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In this dynamic episode of CTR Media Network TV, Dr. Tina J. Ramsay interviews Tom Fox, the globally recognized Compliance Evangelist. Tom reveals how compliance isn't just about regulations—it's a business advantage. With over 30 published books, 33 podcast awards, and two successful podcast networks, Tom breaks down how culture, leadership, and content creation can drive profitability and brand trust.Discover why every business needs a podcast, how to start one that thrives, and what it takes to stay ahead in today's global economy. Whether you're an entrepreneur, coach, or content creator—this episode is your blueprint for making compliance and podcasting work for YOU.Link to send listeners to: http://compliancepodcastnetwork.netSubscribe to the Compliance Podcast Networkwww.ctrmedianetwork.com

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, we have the quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Marks, Jonathan Armstrong, and special guest panelist Hemma Lomax, all hosted by Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist. Hemma Lomax examines the customers of a compliance program and introduces us to the terms EX and CX. She shouts out to AI for podcasters. Matt Kelly delves into Google's compliance spending announcement and asks why the company does not have a Chief Compliance Officer. He both shouts out and rants about Marjorie Taylor Greene and her reading list. Jonathan Marks gives us a primer on corporate governance. He shouts out the quiet compliance professionals who do the day-to-day spadework of compliance. Jonathan Armstrong takes a deep dive into the finances of Tesla and its profitability. He shouts out to Operation Spider's Web. Tom Fox highlights Wells Fargo's compliance remediation, the Fed's asset cap placed on Wells Fargo, and its subsequent removal. The members of Everything Compliance are: Karen Woody – is one of the top academic experts at the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com Jonathan Armstrong – is an experienced compliance & technology lawyer based at Punter Southall Law in London (https://puntersouthall.law/).  He adds an international focus and can be reached at Jonathan.Armstrong@puntersouthall.law. Jonathan Marks – can be reached at jtmarks@gmail.com Karen Moore – is a principal at Sounding Board Compliance and can be reached at karen.moore@soundingboardcompliance.com Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, is the host, producer, and sometimes panelist of Everything Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. The award-winning Everything Compliance is part of the Compliance Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, the quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Marks, Karen Moore, and Karen Woody is hosted by Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist. Karen Moore reviews changes to the UK Modern Slavery Act. She shouts out to her nephew, who graduates from Georgetown Law School this week, and to the NFL superfan for allegedly causing Shedeur Sanders to drop to the 5th round before being drafted in the recent NFL Draft. Matt Kelly, the Matt Galeotti speech updates the DOJ Corporate Enforcement Policy for white-collar actions. He rants about the GOP's attempt to ban states from regulating AI. Jonathan Marks considers the role of internal audit in tariff compliance and why tariffs should be considered a strategic risk. He rants about MLB caving to President Trump and allowing those who bet on baseball back into the fold. Karen Woody considers the impact, fallout, and congressional investigations of the law firm's dealings with President Trump. She shouts out to the Washington & Lee Law School graduating class 2025. Tom Fox shouts out to the Disney TV series Andor. The members of Everything Compliance are: Karen Woody – is one of the top academic experts at the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com Jonathan Armstrong – is an experienced compliance & technology lawyer based at Punter Southall Law in London (https://puntersouthall.law/).  He adds an international focus and can be reached at Jonathan.Armstrong@puntersouthall.law. Jonathan Marks – can be reached at jtmarks@gmail.com Karen Moore – is a principal at Sounding Board Compliance and can be reached at karen.moore@soundingboardcompliance.com Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, is the host, producer, and sometimes panelist of Everything Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. The award-winning Everything Compliance is part of the Compliance Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, the quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Karen Moore, and Karen Woody is hosted by Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist. Karen Moore looks at state, international, and private prosecutions of various ABC laws. She rants at the Department of Education for setting up a 1984-style anonymous reporting line for students to report on their teachers. Matt Kelly reviews the Glencore DPA record. He has a shout-out to Microsoft for picking up Jenner & Block as counsel and rants about the GOP effort to abolish the PCAOB. Jonathan Armstrong reviews changes at the UK SFO. He shouts out to the compliance community for their support of Diana Trevley and encourages her continuing recovery now that she is back in the US. Karen Woody considers tariffs as a new source for FCA claims and shouts out to the movie Conclave. Tom Fox shouts out to former San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who announced his retirement on May 1. The members of Everything Compliance are: Karen Woody – is one of the top academic experts at the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com Jonathan Armstrong – is an experienced compliance & technology lawyer based at Punter Southall Law in London (https://puntersouthall.law/).  He adds an international focus and can be reached at Jonathan.Armstrong@puntersouthall.law. Jonathan Marks – can be reached at jtmarks@gmail.com Karen Moore – is a principal at Sounding Board Compliance and can be reached at karen.moore@soundingboardcompliance.com Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, is the host, producer, and sometimes panelist of Everything Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. The award-winning Everything Compliance is part of the Compliance Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Karen Moore, and Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist, will appear as panelists. 1. Karen Moore examines EU changes in reporting on ESG and CCCD and rants about the anxiety caused by the Trump Administration. 2. Matt Kelly reviews the off-channel messaging scandal. He rants about the Trevor Milton pardon. 3. Jonathan Armstrong takes a deep dive into Agentic AI and its implications for compliance. He shouts out to Russell Brand for unmasking British actor Penelope Keith as JFK's assassin. 4. Tom Fox examines the world's response to Trump's suspension of FCPA enforcement. He shouts out to Opening Day of the 2025 MLB season and highlights his hometown heroes, the Houston Astros. The members of Everything Compliance are: Karen Woody – is one of the top academic experts at the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com Jonathan Armstrong – is an experienced compliance & technology lawyer based at Punter Southall Law in London (https://puntersouthall.law/). He adds an international focus and can be reached at Jonathan.Armstrong@puntersouthall.law. Jonathan Marks – can be reached at jtmarks@gmail.com Karen Moore – is a principal at Sounding Board Compliance and can be reached at karen.moore@soundingboardcompliance.com The host and producer, rantor (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, we have the quartet of Matt Kelly, Karen Woody, and Karen Moore, all hosted by Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist. They all look at various issues for compliance professionals under the current administration. Karen Moore, what is ‘illegal DEI'? She shouts out to federal employees who have been summarily terminated. Matt Kelly considers the work of DOGE at the SEC. He shouts out to James Harrison, whose plasma contains a rare antibody known as anti-D, which is used to make injections that protect unborn babies from hemolytic disease of the newborn. Karen Woody asks whether the trial of the Cognizant Technology executives will ever occur. She shouts out to Georgetown Law Dean Will Treanor, who shut down the illegal harassment of the school by the interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia. Tom Fox shouts out to the Quebecoise for embracing their Canadian-ness and all those north of the border who are responding to Trump's bullying with ‘Elbows Up'. The members of Everything Compliance are: Karen Woody – is one of the top academic experts at the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com Jonathan Armstrong – is an experienced compliance & technology lawyer based at Punter Southall Law in London (https://puntersouthall.law/). He adds an international focus and can be reached at Jonathan.Armstrong@puntersouthall.law. Jonathan Marks – can be reached at jtmarks@gmail.com Karen Moore – is a principal at Sounding Board Compliance and can be reached at karen.moore@soundingboardcompliance.com The host and producer, rantor (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After “should we have a podcast?” one of the first decisions you're going to have to make is how often you want to release and how long you're going to podcast for.You've got options, and options within options—and it's an important choice. Once you commit to a release cadence in your podcast, you should stick to it.Tom Fox, The Compliance Evangelist and creator of the Compliance Podcast Network, says, “Your podcast is a promise to your audience,” and he's absolutely right.If you commit to and communicate that you're going to start a weekly podcast, you should deliver a weekly podcast. It's not just because it's important to do what you say you're going to do—inconsistent releases or a series of stops and starts just aren't a great look for most brands.Consistency is professional, and it should be table stakes, which sometimes means not biting off more than you can chew when it comes to your podcast.That is it's own challenge, because the reality is that more frequent releases means more and faster progress towards key business goals. So you've got to find the balance that works best for you, your team, and your business goals.Here is some information that will help you make the choice. Listen to the episode or read the blog post here: https://podcastingforbusiness.com/79Tune in to learn about:Release strategy based on business goalsShould you release in seasons?Types of podcast seasonsSeason topics that you can useDon't forget to join us for our free monthly strategy calls on the third Thursday of every month!We'll See You Soon!We're going to be taking a short hiatus for the next 4 weeks while we work on something very, very exciting—One Stone Creative is writing a book!You can expect all the details, how you can get a sneak peek, maybe a nifty bonus or two (who knows?)We'll be replaying some great episodes from the archive in the meantime; enjoy, and I'll be talking to you in a few weeks!Need A Podcast?The Company Show was made possible by the team at One Stone Creative.If you know a business owner that you think should have a podcast, do us a favor and send them to podcastingforbusiness.com!Key Quotes“A season can also be a great way to test the waters of podcasting to see if you like it and if your audience and community are interested in hearing from you in this way.” - Megan DoughertyResourcesOne Stone Creative | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | InstagramMake sure to check out our free Monthly Strategy Calls!Podcasting for Business Conference 2023 RecordingsLearn about what other business podcasters are doing:State of Business Podcasting Report 2023Related:Does Your Podcast Format match Your Podcast Goals?PFBCon 2023 RecordingsWhether you're a solopreneur, manager of a department, principal at a firm, or a non-fiction author ready to expand into audio, the Podcasting for Business Conference will help you leverage a podcast to meet your business objectives.Missed PFBCon 2023? Check out the recordings!

Today we're discussing how compliance can increase the value of your company with the man who is known as the  “Compliance Evangelist.” Dave Bookbinder goes Behind The Numbers with Tom Fox, founder of the Compliance Podcast Network. Over the past 15 years, he has been a General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. He is now an Independent Consultant, assisting companies with anti-corruption, anti-bribery compliance, and international transaction issues. He specializes in bringing business solutions to compliance problems. Tom is the author of the award-winning Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Compliance and Ethics Blog and the international best-selling book “Lessons Learned on Compliance and Ethics.”  In this episode we're discussing all things related to compliance including  how compliance makes businesses more efficient and more profitable. About the Host: Dave Bookbinder is the person that clients reach out to when they need to know what their most important assets are worth. He's a corporate finance executive with a focus on business and intellectual property valuation. Known as a collaborative adviser, Dave has served thousands of client companies of all sizes and industries.  Dave is the author of two #1 best-selling books about the impact of human capital (PEOPLE!) on the valuation of a business enterprise called The NEW ROI: Return On Individuals & The NEW ROI: Going Behind The Numbers.  He's on a mission to change the conversation about how the accounting world recognizes the value of people's contributions to a business enterprise, and to quantify what every CEO on the planet claims: “Our people are this company's most valuable asset.”

Tom Fox, The Compliance Evangelist & Compliance Podcast Network Compliancepodcastnetwork.net Biography Thomas R. Fox-the Compliance Evangelist® Tom is literally the guy who wrote the book on compliance with the international compliance best seller “The Compliance Handbook, 3rd edition” which was released by LexisNexis in May 2022. Tom has authored 25 other books on business leadership, compliance and ethics and corporate governance, including the international best-sellers “Lessons Learned on Compliance and Ethics” and “Best Practices Under the FCPA and Bribery Act” as well as his award-winning series Fox on Compliance. Tom leads the social media discussion on compliance with his award-winning blog, and is the Voice of Compliance, having founded the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network and hosting or producing multiple award-winning podcasts. He is an Executive leader at the C-Suite Network, the world's most trusted network of C-Suite leaders. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com.

