarily do until Kirk and Spock break the spell and destroy the Gorgon. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     How can you ask the right question? 2.     Compliance leadership is a conversation. 3.     Targeting your compliance message. Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Paradise Syndrome, which aired on October 4, 1968, Star Date 4842.6. In this episode, Kirk suffers from amnesia while living among natives on an idyllic planet. They treat him as a god until they don't and try to kill him. Unfortunately, they only succeed in killing his native wife and their unborn child. Meanwhile, the Enterprise has to stop an asteroid from hitting the planet and destroying it. The end of this episode has one of the most humane explorations of what it means to be the Captain of a Starship. Compliance Takeaways: 1.   How can you create a remarkable compliance experience? 2.     CCO as project sponsor. 3.     Compliance must widen its circle. Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Enterprise Incident aired on September 27, 1968, Star Date 5031.3. In this episode, Captain Kirk feigns mental illness while crossing over to the Neutral Zone, and Mr. Spock woos the Romulan commander. All in an effort to steal a Romulan cloaking device, which they do. Compliance Takeaways: The power of NO in compliance. Communicating across cultural boundaries. Tailoring your compliance message. Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Spock's Brain, which aired on September 20, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 5431.4. Almost universally panned as the work Star Trek TOS episode, the story involves a race of beings who literally kidnap Spock's brain to run a planet-wide computer system for insipid beings, both male and female. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     How can a compliance professional channel passion? 2.     What to do when facing intransigence? 3.     What skills do you need to fill out your compliance team? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Bread and Circuses, which aired on March 29, 1968, and occurred on Star Date Unknown. The Enterprise has used the light-speed breakaway factor to propel itself backward in time. It can monitor Earth communications while on a historical fact-finding mission to study how Earth survived the turbulent year 1968. While in orbit, the Enterprise accidentally intercepts a transporter beam originating more than 1000 light years away, beaming aboard interplanetary agent Gary Seven and his partner Isis, disguised as a black cat. His mission is to prevent Earth from destroying itself before it can become a peaceful society by destroying an orbital nuclear weapons platform launched by the US. Chekov notes the arming of the warhead aboard the Enterprise, who attempts to contact Kirk for instructions. When the communicator beeps and the rocket base guard picks it up, Spock nerve pinches the guard and tells Scott to beam Kirk and himself to Seven's apartment. Here, they watch Seven explode the warhead 104 miles above the ground and meet Seven's cat, Isis. Records from the Enterprise show that such an event occurred and that it caused the nuclear powers to re-assess the risks of placing hydrogen bombs in orbit. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     How many pizzas have you bought post 2.     A lunch alone is a lunch wasted. 3.     Does your organization rotate senior executives through compliance? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Bread and Circuses, which aired on March 15, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 4040.7. On a routine patrol, the Enterprise happens upon space debris from the S.S. Beagle. This survey ship disappeared 6 years ago, commanded by Captain R.M. Merrik, an academy associate of Kirk. When Spock projects the path of the wreckage back in time, he discovers a civilization of modern-day Romans on Planet 4 of the 892 System. The extreme similarity of the 892 System's civilization to the Roman Earth is apparently a coincidence, demonstrating, according to Kirk, the validity of Hodgekin's Law of Parallel Planet Development. Scott prepares to disrupt power to the entire planet from the Enterprise just as Kirk is about to be executed on live Roman TV. Scotty beams up the away team just before their cell is crisscrossed with machine gun fire. Back aboard the Enterprise, Uhura discovers that the escaped slaves were not sun worshippers but worshippers of a different "son": the Son of God. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     Being a CCO or compliance professional requires many soft skills. 2.     Do you translate your compliance documents into the local language? 3.     Does your compliance program enhance and enrich cultural diversity in your organization or acerbate the differences? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Ultimate Computer, which aired on March 8, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 4729.4. The Enterprise is ordered to be part of a test of the new M5 Multitronic System, a computer designed to replace a starship crew. In an unscheduled drill at Alpha Carinae 2, M5 defends the Enterprise against attacks from the starships Excalibur and Lexington. The M5 is declared the victor of the simulated contest, prompting Commodore Bob Wesley to call Kirk "Captain Dunsel." Spock explains the meaning of "dunsel" to McCoy as a term used by midshipmen at the Federation Academy for a part that serves no useful purpose. In a short time, however, M5 takes control of the Enterprise. Daystrom is surprised by the M5's actions but views its behavior as mistakes made by a "child" who is still learning. At the scheduled rendezvous point, the M5 attacks the Excalibur, Lexington, Hood, and Potemkin. Kirk finally shuts off M5 by pointing out that killing humans has violated its programming of saving men from dangerous activities such as space exploration. Since the penalty for murder is death, the M5 concludes that it must die and shuts itself down. Daystrom is committed to a rehabilitation program, but Spock still refuses to respond to McCoy's prodding that human compassion outweighs any advantages computers may have in computational ability. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     What is the role of compliance in innovation? 2.     What will be the role of AI in compliance? 3.     How can ComTech improve your operational efficiency? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode  The Omega Glory, which aired on March 1, 1968, and occurred on Star Date unknown. The Enterprise finds the U.S.S. Exeter in orbit with no one aboard. The boarding party then plays the medical log and is warned that they are dead men who must not return to their ship and told that their only chance for survival is to beam down to the planet's surface and find Captain Ron Tracy. Tracy is supporting the Coms against the Yangs violating the Prime Directive. The victorious Yangs take the landing party prisoner. Kirk realizes that "Yangs" and "Coms" are distorted forms of "Yanks" and "Communists. A trial headed by the Yang leader Cloud William follows. Kirk recognizes the invocation of the trial as a distorted form of the Pledge of Allegiance and surprises the Yangs by completing it unassisted. Kirk proves his innocence by completing the "holy words," realizing they are the preamble to the U.S. Constitution and reveals the true meaning of the words to Chief William. Kirk and his landing crew return to the Enterprise, bringing Tracy along as a prisoner. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     How well is your compliance staff trained? 2.     How well are your business folks trained? 3.     What is your disciplinary process? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode By Any Other Name, which aired on February 23, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 4657.5. A landing party beams down to investigate a distress call, and two "perfect" human life forms register and put in an appearance. They are members of the Kelvin Empire from the Andromeda Galaxy. They want a return trip home, which will take some 300 years, and take control of the Enterprise to accomplish this. They are subjected to some humorous adventures and emotions to which the Kelvins are dismayed by their human responses and fearful that they have betrayed their form and culture by taking human form. Kirk and Spock, therefore, convince them to work with the Federation to find a habitable planet in the Milky Way for their people and return control of the Enterprise to Kirk. Compliance Takeaways: Adapt, but do not lose sight of your goal. Take care of yourself. Does your organization have an EAP program?  Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode  Patterns of Force which aired on February 16, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 2534. When the Enterprise approaches the inner planet Ekos to investigate the cessation of communication with researcher John Gill, it is attacked with a rocket carrying a nuclear weapon. Kirk and Spock beam down to investigate and discover that a Nazi movement has swept the planet. John Gill is their leader. They are captured, and in jail, they find that the Nazi movement began with the arrival of Gill. They escape and penetrate Nazi headquarters. They discover that Gill is only the drugged puppet of deputy Führer Melakon. Gill and Melakon are killed. Kirk and company then return to the Enterprise in peace. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     What happens when good men go bad? 2.     Your own sales force can be the best assessor of risk. 3.     Why is regime change such a prescient risk? 4.     Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode  Return to Tomorrow, which aired on February 9, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 4768.3. The Enterprise receives a distress call from a planet hundreds of light years too distant to have been visited by any Earth ship. Spock determines that the planet is similar to Earth but older and that its atmosphere was ripped away half a million years ago. Spock detects a power source originating 100 miles below the planet's surface, and they all beam down. The landing party discovers evidence of an ancient culture on a planet whose habitable surface was destroyed long ago by a self-inflicted cataclysm. They meet Sargon, who Sargon occupies Kirk's body. This transference produces great stress on Kirk's body, causing McCoy to become alarmed. Sargon then asks to borrow the bodies of Spock and Dr. Mullhall so that they may construct androids. Sargon realizes that the temptation for him and Filissa to abuse their god-like powers is too great, and he and Filissa desert their bodies and fade into oblivion. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     High risk can mean a high reward. 2.     What is your risk management protocol? 3.     How does your organization account for changing risk? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode A Private Little War, which aired on February 2, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 4307.1. Spock, Bones, and Kirk beam down to a planet Kirk surveyed 13 years ago and are attacked. Spock is shot while trying to escape. Kirk speculates that the Klingons have violated the treaty governing the "neutral planet", which restricts both parties to scientific research, and provided them with rifles. On the planet, Kirk furnishes the hill people with rifles. The wife of the leader of the Hill people is killed, and now Tyree is mad with anger and asks Kirk for many weapons with which to kill the village people. Kirk complies by asking Scotty to manufacture flintlock rifles for the hill people, which he refers to as "serpents for the Garden of Eden." As they beam back to the Enterprise, Kirk s upset at the loss of innocence he has contributed to but knows of no other action he could have taken. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     Why a Board needs compliance expertise. 2.     What is the M&A safe harbor? 3.     How the FCPA fosters competition. Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Immunity Syndrome, which aired on January 19, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 4307.1. The Enterprise is diverted to investigate the mysterious cessation of communication with the Gamma 7A star system. While on its way, Spock telepathically senses the destruction of a starship manned by Vulcans. The Enterprise encounters a strange field that drains all mechanical or biologically generated energy. Spock finds that the zone of darkness is a negative energy field. They send a probe that penetrates the organism and discovers it to be living and filled with protoplasm. Spock sets out in the shuttlecraft and heads for the nucleus. Spock establishes that the organism has stored enough energy to reproduce and that the 40 chromosomes in the nucleus are ready to come together. The Enterprise is sucked into the organism. But Kirk fills a probe full of antimatter and plants it in the nucleus. As the Enterprise backs out of the organism before it blows up, it detects Spock's shuttlecraft and locks on a tractor beam. The explosion rocks the ship, but it survives, and the stars appear on the viewing screen again. Somehow, the shuttlecraft survives as well. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     The written word still holds power. 2.     Can you communicate in local vernacular? 3.     How do you select your Board of Directors? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode A Piece of the Action, which aired on January 12, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 4598.1. The Enterprise crew attempts to contact the inhabitants of planet Sigma Iotia II, whose inhabitants of Sigma Iotia II have built a culture around the book Chicago Mobs of the Twenties accidentally left behind a hundred years ago by the S.S. Horizon. At the Horizon's visit, the noninterference directive was not in effect, so Kirk, McCoy, and Spock wondered what sort of “contamination” they would encounter. Upon arriving, they are held at gunpoint but are taken safely to the “Boss” after a machine gun attack by rival boss Krako. There are a dozen or so Bosses across the planet, each controlling his territory. Krako, Boss of the southside territory, also wants heaters and instruction on how to use them and offers Kirk one-third of the proceeds of their use. The Bosses are impressed by a display of the Enterprise's firepower and agree to Kirk's planet unification, with Oxmyx as head Boss and Krako as his Lieutenant. Spock has reservations about leaving a criminal organization in charge and wonders how Kirk plans to collect a 40% cut every year. As the Enterprise leaves, however, McCoy realizes he has left his communicator behind in Bella's office. The communicator contains a transtator, the integral part found in all machinery found in the Enterprise, so the imitative Iotians will likely have made impressive technological progress the next time the Federation visits them. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     The written word still holds power. 2.     Can you communicate in local vernacular? 3.     How do you select your Board of Directors? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Gamesters of Triskelion, which aired on January 5, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 3211.7. Kirk, Uhura, and Chekov prepare to beam down to Gamma 2, and they have whisked away from the transporter platform. They are captured and fitted with "collars of obedience" by Galt, master Thrall of the planet Triskelion. Spock finds them 11.630 light years away but is prevented from beaming down. The Providers who started all this threaten to destroy Kirk and the Enterprise, but Kirk makes a bet with the gamesters about his ability to survive in combat. If he wins, the Providers must free Kirk and the Thralls. If he loses, he offers the entire Enterprise crew up as Thralls. Amazingly enough, Kirk wins, even after one of the opponents is replaced by Shahna. Kirk, Chekov, and Uhura are returned to the Enterprise, leaving behind a saddened Shahna. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     What tools are available to you? 2.     What is an informed risk? 3.     What is your risk management strategy? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Trouble with Tribbles which aired on December 29, 1967, Star Date 4523.3 The Enterprise is called to Deep Space Station K7 by a priority 1 distress call. A Klingon ship arrives at the space station and requests that its crew be granted shore leave. Meanwhile, the intergalactic trader Cyrano Jones gives Uhura a thrilling creature called a tribble, who brings it to the Enterprise, where it promptly begins reproducing. The tribbles begin proliferating throughout the Enterprise. After Kirk finds that tribbles have spread aboard the Enterprise through air vents, he becomes concerned that they may have also infested the grain storage lockers on the space station. However, Spock notes that many of the tribbles are dead inexplicably. When the station transporter room is being cleared of tribbles, one of them yelps at Baris's assistant Darvin. Kirk verifies that yelp for Klingons. McCoy verifies that Darvin is a Klingon and reveals that the grain was poisoned. The tribbles are finally removed from the Enterprise when Scotty transports them aboard the Klingon ship. Compliance Takeaways: What is the financial health of your suppliers? What happens when management controls are too siloed? Are you engaging in social media monitoring? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Wolf in the Fold, which aired on December 22, 1967, Star Date 3614.9. Scotty, Kirk, and McCoy beam down to Orgellius II for shore leave when Mr. Scott is accused of murder. His fingerprints are the only ones on the murder weapon, and he has a concussion and amnesia. Mr. Scott claims that he felt the presence of a foul, cold, evil creature. A search of crime records shows the following pattern of unsolved mass murders: 1932 Shanghai, 1974 Kiev, 2105 Martian colony, and 2156 Heliopolis on Alpha Eridani 2. In order to avoid making the creature stronger by allowing him to feed off the fear of the crew, McCoy injects everyone with a tranquilizer. The creature returns to Hengist's body. However, Hengist is quickly subdued and tranquilized, and Spock transports him into space with the widest possible separation. Kirk and Spock must wait 6 hours for the tranquilizer to wear off their extremely "happy" crew. Compliance Takeaways: Does your Board engage in active oversight of your compliance function? Do you perform due diligence on potential senior management hires? What should be the length of a suspension? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Obsession which aired on December 15, 1967, Star Date  3619.2. On a planet Kirk notices a sweet, honey-like odor which he recognizes.  He orders the security guards to scan for choronium and fire at any gaseous cloud they encounter. Before they can do so, 2 are killed and one seriously injured. Kirk becomes obsessed with the destruction of the creature, which killed half the crew of the U.S.S. Farragut which was  Kirk's first deep-space assignment.  Scanners report that the creature is in a border state between matter and energy. The creature slows and then heads for the Enterprise  and it enters the ship through the number 2 impulse vent which had inadvertently been left open by Scott after performing maintenance. The creature then leaves the ship and heads away at warp speed, but Kirk has a hunch of where the creature is headed, its home planet where the creature is destroyed.  Compliance Takeaways: 1.     Sometimes a CCO must make a stand and speak truth to power.  2.     How is a root cause analysis different than an investigation? 3.     Why you should train for crisis management. Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Deadly Years which aired on December 8, 1967, Star Date 3478.2. When Chekov, Spock, Lt. Gallway, McCoy, Kirk, Scotty beam down to resupply the experimental colony on Gamma Hydra 4, they initially find no one home. They then find the leader, Robert Johnson, along with his wife Elaine. Both appear to be extremely old. Kirk beams the landing party up together with those of the colonists who are still alive. Aboard the Enterprise, the colonists die of old age.  Kirk then begins to lose his memory and displays advanced arthritis. Commodore Stocker becomes increasingly concerned about Kirk's condition, and forces Spock to hold a competency hearing. Kirk is found incompetent, and Commodore Stocker takes over. An injection containing adrenaline, which is used on Kirk and the shot is effective and Kirk assumes back control of the Enterprise, which is now under attack by the Romulans thanks to Stocker's incompetence in violating the Neutral Zone. Using an old subterfuge, Kirk transmits a message that he will destruct the Enterprise using a corbomite device. The Romulans give a little ground lest they be destroyed in the upcoming explosion, and Kirk immediately races out of the Neutral Zone and into Federation space at Warp 8. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     Just because research is discontinued does not mean it is invalid. 2.     Training-Why was Chekov's reaction like that of a schoolboy? 3.     How do you show the quality, ability and competence of your compliance team? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Friday's Child which aired on December 1, 1967, Star Date 3497.2. Kirk attempts to secure a mining agreement for topeline on Capella 4, where Bones had once been stationed.  He and warns Kirk that although the Capellans are scrupulously honest, they are a war-like people. After beaming down a security guard pulls out a phaser to shoot a Klingon emissary and is instantly killed by a kleeat-wielding Capellan.  On the planet, the leader is killed in a coup and his pregnant wife Eleen is sentenced to death because she carries a royal child. After giving birth, Eleen escapes runs to give herself up to the Capellans. She claims to have killed the child and the Earth men as they slept. The Klingon does not believe her, and demands of the Capellans under threat of phaser fire that they verify Eleen's story. Suddenly, Kirk shoots the Klingon with an arrow, and an exchange between the Capellans and Kirk and Spock follows. The Klingon threatens to shoot anyone who raises a weapon against him. This does him no good, however, since Maab exchanges his life for that of Eleen by confronting the Klingon, and Kieel uses the opportunity to kill the Klingon. Kirk gains mining rights when the Eleen acts as regent for the child Tierr-to-be, named Leonard James Akaar. Compliance Takeaways: 1.   The three C's of leadership. 2.   How do you react when the leader goes off the deep end? 3.   Train your employees what to do when faced with a bribe demand.  Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Journey to Babel which aired on November 17, 1967 and occurred on Star Date 3842.3. The Enterprise transports ambassadors to a conference to discuss the admission of Corridon to the Federation. Sarek is the ambassador from Vulcan, is accompanied by his wife Amanda. To Kirk's surprise, they turn out to be Spock's parents. Also to Kirk's surprise, Sarek is cool towards Spock, apparently because Spock has chosen to devote his life to Starfleet instead of Vulcan science. The Tellerite ambassador is murdered and Sarek falls under suspician. Meanwhile, Spock detects tritanium emissions from an alien ship's hull after it transmits a message. Sarek requires an open heart operation and Spock provides a blood transfusion. Kirk is attacked and requires medical attention, so Spock assumes command. Under these circumstances, he says he cannot take time off to give the transfusion to Sarek, and cannot pass command on to anyone else because he is the best qualified person to command the Enterprise. His mother pleads with him, but he refuses. The Enterprise is then attacked by alien ship while Sarek and Spock are on the operating table, endangering both their lives. Kirk fools the alien ship by turning off shields and internal power, luring the enemy ship in for the kill. When it begins moving in, Kirk hits it with phasers and disables it. However, before he can ask them to surrender, they blow themselves up. McCoy confines both the injured Kirk and the recovering Spock to sickbay, shushing all protests. "Well, what do you know," he says with a grin, "I finally got the last word." Compliance Takeaways: 1.     HR is key ally of the compliance function. 2.     Dynamic tensions between employees must be resolved. 3.     Be careful in freewheeling banter. Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Metamorphosis which aired on November 10, 1967 and occurred on Star Date 3219.4. Commissioner Nancy Hedford, who had been on a diplomatic mission to stop a war, is ill with Sicuro's disease and needs treatment aboard the Enterprise. The shuttlecraft is forced down on a small planetoid and Kirk is unable to contact the Enterprise, despite the fact that the communications equipment appears to be functioning perfectly. On the planet, they find a man named Cochrane, who claims he has been marooned but has a being known as the Companion. Cochrane is greatly disturbed by the knowledge that the Companion is in love with him, and storms out saying that he doesn't want to be "fodder for any inhuman monster." Hedford, in a feverish daze, remarks that it is strange that Cochrane runs from love while she herself has never had the opportunity to be loved. But the Companion occupies and cures the body of Commissioner Hedford, who had been on the verge of death and also restores the shuttlecraft and communication devices to working order. However, the Companion is unable to leave the planet without dying, and Cochrane decides to remain with her. As they prepare to depart, Kirk agrees not to mention his adventure with Cochrane. Compliance Takeaways: 1.     As a CCO you may have a legal background but you must act as a compliance professional. 2.     Prejudice has no place in today's corporate culture. How do you stop unconscious bias? 3.     How do you evaluate your senior leadership from the business perspective? Resources Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein MissionLogPodcast.com Memory Alpha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices