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COSO’s 2025 attempt at board-oversight guidance was quite prescriptive, and the result was an unpopular publication that was eventually withdrawn. That’s how we got the streamlined version: 12 principles, not a step-by-step manual. Jim DeLoach of Protiviti reads each one...

EU and G7 Russian diamond sanctions highlight a pattern the compliance community has seen again and again: regulators establishing requirements without prescribing verification methods, leaving technology vendors to define practical standards. CCI contributing writer Gordon Feller examines the benefits and...

A sudden GC departure can upend investigations, derail regulatory strategy and leave compliance leaders scrambling to fill a critical leadership vacuum.

The DOJ’s newest division has given its corporate fraud prosecutors their most substantive public guidance yet in the form of a memo that outlines factors they are to consider when deciding whether to bring charges against a corporation. CCI’s Jennifer...

The frameworks and safeguards that make boards feel AI risk is handled usually leave out the one defense that actually holds the line: employees. Social scientist Caterina Bulgarella explains why the uncertainty and job insecurity AI provokes erode the very...

What does a board director need beyond a moral character? Plenty, writes Ask an Ethicist columnist Vera Cherepanova, who says we should start with understanding the roles business leaders play in society.

Corporate FCPA enforcement is down, but enforcement involving international business, especially under export controls and economic sanctions, remains active, Thad McBride of Bass Berry & Sims explains. Third parties remain a primary source of risk, but when violations do arise,...

A $30 million fine, loss of years’ worth of draft picks, a one-year ban for owner Steve Ballmer and a $700,000 fine for player Kawhi Leonard. That’s the NBA’s response to a yearslong scheme to evade the league’s salary cap....

Crypto was initially built on the promise of permissionless finance, a system with no gatekeepers, no intermediaries and no paperwork. However, as the adoption of digital assets has grown, that original vision has collided with the strict realities of the...

Everyone is calling Meta's $18 billion settlement with a coalition of state attorneys general social media’s Big Tobacco moment. How apt that comparison ends up being, only time will tell. But the risk and compliance lessons from the settlement extend...

Board materials should be channeling the board’s energy and effectiveness as strategic advisers, not bogging them down, Protiviti’s Jim DeLoach writes. He offers a disciplined approach for excellent board operations through a shift from presentation to collaboration that honors the...

Compliance leaders are confident employees are equipped to handle compliance situations when they arise. But confidence and evidence are not always the same thing. The harder question is whether organizations have enough evidence to show that employees can put what...