We're with a really great guy today. His name is Tom Fox. He runs the Compliance Podcast Network, but he's also got some twist to his background that has to do with children. I think you'll find interesting. Screw The Commute Podcast Show Notes Episode 811 How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Higher Education Webinar – https://screwthecommute.com/webinars See Tom's Stuff – https://linktr.ee/antionandassociates 02:01 Tom's introduction to Tom Fox 06:27 The Compliance Evangelist 08:24 Creating 65 podcast shows and books 13:03 Having small companies learn about compliance 17:32 Texas Hill Country podcast network 20:37 Business has changed because of the Ukraine war 26:36 Sponsor message 28:31 A typical day for Tom Entrepreneurial Resources Mentioned in This Podcast Higher Education Webinar - https://screwthecommute.com/webinars Screw The Commute - https://screwthecommute.com/ Screw The Commute Podcast App - https://screwthecommute.com/app/ College Ripoff Quiz - https://imtcva.org/quiz Know a young person for our Youth Episode Series? Send an email to Tom! - orders@antion.com Have a Roku box? Find Tom's Public Speaking Channel there! - https://channelstore.roku.com/details/267358/the-public-speaking-channel How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Retreat and Joint Venture Program - https://greatinternetmarketingtraining.com/ KickStartCart - http://www.kickstartcart.com/ Copywriting901 - https://copywriting901.com/ Become a Great Podcast Guest - https://screwthecommute.com/greatpodcastguest Training - https://screwthecommute.com/training Disabilities Page - https://imtcva.org/disabilities/ Tom's Patreon Page - https://screwthecommute.com/patreon/ Tom on TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@digitalmultimillionaire/ Compliance Podcast Network - https://compliancepodcastnetwork.net/ Speaking Up is Awesome - https://www.amazon.com/Speaking-Up-Awesome-Tom-Fox/dp/B0CGGCYW5K/ Being a Compliance Officer is AWESOME - https://www.amazon.com/Being-Compliance-Officer-AWESOME-Tom/dp/B0BPVXXYGK/ Email Tom: Tom@ScrewTheCommute.com Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Related Episodes Gadgets - https://screwthecommute.com/810/ More Entrepreneurial Resources for Home Based Business, Lifestyle Business, Passive Income, Professional Speaking and Online Business I discovered a great new headline / subject line / subheading generator that will actually analyze which headlines and subject lines are best for your market. I negotiated a deal with the developer of this revolutionary and inexpensive software. Oh, and it's good on Mac and PC. Go here: http://jvz1.com/c/41743/183906 The Wordpress Ecourse. Learn how to Make World Class Websites for $20 or less. https://screwthecommute.com/wordpressecourse/ Join our Private Facebook Group! One week trial for only a buck and then $37 a month, or save a ton with one payment of $297 for a year. Click the image to see all the details and sign up or go to https://www.greatinternetmarketing.com/screwthecommute/ After you sign up, check your email for instructions on getting in the group.

Tom Fox is literally the guy who wrote the book on compliance, with his international best seller The Compliance Handbook now into its third edition. Also going by the monikers of Compliance Evangelist™ and the Voice of Compliance, Tom is unequivocally committed to compliance!  In my conversation with Tom we delve right into the compliance landscape and its impact on leadership. We move from macro to micro issues, encompassing ethical business practices, the relationship between compliance and remuneration, the push for ESG, to international affairs, global trade practices and the role of technology in enabling transparency and accountability. From contingency planning to consistency of approach, the tentacles of compliance reach much further than even I imagined!   Shownotes See more at http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-compliance-tom-fox Key Moments  Planet Human: The Future of Food [00:00:31] Planet Zoë: Running and Gratitude [00:01:17] Compliance and leadership  [00:03:48] Meet Tom Fox, a compliance expert The importance of compliance training [00:11:26] The purpose of compliance training and the need to communicate corporate expectations and enforce ethical business practices. Prevalence of bribery and corruption [00:16:05] The global economic impact of bribery and corruption, estimating £3 trillion annually lost to the global economy. Preparing for black swan events [00:18:42] Black swan events are unforeseen or unprepared-for events and businesses need to have processes and procedures in place for business continuity. Business changes after the invasion of Ukraine [00:24:46] Exploration of the five ways in which business has changed following the invasion of Ukraine, including supply chain disruptions and changes in anti-corruption and cybersecurity measures. ESG and its impact on business [00:26:59] Explanation of how the Russian invasion of Ukraine strengthened the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) values in business and consumer behaviour. The future of trade and cybersecurity [00:34:41] A look at the reshoring, regional trade zones, cybersecurity attacks, and physical security issues in China and Russia. Trade embargoes and market diversification [00:36:23] Talks about the trade embargoes imposed by China on Australian products and the need for market diversification. The power of ChatGPT and leadership advice [00:38:59] Explores the use of ChatGPT for information retrieval and the importance of resilience and learning from mistakes in leadership. Why Corporate Compliance Function Should Exist Separately [00:47:11] Explanation of the importance of having a separate compliance programme within an organisation for regulatory purposes.  

Compliance is more than just an annual "check the box" type training event.  In this episode, we talk with Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist, and host of the Compliance Podcast Network about what all leaders need to know about compliance to protect themselves and their organization, all while fostering a stronger culture of trust and psychological safety. During our time together we discuss:Why it's dangerous to view compliance as just an annual training activity.Examples of executives and their organizations who have been held liable for failing to take compliance seriously.Things leaders should focus on to strengthen your organization's mindset and culture around compliance.The importance of assessing and mitigating risks in a wide range of areas to not only protect your business but your workforce.The best defense you can create for your organization in case a compliance violation is uncovered.    For more from Tom Fox Visit The Compliance Podcast NetworkConnect via LinkedIN or Email

Your host, Sri Chellappa, talks with the Founder of Compliance Podcast Network, Tom Fox. Over the past 15 years, Tom has been a General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. He is now an Independent Consultant, assisting companies with anti-corruption, anti-bribery compliance, and international transaction issues. He specializes in bringing business solutions to compliance problems.In addition to his blog and podcast, he is a columnist for Corporate Compliance Insights and a Contributing Editor to the FCPA Blog. He is a well-known and frequent speaker on compliance and ethics issues, social media use, and corporate leadership. Tom is both the Voice of Compliance and Compliance Evangelist.To learn more about Tom's work, click HERE and HERE.Think you'd be a great guest on the show? Apply HERE.Want to learn more about Sri's work at Engagedly? Check out his website at https://engagedly.com/.

Why You Should Consider Starting a Podcast NetworkThere are many strategies you can employ to increase the reach of your show—cross promotions, episode swaps, paid traffic and ads, guest posting, being a podcast guest etc. But if you're serious about growth and up for the challenge, going from a single show to a network can dramatically expand your reach.On this week's episode, The Compliance Evangelist, Tom Fox returns to answer the question: “Should you start your own podcast network?”We cover all the benefits, strategies, and technicalities you should know. As the founder of the Compliance Podcast Network and the Texas Hill Country Podcast Network, Tom brings exciting insights into the challenges he faced and the successes he achieved.If you're considering creating your own network (or joining one), this is an episode that you shouldn't miss!Tune in to learn about:The benefits of having a podcast networkThe strategy and considerations for topic-based and geographically-based networksThe importance of choosing the right type of network based on the type of business the podcast supportsMaximizing local business success through niche marketingThe origin story and growth of the Compliance Podcast Network and the Rural Podcasters NetworkChallenges faced in the early days of starting the networkMonetization methods for podcast networksThank you for joining us on this episode of The Company Show. Stay tuned for the next one with Kristy Yoder, the founder and CEO of Smart VAs. We're talking about delegating to an external third-party service provider to help you grow your show. Don't forget to join us for our monthly strategy calls on the third Thursday of every month at OneStoneCreative.net/strategy-calls.

In this video, we talk to Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist, who explains in detail the transformative power of compliance in making companies stronger, more resilient, and ultimately more profitable. ABOUT THE GUEST Tom is the author of the international best-selling compliance book, "The Compliance Handbook, 3rd edition," which was released by LexisNexis in May 2022. He has also written 25 other books on business leadership, compliance, ethics, and corporate governance, including the international best-sellers "Lessons Learned on Compliance and Ethics" and "Best Practices Under the FCPA and Bribery Act," as well as his award-winning series Fox on Compliance. Tom is a leader in the compliance discussion on social media, with his award-winning blog, and is the Voice of Compliance, having founded the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network and hosting or producing multiple award-winning podcasts. He is an executive leader at the C-Suite Network, the world's most trusted network of C-Suite leaders. Connect here: https://compliancepodcastnetwork.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasfox13/ KEY TAKEAWAYS In this video, Tom Fox, the compliance evangelist and founder of the compliance podcast network, discusses the importance of compliance in driving business growth. Compliance is seen as a business process that enhances efficiency and profitability. Tom explains that compliance originated as a response to legal issues such as bribery and corruption, but has evolved into a broader business process based on internal controls. He emphasizes the worldwide scope of the problem and the negative consequences of bribery and corruption. Tom advises companies to assess risks and make ethical business decisions. He also highlights the role of transparency in responding to inquiries from governments. Tom's passion for compliance stems from his desire to fight against bribery and corruption and promote a culture of compliance. He encourages individuals from various backgrounds to get involved in compliance. ABOUT THE HOST Khudania Ajay, a writer podcast host, and independent journalist, brings global Masters of Money and Business to his audience through The KAJ Masterclass LIVE. With 20-plus years of experience in renowned organizations like CNBC (India), Reuters, and Press Trust of India (PTI), Ajay now helps his audience succeed through his LIVE Masterclasses. Connect here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajaykhuda... Contact for event speaking or hosting: kajmasterclass@gmail.com ABOUT THE KAJ MASTERCLASS LIVE Join senior journalist Khudania Ajay on The KAJ Masterclass LIVE podcast, where you can learn and profit from the insights and experiences of global business leaders almost daily. This podcast is designed to assist small business owners, entrepreneurs, and students in learning from successful brand builders. Channel:    / @kajmasterclass   Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3yr7nrD Other platforms: https://pod.link/thekajstudio Newsletter / Blog: https://khudania.substack.com/ Apply to be a guest on the show: kajmasterclass@gmail.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL Website: https://thekajmasterclass.live/ LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3y2yKrM Twitter: https://twitter.com/kajmasterclass Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/khudania.ajay Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekajmaste... SHOP MY FAVORITE PRODUCTS AND SUPPORT MY CHANNEL Discover my curated selection of favorite products/services on my affiliate marketing page. By purchasing through the provided links, you support my channel at no extra cost. I earn a small commission from each sale, helping me create high-quality content for my followers. Thank you for your support! *Note: 'NUP' (Not Used Personally) indicates products/services I haven't personally tried. News & Magazines https://the-economist.sjv.io/nL4VB6 Apparel & Clothing https://www.ethnicsland.com/ Contact us for brand collaboration: kajmasterclass@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kajmasterclass/message

State of Business Podcasting 2021WHAT THE TOP 100 SHOWS ARE DOINGRESEARCH CONDUCTED AND REPORT PREPARED Overall, the top 100 business podcasts were about the same age – and like last year, I think it's great how many of them are newer shows, meaning that you're in no way “too late” to create a podcast.In terms of releases on the other hand – we're seeing more. Daily releases among the top 100 have increased from 9% to 17% (including Monday to Friday release), and three weekly releases went from 7% to 10%. Weekly releases took a little dip from 44% to 38% and every other week releases were halved to 3%.The takeaway here is that unless your goals are strictly about relationship building or content generation (which are 100% legitimate goals!) you should try to release at least weekly.That doesn't mean you need to create a whole full-sized episode every week – it's completely normal to alternate between show types – 9% of the shows we counted do exactly that this year. You can have solo episodes, mini-episodes, reviews, action tips – content that is easy to batch that can help you boost your schedule without a huge amount of extra work. Something we saw a lot more this year was sporadic releases, that didn't seem to follow a set pattern. 8% of shows used this release method, which I think indicates they are either producing in-house, or aren't doing much post-production work, because the workflows involved in podcasting almost necessitate a consistent schedule of some time.On a more philosophical side – As Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist says: “Your podcast is a commitment – you release it when you say you're going to.” I couldn't agree more. If you're worried about being able to stick to a schedule, or maintain an ongoing release schedule, test things out with a season! You can do most of the work in advance of release, and when it's done you can either take a break, decide you don't like it, plan another one, or move to ongoing – all without any worry of not keeping your commitments – or podfading.The length of podcast episodes is exactly the same as last year – the sweet spot seems to be about 44 minutes, although longer and shorter shows are perfectly okay. I think it's a positive sign that people are still interested in longer-form content – it's not all about short TikTok videos! (Although they have their place!)Finally, today let's look at which day of the week people are releasing episodes. There was a pretty even spread of releases throughout the working week, with the middle of the week getting more popular. It's hard to determine a true change because of how many more releases we are looking at, but this year, Monday took the very top spot.Mick Smith, Consultant M: (619) 227.3118 E: mick.smith@wsiworld.com Commercials Voice Talent:https://www.spreaker.com/user/7768747/track-1-commercials Narratives Voice Talent:https://www.spreaker.com/user/7768747/track-2-narrativesDo you want a free competitive analysis? Let me know at:https://marketing.wsiworld.com/free-competitive-analysis?utm_campaign=Mick_Smith_Podcast&utm_source=SpreakerWebsite:https://www.wsiworld.com/mick-smithLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/wsi-smith-consulting/Make an appointment:https://app.hubspot.com/meetings/mick-smithBe sure to subscribe, like, & review The Doctor of Digital™ Podcast:https://www.spreaker.com/show/g-mick-smith-phds-tracksSign up for the Doctor Up A Podcast course:https://doctor-up-a-podcast.thinkific.com/Fan of the show? Support the episodes here:https://podinbox.com/thedoctorofdigitalpodcastPatreon:https://www.patreon.com/SmithConsultingWSITheDoctorofDigitalPodcast

Tom Fox is a leader in the ethics and compliance field. He is regularly referred to as the "Compliance Evangelist."Tom recently just released the Second Edition of The Compliance Handbook, a comprehensive review and guide to the elements of an effective ethics and compliance program. Tom is known for his practical and efficient approach to difficult ethics and compliance issues. His new Handbook is a must-have for ethics and compliance professionals but more importantly for business leaders and managers who understand the importance of implementing an effective ethics and compliance program.In this Episode, Michael Volkov interviews Tom Fox about the Second Edition of The Compliance Handbook and the important issues addressed in the Handbook.

To leave a legacy of operational excellence in compliance is what Global Chief Compliance Officer, Strategic Leader, and Partner at StoneTurn Jonathon Kellerman hopes to achieve in this dynamic industry.  He has been at the forefront of the evolution of compliance programs in health care, life sciences, and pharmaceuticals with over 25 years of experience in compliance strategy, program development and execution; controls design; operational excellence; risk assessment and mitigation; complex investigations; and negotiating and managing government settlements.  Major takeaways discussed in the episode: ✔️ Glean lessons from Jonathon's unique journey starting a health care compliance practice that served as the first in the industry. His experience in a consulting practice helped health care providers with complex compliance challenges.  ✔️ Traditional compliance has been limited by the rigid standards around an audit mentality. Jonathon shares that the focus on looking at transactions in silos instead of the holistic approach of looking at data over time is what's made compliance programs from being truly effective. ✔️ Compliance programs limiting themselves to the standard practice of risk management will risk being irrelevant in future companies.  ✔️ The COVID-19 pandemic broke barriers and accelerated digital transformation. Every company does it to some extent in utilizing digital platforms and data that opens up new ways of rethinking our traditional engagements.  ✔️ Advanced technologies use data and digital platforms that create a new type of risk. But it also means that more than ever, there's a lot of pressure put on companies to operate quickly and very efficiently. ✔️ The skills needed for the compliance professionals of the future is something never taught in law school. Jonathon emphasizes that an individual in the compliance space must speak business language, have trust and credibility, and be willing to think outside the box.  ____________________________________________________________________ Jonathon L. Kellerman is a Partner with StoneTurn, brings over 25 years of experience in compliance strategy, program development, and execution; controls design; operational excellence; risk assessment and mitigation; complex investigations; and negotiating and managing government settlements.  A former Global Chief Compliance Officer in the heavily regulated pharmaceuticals industry, Jonathon draws on his in-house career, as well as 20 years as a trusted adviser, to counsel executives and Board members on evolving compliance risk and to help clients design innovative, data-enabled, and business-friendly compliance solutions to proactively and reactively manage risk. Jonathon has deep experience pioneering technology and data-driven compliance solution innovation, operational improvement, and business protection/enablement in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, and healthcare industries, including his prior role as Global Chief Compliance Officer of Allergan. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathonkellerman/ Email: jkellerman@stoneturn.com ____________________________________________________________________ About Thomas Fox: Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program. Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25  

Ten years ago, Compliance was all about policies and procedures that are mere guidelines that hugely unaddressed how to measure compliance effectiveness, identify the metrics, and look at the accounting data. Internationally recognized anti-fraud and compliance thought leader Vincent Walden shares his insights on how far we've come since then. He talks about the practical strategies, tools, and techniques used in fraud detection and prevention applied to compliance and how data and data analytics have evolved, and his overall inspiring perspective in this conversation. Major takeaways discussed in the episode: ✔️ Why Vincent's involvement in fraud prevention in the early years of his career taught him strategies about the use of data and data analytics in compliance. "When a company was investigated for FCPA, what was the first thing that they asked for? They wanted emails and payment transactions. And why weren't we looking at those proactively? And that's really what drove my interest in building proactive compliance programs because I saw so many FCPA investigations that finding those improper payments was what they were making and breaking the cases. And that's what drove a lot of my passion for building out these compliance program models." ✔️ As an early advocate of using data in compliance solutions, Vincent saw how vital the melding is of internal audit and compliance. "Internal audit understood the books and records and compliance understood the legal risks. The magic was when the two worked together. That's how it started. We've seen compliance become more mature, particularly over the last two to three years."  ✔️ Beginning in 2017, the DOJ started talking about the use of data in compliance. This changed the reception in the marketplace, empowering CCOs to have sufficient access to operational transactional data sources that were spot-on and accelerated proactive discussions. Compliance professionals will become more data-driven as time goes on.  ✔️  Data sharing consortium in the future. According to Vincent, the idea of companies sharing their risk algorithms without having to share their data to build better, data-driven compliance programs and sharing best practices is something fascinating and worthy looking forward to. ✔️  The creation of A&M's Digital Twin service is Vincent's dream compliance monitoring platform. "This allows us to pull in client-relevant payments data and risk scores in a cost-effective way. That means what used to take me 300+ hours of staff time to pull payment data out of a system, and all the mathematical gymnastics put in a database and build out reports now takes me less than 30 hours. That's a 10x reduction in time and a 10x reduction in fees." Vincent Walden is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal's Disputes and Investigations in New York. He specializes in forensic data analytics, continuous controls monitoring, information governance, and legal discovery services. His primary focus area is in providing leading technology perspectives on proactive compliance programs and reactive investigations. LinkedIn: @vincewalden Email: vwalden@alvarezandmarsal.com ____________________________________________________________________ About Thomas Fox: Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program.    Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. Today, we have a quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Marks, Mike Volkov and special guest panelist Kortney Nordrum for a deep dive into the recent President Biden Statement and Memorandum making corruption a national security issue. We end with a veritable mélange of rants and shouts outs.     Mike Volkov looks at it from the regulatory/prosecutorial perspective and what it might mean for enforcement. Volkov rants about the DOJ investigations into Democratic members of Congress under the Trump Administration. Jonathan Marks says that everything in the President's Statement should not be surprise but it is a wakeup call for BODs. Marks shouts out to the FBI for recovering the bitcoin payment made by Colonial Pipeline to the cyber hackers who breached it. Kortney Nordrum sits in as a special guest panelist. She looks at the Statement and Memorandum from the perspective a CCO. Nordrum rants about OSHA who after promising guidance for companies on return to work after Covid-19, only does so for health care organizations. Matt Kelly considers the Statement and Memorandum from cryptocurrency perspective and considers what additional legislation might come out of the national security review. Kelly has his own epic rant about Texas' own Congressman Louis Gohmert who asked a Department of Forestry representative if they had looked at altering the orbit of the earth or moon to combat the effects of climate change. Tom Fox shouts out to the Department of Justice who indicted two US citizens who were engaged in bribery and corruption in trying to persuade the Trump Administration to order the DOJ to drop its investigation into 1MDB. Additional Resources: Matt Kelly blog post on Radical Compliance, Biden Puts Anticorruption Centerstage  Mike Volkov Podcast on Crime Corruption and Compliance, The Biden Administration Announces Anti-Corruption Battle as National Security Interest  Tom Fox takes a deep dive into the Statement and Memorandum on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog Biden Statement The Biden Administration, Corruption and National Security Are You a Compliance Evangelist? The Role of Corporate Compliance  The members of the Everything Compliance are: Jay Rosen– Jay is Vice President, Business Development Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors. Rosen can be reached at JRosen@affiliatedmonitors.com Mike Volkov – One of the top FCPA commentators and practitioners around and the Chief Executive Officer of The Volkov Law Group, LLC. Volkov can be reached at mvolkov@volkovlawgroup.com Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com Jonathan Armstrong –is our UK colleague, who is an experienced data privacy/data protection lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at armstrong@corderycompliance.com Jonathan Marks is Partner, Firm Practice Leader - Global Forensic, Compliance & Integrity Services at Baker Tilly. Marks can be reached at marks@bakertilly.com The host and producer, ranter (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Affiliated Monitors, Inc.'s Founder and President Vin DiCianni puts Tom Fox the Compliance Evangelist on the hot seat to discuss how to use stories and pop culture to keep ethics and compliance interesting. Together they trace how Tom became an international authority in the compliance world, and why he finds the field so interesting. Additionally, Vin and Tom note the way the field has changed in the previous decades, and the trends that may be upcoming. Lastly, they preview Tom’s new book, The Compliance Handbook: Volume II which is now available for preorder through LexisNexis. Use the discount code FOX25 for 25% off your purchase.

In this special episode, Compliance Evangelist Thomas Fox sits in an engaging and value-packed discussion with Hui Chen, former compliance consultant to the U.S. Department of Justice's Fraud Section and now chief integrity officer for the Hawaii Attorney General's office. KEY TAKEAWAYS: ✔️ Hui advocates the need for a very interdisciplinary approach to compliance. Practitioners should become open to learning about social sciences and quantitative and qualitative studies, scientific methods, understanding how research is done, evaluating research outcomes, and evaluating the application of research. ✔️ Realize that people don't govern their daily lives by reading the codes and the regulations but with processes and behaviors, and that's what should be focused on by using a behavioral-based approach. Give the organization reason, opportunities, or motivations to NOT engage in the behavior you don't want them to do.  ✔️ What differentiates compliance officers is their knowledge and familiarity with the business. It is required to be versatile in understanding every function in the organization and working with them. Compliance professionals need to develop those skill sets to appreciate and understand and measure and be part of what the business does in all of those aspects.  ✔️ How do we measure that outcome? By going back to define what you are doing this for, if you do it successfully, what success looks like, and try to find measurements for that, that is important because that goes to whether we have all been wasting our time not with the compliance programs. Hui is an internationally renowned leader in ethics and compliance. She regularly consults with companies as well as regulatory and enforcement authorities around the world, advising them on the design, implementation, and assessment of ethics & compliance programs. Hui is also a thought leader who collaborates with leading academic researchers and publishes regularly in business and academic journals. Chen did this interview entirely in her personal capacity and nothing she said should be attributed to her office. Connect with Hui Chen Website: www.HuiChenEthics.com Twitter @HuiChenEthics                  ____________________________________________________________________ About Thomas Fox: Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program.   The "Nuts and Bolts" for Creating a Comprehensive Compliance Plan   This chapter of this unique work lays out a succinct yet thorough one month approach to operationalizing a company's compliance regimen. Beginning with a section on what 2020 brought to the compliance landscape, each chapter methodically outlines best practices for everything from establishing policies, procedures, and internal controls, to assessing risk, training, handling investigations, and more. Each day ends with three key takeaways you can implement at little or no cost.   Understanding Compliance Responsibility Across the Organization   The Compliance Handbook also takes a close look at all professionals' roles with compliance responsibility, from Compliance Officers and Boards of Directors to Human Resources, to Internal Audit and Internal Controls and Communications and Training professionals. Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

Bitcoin goes on a wild ride this week with its buddy, Elon Musk. With Jay podcasting from a still undisclosed location, he and Tom take a look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA in the Musk and Bitcoin edition.  Stories 1.     Of Elon Musk, Bitcoin and Uturns. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance. Tom and Matt in Compliance into the Weeds. Andrew Ross Sorkin in Dealbook. On SNL here. 2.     Benchmark with the Walmart Global ABC policy.  Harry Cassin in the FCPA Blog.  3.     Closing the moral hazard gap. Jeff Kaplan in the FCPA Blog.  4.     Boards and cybersecurity oversight. Wachtell lawyers, John F. Savarese, Sarah K. Eddy, and Sabastian Niles in the NYU Corruption and Enforcement Blog. 5.     You are ready for th EU Whistleblower Directive? Neil Hodge in in Compliance Week (sub req’d) 6.     Are companies serious about Diversity & Inclusion? Henry Kronk in CCI.  7.     Who are a CCOs most important resource (Hint: it’s customers). Steve Chapman in Navex Global’s Ethics and Compliance Matters Blog.  8.     What happens when whistleblowers joust over an award? Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance.   9.     Do you have a mindset of respect? Sam Silverstein in the Accountability Blog. 10.  How does ESG serve investors? Lawrence Heim in PracticalESG.com.   Podcasts and Events 11.  Check out the 5-part podcast series this week sponsored by K2 Integrity. We consider the intersection of Compliance, Diligence and M&A. Part 1-Core Diligence, Part 2-Current state of M&A; Part 3-Avoiding Reputational Issues, Part 4-Global M&A issues, Part 5-Post-acquistion integration.  12.  In the most recent episode of Integrity Through Compliance, Jesse Caplan, Dionne Lomax and Jim Anilot discuss “From Business Opportunities to Compliance Risks: Health Expectations in 2021”. Check it out here.  13.  In a special two-part series, Tom visits with Joey Seeber, CEO of Level Legal. They discuss alternative legal services providers and the Baylor Bears 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Part 1 and Part 2. 14.  CCI releases a new eBook, The FCPA Year in Review by the Compliance Evangelist, Tom Fox. You can obtain a copy here.  Best of all its available at no charge.  15.  Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2nd edition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, Eric Young joins Tom for a deep dive into the role of internal controls in a best practices compliance program.  Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Compliance Evangelist Tom Fox sits in for an insightful yet powerful conversation with James Gellert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rapid Ratings International. In this episode, glean the lessons that companies should never forget from the 2008 Financial Crisis to the Coronavirus health crisis and the total evolution of the business of compliance.  Key points discussed in this episode: ✔️ Finance and financial health is an excellent example of a risk area that historically may have been isolated or siloed for the finance team or a finance person within the supply chain to look at. But in reality, all of these risks are connected. ✔️ Why the Rapid Rating approach helps companies manage their third-party supply chains through assessing financial health. We've seen significant changes over the last five to 10 years in the importance of financial health and how it helps define risk management programs.  ✔️ Understand what a 3rd party ecosystem is and why companies need to understand the breadth and scope of their 3rd parties are really powerful. The more businesses can collaborate and communicate with each other, supply chain, risk management, supplier collaboration; these are crucial elements to creating the most robust ecosystem and benefiting both sides of that equation.  ✔️ The silver lining to the Covid crisis made supply chain risk management stronger from now on, and more companies were able to adopt techniques than we ever had before.  ✔️ More companies will benefit from more robust ecosystem creation and strengthening the ecosystems they've got into the future by embracing the importance of the digitalization of data they already have. Companies will need to spend a lot of time, money, and resources cleaning their data on their third parties and then implementing systematic approaches to managing those risks.  James H. Gellert is the Chairman and CEO of RapidRatings International. Previously, he was the Managing Partner of Howland Partners, LLC, and Howland Securities LLC, which provided consulting, business development, capital raising, and M&A advisory to companies in the financial information and technology markets. Before those positions, he served as CEO of a number of technology companies, including wireless software and research companies SkyScout and Unstrung. Website: www.rapidratings.com About Thomas Fox: Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program. The "Nuts and Bolts" for Creating a Comprehensive Compliance Plan  This chapter of this unique work lays out a succinct yet thorough one month approach to operationalizing a company's compliance regimen. Beginning with a section on what 2020 brought to the compliance landscape, each chapter methodically outlines best practices for everything from establishing policies, procedures, and internal controls, to assessing risk, training, handling investigations, and more. Each day ends with three key takeaways you can implement at little or no cost.   Understanding Compliance Responsibility Across the Organization   The Compliance Handbook also takes a close look at all professionals' roles with compliance responsibility, from Compliance Officers and Boards of Directors to Human Resources, to Internal Audit and Internal Controls and Communications and Training professionals. Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

With Jay back online, he and Tom take a look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught his interest on This Week in FCPA in the It’s a New Dawn edition. Stories 1.     SAP trade sanction enforcement action. Matt Kelly with two pieces in Radical Compliance. Mike Volkov takes a deep dive in a 4 part series on Corruption Crime and Compliance.  2.     Should compliance make folks uncomfortable?  Anna Romberg explores in the FCPA Blog.  3.     Has FCPA enforcement stopped? Of course not and Dick Cassin explains why on the FCPA Blog.  4.     Scott Moritz synthesizes the FCPA Resource Guide and Evaluation of Corp Compliance Programs. On LinkedIn. 5.     The Zombie idea of corruption risk? Matthew Stephenson in the Global AntiCorruption Blog. 6.     What does Solar Winds mean for businesses? Dan Verton in CCI.  7.     On the intersection of governance, fraud and culture. Jonathan Marks in Board and Fraud.  8.     Compliance and Supply Chain Risk Management. Josh Reed in Navex Global’s Ethics and Compliance Matters Blog. 9.     DNB fined $48.1MM for AML violations. Aaron Nicodemus in Compliance Week (sub req’d) 10.  Compliance officers taking the lead in corp ESG. Dylan Tokar in WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.  Podcasts and Events 11.  Check out the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network, Survive and Thrive. In this podcast, co-hosted by Tom Fox and Kortney Nordrum, we unpack some compliance disasters and more importantly how to avoid them. Check out Episode 1 here, where we unpack the risk of timing.  12.  In this episode of Integrity Through Compliance, Jesse Caplan, Dionne Lomax and Jim Anilot discuss “From Business Opportunities to Compliance Risks: Health Expectations in 2021”. Check it out here.  13.  Join Jay and Tom at Compliance Week 2021. For information and registration, click here. Listeners to this podcast can receive a discount of $200 by using the code PODCAST599 at check out.  14.  CCI releases a new eBook, The FCPA Year in Review by the Compliance Evangelist, Tom Fox. You can obtain a copy here.  Best of all its available at no charge.  15.  Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2nd edition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, Eric Young joins Tom for a deep dive into the role of internal controls in a best practices compliance program.  16.  Special Treat-Grace Slick opens the Jefferson Airplane’s Woodstock set with “It’s a New Dawn.” Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay is moving this week so he is 000. Tom takes a solo look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught his interest on This Week in FCPA. He is joined by special guests Dave Lefort to talk about the upcoming Compliance Week 2021 and Matt Kelly on Alex Oh.  Stories  Alex Oh resigns. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance. What are 3 top BOD priorities? Maria Motes in CCI. Why compliance must understand business process. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance. Post pandemic business resiliance. Jim Deloach in CCI. What is location risk? Atul Vashistha in CCI. Investor due diligence on modern slavery. Subodh Mishra in the Havard Law School Forum on Corp Governance. ComEd as a wake up call. Vincent Wu in the Global AntiCorruption Blog. May is Internal Auditors Month. Navez Global’s Ethics and Compliance Matters Blog. German ups its AML game. Risk and Compliance Platform Europe. Want insight in WFH procrastion? Dick Cassin says look to writers, in the FCPA Blog. Podcasts and Events Tom and Megan Dougherty are doing a special podcast series around The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, currently streaming on Disney+. Check out Episodes 1&2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5. Episode 6 drops next week. This month on The Compliance Life, Tom welcomes Jonathon Kellerman. In Episode 1, Jonathon discusses the path he took to compliance. In Episode 2, he talked about his early professional career in healthcare compliance consulting. In Episode 3, he moves to the CCO Chair. In Episode 4, Jonathon looks down the road for what’s next in compliance. Join K2 Integrity on 6 May 2021 for a webinar, presented in Spanish, “Reputational Due Diligence for Companies and Investment Firms.” The team will discuss scenarios and cases in which reputational due diligence helped uncover hidden areas of risk and opportunities for our clients. Learn more and register here.  Join Tom and Jay at Converge21, the Workshop Edition, click here. Best of all, its free. Join Jay and Tom at Compliance Week 2021. For information and registration, click here. Listeners to this podcast can receive a discount of $200 by using the code PODCAST599 at check out. CCI releases a new eBook, The FCPA Year in Review by the Compliance Evangelist, Tom Fox. You can obtain a copy here. Best of all its available at no charge. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, Eric Young joins Tom for a deep dive into the role of internal controls in a best practices compliance program. Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2021 amid the pandemic, the risks haven't changed, and the enforcements are still mostly related to third parties. In this new episode, compliance consultant Vanessa Rossi explains the importance of third-party risk management for companies and how they should look at program enhancement. Key points discussed in this episode: ✔️ Socializing across the entire employee base is essential to education and training. What is the law? Why are we doing this? Is it a risk for us? And why do we have to train on this more than once? It takes teaching, messaging, and repeating to ensure that everybody on the team is on board.  ✔️ Know that an effective program is the one that you're constantly upgrading. Even in a mature company with a mature third-party risk program already in place, practitioners must continually engage in risk assessing, monitoring, and incorporating concepts going forward because there is always room for improvement. ✔️ There are a lot of tech solutions out there that you should always be considering. If your program is not evolving, it's not changing, with the company facing numerous risks every day.  ✔️ Collaboration and compliance cross so many different departments. In addition to working with the business sponsor of the third party and with the legal team, there's Internal Audit and more departments to collaborate with. Socializing and collaboration are soft skills that you need.  ✔️Don't take your eye off the Third Party Management Bill. You've got to continue with your due diligence procedures. The beginning of the pandemic put a wet blanket on everything, but you need to continue with your third-party management elements. It is difficult, but you shouldn't stop doing it because, if anything, engaging with third parties got riskier in specific sectors and certain types of third parties.  About Thomas Fox: Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program. The "Nuts and Bolts" for Creating a Comprehensive Compliance Plan  This chapter of this unique work lays out a succinct yet thorough one-month approach to operationalizing a company's compliance regimen. Beginning with a section on what 2020 brought to the compliance landscape, each chapter methodically outlines best practices for everything from establishing policies, procedures, and internal controls, to assessing risk, training, handling investigations, and more. Each day ends with three key takeaways you can implement at little or no cost. Understanding Compliance Responsibility Across the Organization The Compliance Handbook also takes a close look at all professionals' roles with compliance responsibility, from Compliance Officers and Boards of Directors to Human Resources, to Internal Audit and Internal Controls and Communications and Training professionals. In-Depth Treatment of Hot Topics and Trends The Handbook provides an in-depth look at the latest thinking and trends for the full range of critical compliance topics, including:  • Compliance and business ventures • Third-party risk management • The Board's Role in Compliance • Continuous improvement • Compliance innovation • And much more Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

Big news in whistleblower information and an award this week. Tom and Jay are back to look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA. We are joined by special guest Asha Palmer to talk about the upcoming Converge21 Workshop Edition.  Stories SEC whistleblower program big award and news. Mengqi Sun in WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance. How did compliance manage reporting during Covid-19. Jaclyn Jaeger in Compliance Week. (sub req’d) Human capital management. Paul Washington and Rebecca Ray in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance. NYDFS cybersecurity enforcement action against National Securities. In NYU Compliance and Enforcement Blog. Post pandemic business resiliance. Jim Deloach in CCI. The cost of unethical requests. Isaac H. Smith, Maryam Kouchaki, and Justin Wareham in the MIT Sloan Management Review. (sub req’d) To Russia with Love. Mike Volkov on the US ramping up sanctions on Russia. For a deeper dive check out this week’s episode of Embargoed! On the Compliance Podcast Network. ComEd as a wake up call. Vincent Wu in the Global AntiCorruption Blog. Making your values stick. Brett Beasley in Center for Ethical Leadership. The role of complexity in compliance. Risk and Compliance Platform Europe. Can the government make us more ethical? Jeff Kaplan explores in the Conflict of Interest Blog. Podcasts and Events Tom and Megan Dougherty are doing a special podcast series around The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, currently streaming on Disney+. Check out Episodes 1&2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5. Affiliated Monitors, Inc.’s Donald Sternand Eric Feldman CFE, CIG, CCEP-I host special guest Rod J. Rosenstein, former Deputy Attorney General and currently a partner at King & Spalding, for part two of an engaging discussion on "The Past, Present and Future of Monitoring”. Rod and Eric conclude with key takeaways at the end of this podcast. This month on The Compliance Life, Tom welcomes Jonathon Kellerman. In Episode 1, Jonathon discusses the path he took to compliance. In Episode 2, he talked about his early professional career in healthcare compliance consulting. In Episode 3, he moves to the CCO Chair. For more information on the Converge21, the Workshop Edition, click here. CCI releases a new eBook, The FCPA Year in Review by the Compliance Evangelist, Tom Fox. You can obtain a copy here. Best of all its available at no charge. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, Eric Young joins Tom for a deep dive into the role of internal controls in a best practices compliance program. Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Evolution of Controls with Eric Young Effective controls are the lifeblood of what makes a compliance program work. In today's episode of The Compliance Podcast, Thomas Fox sits down with former Global Chief Compliance Officer Eric Young and talks about internal controls, how human conscience overrides technology and emphasizing the long-term benefits of running clean organizations in the compliance space.  Major takeaways discussed in the episode: From financial institutions to public corporations — understand that compliance & ethics bridges enterprise risk management and a system of internal controls, including internal accounting controls. It also is the fabric that cuts across the E-S-G, which is not yet viewed enough this way. Know that an effective system of internal controls is about people, processes, and technology. People are the most important of the three because, without people, functions won't be clearly defined and assigned. Technology accelerates the flawed processes, gaps, and weaknesses leading to loss of data integrity and controls.   The COVID-19 pandemic has created a shift and has become an important opportunity for compliance to be the drivers of ethics and to stand as owners of the code to shape the behavior of corporations, not just focusing on maximizing profits but responsibly safeguarding employees  Be constantly reminded that a robust set of controls can be the backbone for financial management, but compliance and ethics can help a company build more efficient business process systems.  Connect with Eric Young A compliance practitioner for 40 years, Eric re-engineers & advises firms on how Compliance, Ethics, Conduct, and RegTech programs can enable safe, healthy, sustainable growth. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/youngerict About Thomas Fox:   Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program.   The "Nuts and Bolts" for Creating a Comprehensive Compliance Plan   This chapter of this unique work lays out a succinct yet thorough one-month approach to operationalizing a company's compliance regimen. Beginning with a section on what 2020 brought to the compliance landscape, each chapter methodically outlines best practices for everything from establishing policies, procedures, and internal controls, to assessing risk, training, handling investigations, and more. Each day ends with three key takeaways you can implement at little or no cost. Understanding Compliance Responsibility Across the Organization   The Compliance Handbook also takes a close look at all professionals' roles with compliance responsibility, from Compliance Officers and Boards of Directors to Human Resources, to Internal Audit and Internal Controls and Communications and Training professionals.   In-Depth Treatment of Hot Topics and Trends   The Handbook provides an in-depth look at the latest thinking and trends for the full range of critical compliance topics, including:   • Compliance and business ventures • Third-party risk management • The Board's Role in Compliance • Continuous improvement • Compliance innovation • And much more Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

As Gary Gensler is confirmed to chair the SEC, Tom and Jay are back to look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA. We are joined by special guest Pat Harned to talk about the upcoming ECI Impact 2021. Stories Environmental crime enforcement under the Biden Administration. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance. Jason Meyer on what the Masters means to him, on LinkedIn. Policies and Procedures not enough in compliance. Klaus Moosemeyer in the FCPA Blog. PCAOB charged with discrimination in suit. Aaron Nicodemus in Compliance Week. (sub req’d) AI in compliance. Shurti Shah and Joanthan Rusch in NYU’s Compliance and Enforcement Blog. What is audit fieldwork. Dr. Herman Murdock in XpertsLeague. DOJ to increase cross-border enforcement? Jon New and Patrick Campbell in CCI. Is moral leadership an art? Brett Beasley in Center for Ethical Leadership. FTC gearing up on enforcement. Get ready. Jaclyn Jaeger in Compliance Week. (sub req’d) More on ESG. Jonathan Marks in BoardandFraud.  Podcasts and Events Tom and Megan Dougherty are doing a special podcast series around The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, currently streaming on Disney+. Check out Episodes 1&2, Episode 3, Episode 4. Check out the 5-part podcast series, sponsored by Lextegrity on the most cutting edge use of data analytics in compliance. All on the Compliance Podcast Network. This month on The Compliance Life, Tom welcomes Jonathon Kellerman. In Episode 1, Jonathon discusses the path he took to compliance. In Episode 2, he talks about his early professional career in healthcare compliance consulting. This week on The Compliance Handbook, I visit with AMI’s Vin DiCianni and Eric Feldman on the role of culture in compliance. Check outthe video podcast here. CCI releases a new eBook, The FCPA Year in Review by the Compliance Evangelist, Tom Fox. You can obtain a copy here. Best of all its available at no charge. Join Tom and Jay at ECI’s IMPACT 2021, which will be held virtually April 20-22. Listeners to this podcast will receive a 20% discount to the event. For more information and registration details click here. Use the code Tom20for your discount. Join K2 Integrity’s financial crimes compliance professionals on Thursday, 22 April 2021, at 10 AM ET for DOLFIN’s “Ask an Expert FINQuiry” webinar, for a discussion on the impact of ongoing developments in the financial integrity community. Information and Registration here. Third-party due diligence, through creative and comprehensive gathering of information and intelligence, can help organizations better assess the third-party and associated risks and identify areas of potential concern or opportunity that would otherwise have gone uncovered. Join K2 Integrity’s Anna Gumowska and Shannon Rainey on Wednesday, 21 April as they discuss scenarios in which third-party due diligence helped uncover areas of risk and opportunity for clients. Information and Registration here. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, the ladies from #GWIC join Tom for a deep dive into written standards. Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Culture is the Foundation with Eric Feldman and Vin DiCianni As we witness the evolution of work environments in the new normal, what will not change is the importance of building culture. Every successful compliance program takes roots in an organization's values and principles that determine how employees behave and approach situations. In today's episode of The Compliance Handbook Podcast, host Thomas Fox is joined by industry experts Vin DiCianni, founder and President of Affiliated Monitors, Inc. (AMI), and Eric Feldman, Senior Vice President of AMI. ✅ Major takeaways discussed in the episode:   ✔️  Feldman reminds us that culture is a foundational internal control without which all other controls will fail. The question is not "why do people commit fraud?" but "why do people comply?" ✔️ Aspire for a culture that motivates rather than just people working for compliance. Incentivize people who make decisions based on ethics and create the kind of environment that makes people want to follow the rules. ✔️ To change an entire company's culture, you can't just do it at the top of the organization. Leadership needs to be brought in at different levels of the organization to make it a team approach and effectively apply ethical changes. ✔️ Independent integrity monitors need to be brought in as a third-party assessment to help companies maintain a great culture proactively.  ✔️ Be constantly reminded that messaging should be consistently made from the top to the bottom of the organization to establish the culture. ✅ About Thomas Fox:   Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program.   ✅ The "Nuts and Bolts" for Creating a Comprehensive Compliance Plan   This chapter of this unique work lays out a succinct yet thorough one month approach to operationalizing a company's compliance regimen. Beginning with a section on what 2020 brought to the compliance landscape, each chapter methodically outlines best practices for everything from establishing policies, procedures, and internal controls, to assessing risk, training, handling investigations, and more. Each day ends with three key takeaways you can implement at little or no cost.   ✅ Understanding Compliance Responsibility Across the Organization   The Compliance Handbook also takes a close look at all professionals' roles with compliance responsibility, from Compliance Officers and Boards of Directors to Human Resources, to Internal Audit and Internal Controls and Communications and Training professionals.   ✅ In-Depth Treatment of Hot Topics and Trends   The Handbook provides an in-depth look at the latest thinking and trends for the full range of critical compliance topics, including:   • Compliance and business ventures • Third-party risk management • The Board's Role in Compliance • Continuous improvement • Compliance innovation • And much more Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

As the Baylor Bears win their first NCAA BB title and Ethisphere’s annual Global Ethics Summit is just around the corner, Tom and Jay are back to look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA. This week we are joined by special guest Kevin McCormack from Ethisphere who highlights the 2021 Global Ethics Summit. Stories Credit Suisse feels the pain of poor risk management. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance. Dylan Tokar in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal. Tom Smith in the Financial Times. Jason Meyer sees a win for compliance and ethics, on LinkedIn. Is a SOX whistleblower required to prove fraud? Jason Zuckerman in the Whistleblower Protection Blog. Karen Woody named Herndon Fellow. Peter Jettons in The Columns. Accountability: it’s all of us. Sam Sliverstein in LinkedIn. Time for a national privacy law. Steven Cavey in CCI. Is what you need Goldilocks compliance? Jeff Kapan in CEP. Ready to move into compliance or risk management? Dick Cassin says asks some questions first, in the FCPA Blog. How to protect whistleblowers? Alexander Ghavinian in the FCPA Blog. Six principles of whistleblower protection. František Nonnemann the Risk and Compliance Platform Europe. As int’l anti-corruption evolves, is the US losing its place. Robert Clark explores in the FCPA Blog.  Podcasts and Events On Integrity Through Compliance, Don Stern and Eric Feldman host former DAG Rod Rosenstein for a two-part series on the past, present and furture of compliance and independent monitoring. Check out Part 1 here. Tom and Megan Dougherty are doing a special podcast series around The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, currently streaming on Disney+. Check out Episodes 1&2 and Episode 3. This month on The Compliance Life, Tom welcomes Jonathon Kellerman. In Episode 1, Jonathon discusses the path he took to compliance. CCI releases a new eBook, The FCPA Year in Review by the Compliance Evangelist, Tom Fox. You can obtain a copy here. Best of all its available at no charge. Join Tom and Jay at Ethisphere’s 2021 Global Ethics Summit, which will be held virtually April 13-15. Listeners to this podcast will receive a 15% discount to Ethisphere’s Global Ethics Summit For more information and registration details click here. Use the code tomfox15 for your discount. Join K2 Integrity’s financial crimes compliance professionals on Thursday, 22 April 2021, at 10 AM ET for DOLFIN’s “Ask an Expert FINQuiry” webinar, for a discussion on the impact of ongoing developments in the financial integrity community. Information and Registration here. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, the ladies from #GWIC join Tom for a deep dive into written standards. Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Ventures with Brandon Daniels In today's episode of The Compliance Podcast, Thomas Fox is joined by regulatory expert and technology practitioner Brandon Daniels, President of Exiger - Global Markets.  Tune in to the episode as Thomas and Brandon share an interesting discussion about trending compliance risks and business ventures. Major takeaways discussed in the episode:   Be reminded that third parties are essentially part of a company's ecosystem as well. Brandon Daniels emphasizes that third parties must also use compliance practices applied to the company's people, processes, and technology.  Take advantage of technological advancements, namely the ability to utilize open-source data to evaluate risk in due diligence and assessments. Recognize that holistic risk assessment is necessary to search hotspots subject to multi-factor risks. Doing so will effectively mitigate them to stay ahead of both commercial disruption and regulatory enforcement.  Be constantly reminded to avoid the risks that wipe out the profit.  Companies need to be thinking ahead beyond their business relationships and creating strong mitigation practices in times of crisis to stay relevant and economically successful.  Amid a pandemic, there are areas of growth in the market that will demand more robust compliance and more vital ESG practices.  About Thomas Fox:   Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program.   The "Nuts and Bolts" for Creating a Comprehensive Compliance Plan   This chapter of this unique work lays out a succinct yet thorough one-month approach to operationalizing a company's compliance regimen. Beginning with a section on what 2020 brought to the compliance landscape, each chapter methodically outlines best practices for everything from establishing policies, procedures, and internal controls, to assessing risk, training, handling investigations, and more. Each day ends with three key takeaways you can implement at little or no cost.   Understanding Compliance Responsibility Across the Organization   The Compliance Handbook also takes a close look at all professionals' roles with compliance responsibility, from Compliance Officers and Boards of Directors to Human Resources, to Internal Audit and Internal Controls and Communications and Training professionals.   In-Depth Treatment of Hot Topics and Trends   The Handbook provides an in-depth look at the latest thinking and trends for the full range of critical compliance topics, including:   • Compliance and business ventures • Third-party risk management • The Board's Role in Compliance • Continuous improvement • Compliance innovation • And much more   Incorporating Current Government Pronouncements   The Second Edition incorporates the most current government pronouncements governing best practices compliance programs, including the 2019 Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs released by the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice, and its 2020 Update; the updated FCPA Resource Guide 2nd edition; the Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments; and the 2019 DOJ Antitrust Division's Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust.  Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

As the Great Women in Compliance podcast series hits its 100 anniversary, the first annual #GWICies are awarded. Tom and Jay are back to look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA.  Stories Tom takes a deep dive into Ethisphere’s WME awards and reports. Part 1-WME awards. Part 2-managing a global workforce. Part 3-managing third-party risks. Part 4-communications and training. What is the price of nice? Mary Shirley explores in CCI. Criminalization of sports corruption. Ubong Udoeyo in GAB. Are you FARA compliant? Jonathan Marks in Board and Fraud. James Comey channels Bette Davis (and Jim Deloach). Aly McDevitt in Compliance Week. (sub req’d) How to prevent money-laundering. Alia Noor in XpertsLeague. Where to start with ESG reporting. MaryAnn Rains in Risk and Compliance Matters. Should compliance have outside competition? Dick Cassin opines in the FCPA Blog. Are you curious? (Not in a blue or yellow way) Joe Murphy channels Tim Harford in LinkedIn. Are you tone deaf from the top. Jon May in LinkedIn.  Podcasts and Events The Great Women in Compliance has its 100th anniversary edition. Mary and Lisa reflect back on their journey. Join us in congratulating them. Listen in on the Compliance Podcast Network. MoFo joins the Compliance Podcast Network. Check out this week’s episode where Morrison & Foerster partner James Koukios speaks with fellow partner Brandon Van Grack about what to expect in the National Security space under the new Biden Administration. Coffee & Regs joins the Compliance Podcast Network. In this episode, host Natalie Silverman, former Chief Compliance Officers Matt Calabro and Allison Fraser sit down to discuss public pension fund independent compliance reviews. CCI releases a new eBook, The FCPA Year in Review by the Compliance Evangelist, Tom Fox. You can obtain a copy here. Best of all its available at no charge. Join Tom and Jay at Ethisphere’s 2021 Global Ethics Summit, which will be held virtually April 13-15. Listeners to this podcast will receive a 15% discount to Ethisphere’s Global Ethics Summit For more information and registration details click here. Use the code tomfox15 for your discount. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, the ladies from #GWIC join Tom for a deep dive into written standards. Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Third parties are still perceived as the most prominent high risk for companies. Other than bribery and corruption -- modern slavery/human trafficking, data privacy, information and cybersecurity, anti-money laundering, and other areas are requiring third-party integrated risk assessment and planning.  Compliance and data privacy law thought leader Kristy Grant-Hart, CEO of Spark Compliance Consulting, offers an innovative approach and inspiring perspective in this conversation.   Major takeaways discussed in the episode:   Bribery and Corruption: This remains the most significant problem since the general business population's perception that what a third party does on your behalf isn't your problem. Because some countries have laws like that, this built the sensibility that "if I didn't do it, then it doesn't matter." Due Diligence Integration: Every company is different; however, it is crucial to apply a comprehensive and consistent approach to conducting due diligence in all categories in appointing and maintaining relationships with third parties. Scoping: By defining the degree of risk to be reviewed and identifying the highest probable risk scenario, this will be based on the quantitative things that we know, like the CPI score, like the Trafficking in-person report. That's where you try to start so that you're looking at the right risk with the right tools.  Digital Assets: Many parts of the business are not working together to have that third-party onboarding. The problem is that they don't want to work together necessarily. Using various technology-enabled solutions for your clients will enable you to clearly and effectively see across the entire risk spectrum.  About Thomas Fox:   Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program.   The "Nuts and Bolts" for Creating a Comprehensive Compliance Plan   This chapter of this unique work lays out a succinct yet thorough one-month approach to operationalizing a company's compliance regimen. Beginning with a section on what 2020 brought to the compliance landscape, each chapter methodically outlines best practices for everything from establishing policies, procedures, and internal controls, to assessing risk, training, handling investigations, and more. Each day ends with three key takeaways you can implement at little or no cost.   Understanding Compliance Responsibility Across the Organization   The Compliance Handbook also takes a close look at all professionals' roles with compliance responsibility, from Compliance Officers and Boards of Directors to Human Resources, to Internal Audit and Internal Controls and Communications and Training professionals.   In-Depth Treatment of Hot Topics and Trends   The Handbook provides an in-depth look at the latest thinking and trends for the full range of critical compliance topics, including:   • Compliance and business ventures • Third-party risk management • The Board's Role in Compliance • Continuous improvement • Compliance innovation • And much more Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

The Human Resources and Compliance departments play a crucial role in building a healthy workplace culture to stay relevant and succeed.  Many organizations face significant structural deficiencies that fail to bridge the gap between Compliance and H.R. In terms of structure, most often, there is a failure in defining roles and responsibilities that tends to be confusing to the management, which looks inefficient or redundant.   Like a well-oiled machine, a company functions seamlessly if both H.R. and compliance functions are synched and compatible when power, resources, and procedures are strategically set without overlapping.    To further explore this underutilized program, I spoke with one of the unique people in the compliance space. An executive coach, strategic advisor, and keynote speaker described by Forbes as "one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives."  Amii Barnard - Bahn will add transparency as an H.R. professional to the compliance function to help accelerate compliance and legal executives' success.   Major takeaways discussed in the episode:   ● Compliance officers should be aware of the Human Resource functions, like recruitment, employee annual life cycle, performance reviews, and compensation. Being involved in the process ensures that the company is getting the right people and ensuring strong ethical standards. If unchecked, conflict of interests is embedded even in the employment application that goes unchecked. ● Set up a Helpline instead of a hotline which is friendlier and less scary. Doing so gives people the confidence to speak up comfortably, raise questions and report misconduct without fear. Encouraging transparency in the workplace creates a belief that the company takes action. More calls mean more confidence that organizational justice can be served.  ● Positional authority isn't the way to go and will not be useful in the future workplace. The pandemic has shown how the dynamics have changed, and good leadership and influence skills will get things done. Compliance officers should be critical of this going forward.  ● Modern workers stay long in a company that they're proud of and that they feel is doing good work. The compliance department should look at strategies and steps towards reaching out and connecting with their employees and participating if not taking a stand involving necessary and impactful causes. DOWNLOAD the FREE Promotability Index® by Amii Barnard-Bahn. Text number is 44-222. The word is PROMOTEME.  About Thomas Fox:   Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program.   The "Nuts and Bolts" for Creating a Comprehensive Compliance Plan   The chapter of this unique work lays out a succinct yet thorough one month approach to operationalizing a company's compliance regimen. Beginning with a section on what 2020 brought to the compliance landscape, each chapter methodically outlines best practices for everything from establishing policies, procedures, and internal controls, to assessing risk, training, handling investigations, and more. Each day ends with three key takeaways you can implement at little or no cost. Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25  

Internal Controls Internal controls are an organization's processes, regulations, and practices for maintaining corporate governance's accuracy in fostering transparency and avoiding fraud. Internal controls may help enhance operating performance by improving the accuracy and reliability of financial statements, in addition to compliance with laws and legislation and discouraging workers from embezzling assets or committing fraud. In another uber-treat episode of The Compliance Handbook, I've invited Karen Woody to talk about internal controls' role in compliance. Key takeaways discussed in the chapter: Understand how internal controls are compared to smoke alarms that go off if there's some wrongdoing happening.  Dive deeper into the four keys of internal controls for compliance. Learn how to use each key in your goal to have an ethical company. Get the point that Internal controls can change, evolve, and grow as the bad guys get more sophisticated. Find the solution on how your organization can implement a dynamic policy. Wade through the COSO 2013 Internal Controls Framework and see if the same policies will work for your organization. Have knowledge of how the SEC views internal controls and why we have non-bribery SEC internal control enforcement actions. Make sense of some lessons in failures of internal controls.  About Thomas Fox: Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program. The "Nuts and Bolts" for Creating a Comprehensive Compliance Plan The first chapter of this unique work lays out a succinct yet thorough 31-day approach to operationalizing a company's compliance regimen. Beginning with a section on what 2020 brought to the compliance landscape, the chapter methodically outlines best practices for everything from establishing policies, procedures, and internal controls, to assessing risk, training, handling investigations, and more. Each day ends with three key takeaways you can implement at little or no cost. Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

Innovation in Compliance with Ben Locwin Companies need to be more innovative when it gets down to compliance. Thus, compliance practitioners should ensure that ethics and compliance are central to the business operation in response to today's evolving and fast-paced regulatory environment. Consequently, compliance programs should be innovative, behavior-based, yet consistent with organizational systems and policies.  However, one loophole with many compliance officers is they have legal professional backgrounds—the majority proceeds from the general counsel's office and private practice. Frankly, innovation is not high on the charts for what most compliance officers are taught. Instead, they were familiarized with the Socratic method to read cases and learn how to argue points.  So, how can a Corporate Compliance Officer think about an innovation strategy for any risk management program? Ben Locwin, a well-known innovator in a wide variety of fields, is here to throw in some light about Innovation in Compliance.  Key takeaways discussed in the episode: Decipher that connecting innovation and compliance is the pursuit of understanding the truth in the false positives and the false negatives. Come to know that there's a marked difference between innovation and invention. Innovating the compliance infrastructure is always much more straightforward than creating something from scratch. See through the truth that we're drowning in data but thirsting for information. Updating your beliefs with better data will always lead to better risk management outcomes.  Change the way you're looking at information so that you can position your company at the front edge boundary of what's accurate and correct. Be reminded that the paradigm is changing; companies don't stay static, people's behavior doesn't stay static. Thus, continuous monitoring leads to constant improvement. About Thomas Fox: Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program. The "Nuts and Bolts" for Creating a Comprehensive Compliance Plan The first chapter of this unique work lays out a succinct yet thorough 31-day approach to operationalizing a company's compliance regimen. Beginning with a section on what 2020 brought to the compliance landscape, the chapter methodically outlines best practices for everything from establishing policies, procedures, and internal controls, to assessing risk, training, handling investigations, and more. Each day ends with three key takeaways you can implement at little or no cost. Understanding Compliance Responsibility Across the Organization The Compliance Handbook also takes a close look at all professionals' roles with compliance responsibility, from Compliance Officers and Boards of Directors to Human Resources, to Internal Audit and Internal Controls and Communications and Training professionals. In-Depth Treatment of Hot Topics and Trends The Handbook provides an in-depth look at the latest thinking and trends for the full range of critical compliance topics, including: • Compliance and business ventures • Third-party risk management • The Board's Role in Compliance • Continuous improvement • Compliance innovation • And much more Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

As March roars in as its traditional lion, Tom and Jay look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA.  Stories Apple announces a compliance website. Harry Cassin in the FCPA Blog. Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance. What are some principles for victim remediation in ABC enforcement action. Sam Hickey in Global Anticorruption Blog. ESG is ‘having a moment’. Dave Lefort in Compliance Week. (sub req’d)   Global trends on ABC enforcement. Stephanie Yonekura and Ann Kim on CCI. Ex-SBM Offshore Executive convicted in UK SFO Bribery Case. Jonathan Armstrong in Cordery Compliance. FCPA themes from 2020. Jonathan Marks in Board and Fraud. Board liability increases around compliance programs. Mike Volkov in Crime Corruption and Compliance. Global trends in corporate governance. In the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Goverance. Podcasts and Events On The Compliance Life, Rob Chesnut joins me for the month of March. In the first episode, Rob talks about his academic career at UVA and how its Honor Code influenced his thinking about ethics in his professional career and his his career as an AUSA. Check out Episode 1. Microsoft joins the Compliance Podcast Network, with two podcasts, Voice of Data Protection, hosted by Bhavanesh Rengarajan Protection and Uncovering Hidden Risks, hosted by Raman Kalyan Talhah Mir. Episode 1 of Voices of Data Protection is available here. Episode 1 of Uncovering Hidden Risks is available here. Convercent rolls out a new podcast this week on the Compliance Podcast Network, The Ethics & Compliance Library, hosted by Lauren Siegel. Check out Episode 1 where Siegel takes a deep dive into Blind Spots by Ann Tenbrunsel and Max Bazerman. Join K2 Integrity's financial crimes risk and compliance experts on March 18 as they discuss the impact of ongoing developments in the financial integrity community. Topics will include: Regulatory trends and predictions for 2021 and beyond, Changes in the AML/CFT and ABC landscape, and Implications of evolving OFAC sanctions programs. Registration and Information here. Join K2 Integrity for a webinar, “Libya: New Government—Opportunities for the Construction Industry” on March 11, where Paul Ryan and Sabrine Hassen will be joined by guest speaker John Davie of Altra Capital to discuss the opportunities and risks in post-conflict Libya for the construction industry. Registration and information here. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. This week on The Compliance Handbook podcast, the ladies from #GWIC join Tom for a deep dive into written standards. Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Written Standards & Great Women In Compliance with Mary Shirley & Lisa Fine The definition of a successful compliance program is not foreign for many compliance specialists. However, the challenge is to understand what it truly means for a compliance program to be effective.  Most organizations claim that the central meaning of compliance is to define and enforce guidelines and standards that can minimize the possibility of a violation of compliance. Though, the truth remains that if misconduct exists, your attempt to highlight that your compliance policy conforms with regulatory requirements will increment your culpability score and contribute to a noticeable difference in fines and jail time. To help you paddle through your compliance programs, I recently met two influential women in compliance, Lisa Fines and Mary Shirley. These phenomenal women will add transparency to these ethics and compliance concerns. We will dive into written compliance and touch base on #GWIC (Great Women In Compliance) and how it has become a powerful platform that supports compliance practitioners.   Key takeaways discussed in the episode: Know what is written compliance inside out. Understand that everybody needs to know what the rules are. But, it should not be lawyer-written, 20 pages long. Use the simplest terms possible, break things down to the absolute essential thinking.  Call to mind that the code is our ethos, and the policies are the regulations to explain them. If possible, get your message across in the shortest possible time using the least words possible. Hark back to the truth that there is no one size fits all compliance program. Thus, make learning come to life and apply it to people's job roles. As much as possible, tell people what the expectations are and help facilitate their decision-making. Factor into that it's natural to maintain your relationships with former colleagues, but It's not okay and could be risky if you talk shop with them. Support Women Empowerment and appreciate their contributions, especially in compliance. Learn how #GWIC grew into a community of great women who share valuable resources and support compliance practitioners.  About Thomas Fox: Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers, and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook, he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals and those new to the realm with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program. Incorporating Current Government Pronouncements The Second Edition incorporates the most current government pronouncements governing best practices compliance programs, including the 2019 Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs released by the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice, and its 2020 Update; the updated FCPA Resource Guide 2nd edition; the Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments; and the 2019 DOJ Antitrust Division's Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust. eBooks, CDs, downloadable content, and software purchases are non-cancellable, non-refundable, and non-returnable. Click here for more information about LexisNexis eBooks. The eBook versions of this title may feature links to Lexis + for further legal research options. A valid subscription to Lexis + is required to access this content. Order your copy OR copies of The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

As Ethisphere announces its World’s Most Ethical Company awards for 2021, Tom and Jay look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA. Ethisphere announces 2021 World’s Most Ethical Company awards. In CCI. In Radical Compliance. Data Privacy under Biden. Colin Rahill in Jolt. What the NDAA did regarding the SEC and disgorgement. David Levintow in the FCPA Blog.  SFO wants companies to invest more in compliance. Dylan Tokar in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.  Board lessons from a crisis. Stephen Davis and Sandra Guerra in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance. A Texas transplant reflects on weather and lessons learned. Dick Cassin in the FCPA Blog. Of Citibank and Black Swan events. Tom Explores in a 3-part blog post series on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics blog. Tom and Matt take a deep dive in Compliance into the Weeds. On The Compliance Life, Natalia Shehadeh, CCO at ABB joins me this month. In the first episode, Natalia explained why she choose the compliance profession. Check out the Episode 1 and Episode 2. In Episode 3, Natalia discussed moving into the CCO chair. This week is Episode 4. The Compliance Handbook, a podcast on the nuts and bolts of compliance premiered this month. In Episode 1, Tom is joined by Stephen Martin to talk about how to best think through a comprehensive compliance program. In Episode 2, Tom was joined by Mike Volkov to discuss the Board’s role in Compliance. In Episode 3, Ronnie Feldman and Ricardo Pelleton talked about training and communications from their own very unique perspective. It is also available on the traditional audio formats. A new AMI podcast is out, Integrity Through Compliance. It has AMI’s expert observations and guidance in the fields of ethics, antitrust, healthcare, government contracting, corporate governance, cybersecurity, construction, telecommunications, consumer protection and more. In the Episode 1, AMI founder Vin DiCianni visited with AMI MD Jerry Coyne the future of telehealth & home healthcare during a pandemic and beyond. In Epsiode 2, Brenda Morris and Dionne Lomax visited with Jennifer Newton. In Episode 3, Joseph K. West, Partner & Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Duane Morris joined the podcast to talk about the benefits of D&I. Interested in podcasting? Want to be a part of a Guiness World Record attempt? PodFest Global Summit is a gathering for those who are passionate about sharing their voice and message with the world through audio and video. Join Tom and others at Podfest Global Summit at any time during March 1-5. Best all of listeners to this podcast can attend at no charge. Register here, using promo code CPN. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the state of Texas goes dark due to cold weather and our jr. Senator Ted Cruz (#CancunTed) heads out to Mexico to get away from it all, Tom and Jay look at this week’s stories top compliance and ethics stories which caught their interest on This Week in FCPA.  How does weather inform compliance? Tom explores from an undisclosed power and water free location in Texas. Managing Risk, Root Cause Analysis and Continuous Risk Assessments. What is the ‘Baader-Meinhof phenomenon’ and how does it inform compliance? Dick Cassin explores in the FCPA Blog. Embezzlement and corruption? CISCO discloses both in a filing. Dylan Tokar in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.  Former Braskem CEO in talks to plead out. Dylan Tokar in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.  Hiring and screening in a pandemic. Matt Jaye in CCI. How does Tom Brady (TB12) inform compliance? Jay explores in this LinkedIn Where is SEC enforcement going under Biden. Dylan Tokar in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal.  On The Compliance Life, Natalia Shehadeh, CCO at ABB joins me this month. In the first episode, Natalia explained why she choose the compliance profession. Check out the Episode 1 and Episode 2. In Episode 3, Natalia discusses moving into the CCO chair. New podcasts out on the Compliance Podcast Network this month. In ComTech, Valerie Charles joins Tom for an exploration of the intersection of compliance and technology. Episode 2 which posted Monday, February 8, featured Parth Chanda, the Skywalker of Compliance. In Big Brains in Compliance, Tom is joined by Stephen Martin to visit with some of the top thinkers and doers in compliance. It premiered February 22. Finally Tom premiers a new video podcast (PodTube) on YouTube. The Compliance Handbook, a podcast on the nuts and bolts of compliance. In Episode 1, he is joined by Stephen Martin to talk about how to best think through a comprehensive compliance program. In Episode 2, Tom was joined by Mike Volkov to discuss the Board’s role in Compliance. A new AMI podcast is out, Integrity Through Compliance. It will have AMI’s expert observations and guidance in the fields of ethics, antitrust, healthcare, government contracting, corporate governance, cybersecurity, construction, telecommunications, consumer protection and more. In the Episode 1, AMI founder Vin DiCianni visits with AMI MD Jerry Coyne the future of telehealth & home healthcare during a pandemic and beyond. In Epsiode 2, Brenda Morris and Dionne Lomax visit with Jennifer Newton. In upcoming Episode 3 on February 24, Joseph K. West, Partner & Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Duane Morris joins the podcast. On Thursday, February 25, join the “Ask an Expert FINQuiry” webinar on DOLFIN: K2 Integrity’s financial crimes compliance experts will respond to your AML/CFT, sanctions, and other financial-integrity-related questions. Information and Registration here. Join the Baker Tilly Fraud 1st Annual Fraud and Compliance Summit, Tuesday, Feb 23, 2021, to Thursday, Feb 25, 2021. Details and registration here. Interested in podcasting? Want to be a part of a Guiness World Record attempt? PodFest Global Summit is a gathering for those who are passionate about sharing their voice and message with the world through audio and video. Join Tom and others at Podfest Global Summit at any time during March 1-5. Best all of listeners to this podcast can attend at no charge. Register here, using promo code CPN. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast, co-hosted by Lisa Fine and Mary Shirley.  For those of you who do not know the origin of the Great Women in Compliance podcast, put simply, we are not sure if this podcast would have started without the support and guidance of Tom Fox. He is known as the Compliance Evangelist and has been that and more to so many in our field.  We have wanted to include him as a guest on the podcast, and this turned out to be the perfect time as he is about to release an update of the Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition (LexisNexis) which pulls off the trick of being a practical how-to guide while also including nuanced analysis of the law and regulations.  Mary and Lisa are both a part of this special interview, where Tom discusses the handbook as well as his experience in building the Compliance Podcast Network and how he keeps up-to-date with so much going on in our space. He also discusses what advice he would give to new compliance practitioners.  Listeners to this podcast can received PreSale discount of 25% is available for presale purchase. Use the code FOX25 for the presale discount and go here for more information and to order The Compliance Handbook 2nd edition. It will be available in both print and eBook editions. It will be published in April 2021.   You can subscribe to the Great Women in Compliance podcast on any podcast player by searching for it and we welcome new subscribers to our podcast. Lisa and Mary have extended the Great Women in Compliance brand to the book “Sending the Elevator Back Down: What We’ve Learned from Great Women in Compliance” (CCI Press, 2020) which can be found on Amazon and features valuable wisdom and advice from Great Women in Compliance across the world. If you’ve already read the booked and liked it, will you help out other women to make the decision to leverage off the tips and advice given by rating the book and giving it a glowing review on Amazon?  As always we are so grateful for all of your support and if you have any feedback or suggestions for our 2021 line up, or would just like to reach out and say hello, we always welcome hearing from our listeners. Join the Great Women in Compliance community on LinkedIn here.

The Board's overarching intention is to maintain a company's growth and success by overseeing its affairs while fulfilling its owners and critical parties' appropriate needs. On a case-by-case basis, it is for the Board to judge which participants it treats as 'important' and which of its concerns is necessary to comply with, keeping in view the legislation, the relevant laws, and market considerations. A board of directors does a uniquely challenging range of obligations and obstacles in fulfilling this core objective and often faces a set of contradicting set of priorities. These Pandora's boxes motivated Tom Fox to take a leap and do something to educate and provide valuable resources for board members and those in the same field.  In todays' episode of The Compliance Podcast, Tom is joined by the legendary Mike Volkov of the Volkov Law Group. Tune in to the episode as Tom and Mike share a meaningful discussion about the "The Role of Boards and Compliance." Key Takeaways Discussed in the Episode: Be reminded of the crucial roles of the Board as accentuated by Mike Volkov. According to Mike, at all times, the Board should; Promote the goodwill of clients and related stakeholders. Bear the accountability for overseeing the company and its operations through a management structure and entrepreneurial leadership.  Be mainly accountable for authorizing the organization's strategic goals and working to ensure that the human and financial capital required to achieve such objectives are made available. Continually evaluates the risk assessment and internal control activities of the organization through the Audit Committee. Recognize any weaknesses or shortcomings to accomplish its ultimate aim. Therefore, the Board is advised to reflect on specific duties that it must or intends to conduct itself and determine if the top leadership can execute further in the correct way. Have you heard of the "High-minded Nondisclosure Route"? If not, tune in to the episode, as this might help when things get rough.  Recognize the importance of having a Board of Directors' Compliance Committee and why there should be a Compliance expert on the Board. Hear more about what leads to a successful Board investigation and the compliance metrics a Board should look for.  Be informed of recent Board failures in compliance and learn from these failures to not walk on the same path. Explore the promising outcomes of incorporating compliance into long-term Board strategy. Does the Board have a role in hiring? How about in the succession planning for a CCO(Chief Commercial Officer)? YES! The Board plays a crucial role in these organizational decisions. Watch the full show or listen to the podcast if you're interested to know more about these roles.  About Thomas Fox: Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals, and those new to the realm, with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program. Understanding Compliance Responsibility Across the Organization The Compliance Handbook also takes a close look at the role of all professionals with compliance responsibility, from Compliance Officers and Boards of Directors, to Human Resources, to Internal Audit and Internal Controls and Communications and Training professionals. Order your copy OR copies of the The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

Tom Brady cements his position as the GOAT of All Time with his Super Bowl win. Jay bemoans Tompa Bay using ‘his quarterback’ to win the Super Bowl. They are also back to look at some of the top compliance articles and stories which caught their eye this week.  What is the state of the CCO in 2021? Mike Volkov takes a deep dive on the Crime Corruption and Compliance. Part 1-Looking Back and Looking Forward, Part 2-Troubling Trends, Part 3-a Coming Storm? What is the intersection of compliance, culture and covid? Calvin London explores in CCI. What comes next for ABC enforcement in Brazil? Sean Hecker, Marshall Miller, and Ana Frischtak in NYU’s Compliance and Enforcement 4 steps to building out a business continuity plan. Matt Kelly in Navex Global’s Risk and Compliance Matters. SEC reverts and allows more to do investigations. Aaron Nicodemus in Compliance Week. (sub req’d) Wirecard red flags missed. Dylan Tokar interviews former Wirecard CCO/CEO in the WSJ Risk and Compliance Journal. Retrieving WhatsApp messaging for an internal investigation. Andrew Reeves and David Harris asks in the FCPA Blog. The virtual Boardroom. Andrew Lepczyk and Barton Edgerton on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Goverance. On The Compliance Life, Natalia Shehadeh, CCO at ABB joins me this month. In the first episode, Natalia explained why she choose the compliance profession. Check out the Episode 1. In Episode 2, Natalia talks about her professional jouney to the CCO chair, from Capitol Hill to Big Law to corporations. New podcasts out on the Compliance Podcast Network this month. In ComTech, Valerie Charles joins Tom for an exploration of the intersection of compliance and technology. Episode 2 posted Monday, February 8 and featured Parth Chanda, the Skywalker of Compliance. In Big Brains in Compliance Tom is joined by Stephen Martin to visit with some of the top thinkers and doers in compliance. It premiers February 22. Finally Tom premiers a new video podcast (PodTube) on YouTube. The Compliance Handbook, a podcast on the nuts and bolts of compliance. In Episode 1, he is joined by Stephen Martin to talk about how to best think through a comprehensive compliance program. A new AMI podcast is out, Integrity Through Compliance. It will have AMI’s expert observations and guidance in the fields of ethics, antitrust, healthcare, government contracting, corporate governance, cybersecurity, construction, telecommunications, consumer protection and more. In the Episode 1, AMI founder Vin DiCianni visits with AMI MD Jerry Coyne the future of telehealth & home healthcare during a pandemic and beyond. On Thursday, February 25, join the “Ask an Expert FINQuiry” webinar on DOLFIN: K2 Integrity’s financial crimes compliance experts will respond to your AML/CFT, sanctions, and other financial-integrity-related questions. Information and Registration here. Compliance Week is accepting nominations for its Excellence in Compliance Award. Submit your nominee here. Join the Baker Tilly Fraud 1st Annual Fraud and Compliance Summit, Tuesday, Feb 23, 2021, to Thursday, Feb 25, 2021. Details and registration here. Interested in podcasting? Want to be a part of a Guiness World Record attempt? PodFest Global Summit is a gathering for those who are passionate about sharing their voice and message with the world through audio and video. Join Tom and others at Podfest Global Summit at any time during March 1-5. Best all of listeners to this podcast can attend at no charge. Register here, using promo code CPN. Tom announces his latest book, The Compliance Handbook, 2nd edition is available for presale purchase. Use Use the code FOX25 and go here. The Compliance Handbook 2ndedition will be available in both print and eBook editions. Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Do You Create an Effective Compliance Program with Stephen Martin  The compliance department is frequently viewed by companies as an afterthought. Many companies scramble to bring procedures in place only on time or after it's too late. Worse still, the position is siloed by several companies, with the sales team seeing compliance officers mostly as too fast to respond "No!".    Ironically, though, businesses lacking a compliance culture frequently contend with more disciplinary measures and lawsuits than their complying rivals rather than concentrating on operating a profitable company. In other terms, vital resources are saved with a successful compliance policy, covering individuals, time, and capital. Realistically, building a compliance foundation is the most significant security for an organization to reduce risk. Thus, growing to achieve sales and creating proof of compliance with applicable laws, compliance should be recognized as an internal insurance system. With that, organizations should strive to develop a successful compliance program. But, how do you create an effective compliance program? Most organizations start by implementing 'StoneTurn's Global Compliance Framework'. These standards have been widely recognized and applied internationally to lead enterprises in day-to-day activities, thus aligning with national rules, regional codes, and sector best practices. In this chapter of The Compliance Handbook, we're joined by a renowned expert in the world of compliance, Stephen Martin. Join us as we understand the essence of creating a practical compliance framework for your organization.   Key takeaways mentioned in the chapter:  Realize that compliance is far beyond FCPA compliance. AML, Anti-trust, Fraud, FCA, trade sanctions. It is helping the business better return on investment and driving ethics in a much more visible way. The number one challenge in compliance right now is the expectation that you can use data analytics to help with your oversight and monitoring of your compliance program. Learn how to get above this challenge and set compliance systems in place so you'll never encounter the same issue in the future.  Take something on board to focus much on the ethics and the culture side by implementing your effective compliance program.  Remind yourself that, Ethical Leadership is the best compliance measure that you could put in place. But again, companies struggle with that area about how do you do it? Culture change is not easy, and cultural impact is not easy. The "31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program" is the answer to all your compliance issues. Learn more about this framework straight from the expert himself, Stephen Martin. Have a deep dive into the six elements of compliance;  Risk Assessment Governance and Structure Policies, Procedures, and Controls Training and Education Oversight and Reporting Response and Enhancements Watch the full episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/14rqfEA5hg8 or catch it on your favorite podcast app. About Thomas Fox: Thomas Fox, the Compliance Evangelist®, is one of the leading writers, thinkers and commentators on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance. In this latest edition of The Compliance Handbook he continues to arm seasoned compliance professionals, and those new to the realm, with the practical, actionable guidance and tools needed to design, create, implement and continually enhance a best practices compliance program. Understanding Compliance Responsibility Across the Organization The Compliance Handbook also takes a close look at the role of all professionals with compliance responsibility, from Compliance Officers and Boards of Directors, to Human Resources, to Internal Audit and Internal Controls and Communications and Training professionals. Order your copy OR copies of the The Compliance Handbook: A Guide to Operationalizing Your Compliance Program. Save 25% off.  http://www.lexisnexis.com/fox25

With two black swan events in January alone, Tom and Jay wonder what else 2021 will bring. Jay bemoans Tompa Bay in the Super Bowl.They are also back to look at some of the top compliance articles and stories which caught their eye this week.  What does GameStop portend for compliance? Toms take a deep dive on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Part 1-Background, Part 2-the Shorts, Part 3-the Squeeze, Part 4-the Regulators, Part 5-Final Thoughts. Tom and Matt Kelly take a deep dive on Compliance into the Weeds. Enterprise risks going forward. Matt Kelly looks down the road in Radical Compliance. Solar Winds turning into a Pandora’s Box? Jaclyn Jaeger explores in Compliance Week. (sub req’d) Risk culture in the digital age. Jim DeLoach explores in CCI. What does the CFTC settlement with Vitol portend for enforcement (and compliance). Gibson Dunn lawyers in NYU’s Compliance and Enforcement. Top regulatory trends to watch under the Biden Administration. Rachel Wooley in CCI. Is your compliance team too big? Dick Cassin asks in the FCPA Blog. Can compliance help with a workplace morale crisis? Richard Bistrong opines in the FCPA Blog. On The Compliance Life, Natalia Shehadeh, CCO at ABB joins me this month. In this first episode, Natalia explains why she choose the compliance profession. Check out the Episode 1. New podcasts out on the Compliance Podcast Network this month. In ComTech, Valerie Charles joins Tom for an exploration of the intersection of compliance and technology. Check out Episode 1. Episode 2 posts Monday, February 8. In Big Brains in Compliance Tom is joined by Stephen Martin to visit with some of the top thinkers and doers in compliance. It premiers February 22. Finally Tom premiers The Compliance Handbook, a podcast focusing on the nuts and bolts of compliance. In Episode 1, he is joined by Stephen Martin to talk about how to best think through a comprehensive compliance program. It premiers Tuesday, February 10. A new AMI podcast is out, Integrity Through Compliance. It will have AMI’s expert observations and guidance in the fields of ethics, antitrust, healthcare, government contracting, corporate governance, cybersecurity, construction, telecommunications, consumer protection and more.In this first episode, AMI founder Vin DiCianni visits with AMI MD Jerry Coyne the future of telehealth & home healthcare during a pandemic and beyond. Check it out here. Join K2 Integrity and the AIBACP for a webinar on February 17—National Defense Authorization Act: AML Compliance Implications and Priorities for the Banking Industry. Information and Registration here. On Thursday, February 25, join the “Ask an Expert FINQuiry” webinar on DOLFIN: K2 Integrity’s financial crimes compliance experts will respond to your AML/CFT, sanctions, and other financial-integrity-related questions. Information and Registration here. Compliance Week is accepting nominations for its Excellence in Compliance Award. Submit your nominee here. Join the Baker Tilly Fraud 1st Annual Fraud and Compliance Summit, Tuesday, Feb 23, 2021, to Thursday, Feb 25, 2021. Details and registration here. Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Trump becomes the only person to have 2 impeachment trials, Tom and Jay are back to look at some of the top compliance articles and stories which caught their eye this week.  Beny Steinmetz found guilty for corruption in Guinea mining concession. Imogen Foulkes in the com. Tom take a deep dive on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Part 1-Background, Part 2-the Trial, Part 3-the Vale JV, Part 4-Final Thoughts. Do compliance officers need a peer review? Dick Cassin explores in the FCPA Blog. Should you have reps and warranties in your compliance terms and conditions? Bill Steinman considers in the FCPA Blog. 7 key changes to CA privacy laws. Andrew Burt in Navex Global’s Risk and Compliance Matters. A Significant ruling on HIPPA out of the 5th David Saunders and Allison Glover in NYU’s Compliance and Enforcement. Is an increase in SEC enforcement coming? Morgan Lewis lawyers in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Goverance. Why is FCA compliance so critical? Mike Debernardis in CCI. How to investigate a 60MM document case? Michael Dempsey in the BBC. On The Compliance Life, Gwen Hassan- Director of Compliance at CNH Industrial is back for her fourth and final episode. In it, Gwen explains her passion around fighting the international scrourge of human trafficking. Check out the episode here. This month, on 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program, I look back over 2020 and set out some of the key enhancements you need to do for your compliance program in 2021. Day 23 | Assessing compliance internal controls; Day 24 | Updates and feedback; Day 25 | CCO authority and independence; Day 26 | the role of compliance in an organization; Day 27 | operationalizing compliance though payroll; Day 28 | Continuous Improvement; Day 29 | Internal Reporting. Note 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program now has its own iTunes channel. A new AMI podcast is out, Integrity Through Compliance. It will have AMI’s expert observations and guidance in the fields of ethics, antitrust, healthcare, government contracting, corporate governance, cybersecurity, construction, telecommunications, consumer protection and more.In this first episode, AMI founder Vin DiCianni visits with AMI MD Jerry Coyne the future of telehealth & home healthcare during a pandemic and beyond. Check it out here. Join K2 Integrity and the AIBACP for a webinar on February 17—National Defense Authorization Act: AML Compliance Implications and Priorities for the Banking Industry. Information and Registration here. Compliance Week is accepting nominations for its Excellence in Compliance Award. Submit your nominee here. Join the Baker Tilly Fraud 1st Annual Fraud and Compliance Summit, Tuesday, Feb 23, 2021, to Thursday, Feb 25, 2021. Details and registration here. Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In celebration of the 100th episode of Corruption Crime and Compliance, Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist and Leader, is our guest.  Tom and Mike discuss Tom Fox's current Compliance Podcast Network, his entertaining Star Trek summer compliance podcast series, his perspective on the recent government compliance guidance, his insights into the compliance profession, technology deveelopments and the future of compliance.  As always, Tom's perspective on these issues is fascinating and insightful.

Corruption, Crime & Compliance is pleased to welcome Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist, for an interesting interview on Tom's career, his vast compliance program and writing network, and his interesting perspectives on the compliance profession.