Leadership and Career

Baker Botts recently sponsored a diversity summit in New York, and one common theme throughout the event was the need for organizations to treat gender parity as a business imperative. Companies tend to approach the issue seriously, but many fail to measure results, which complicates any effort to drive incremental improvements. Ethisphere's Aarti Maharaj covered the event and discusses the...

10 Strategies to Be More Successful No doubt there are hurdles each of us face on the path to professional success, but often those obstacles are of our own making. Linda Henman shares guidance to help executives, business leaders and virtually any professional get out of his or her own way. As my clients began to emerge from the global...

(And How to Avoid Making Them) We all make mistakes, and CCOs are no exception. While CCOs are a creative and dedicated bunch, they are often susceptible to these five common mistakes. Probably unsurprisingly, the cure for these ills is more due diligence and more relationship building. Chief Compliance Officers are fallible – I know that is not a controversial...

Imagine going into an outpatient facility for a simple procedure and coming out weeks later confined to a wheelchair. That's what happened to Mallory Weggemann — who's now a professional athlete, motivational speaker and writer at The Factory Agency — when she was just 18 years old. How has Mallory overcome adversity and found strength in her disability? Not only...

By Sean Freidlin, Ethics and Compliance Marketing Manager at SAI Global In my interactions with compliance officers and the E&C community over the years, there has been one constant narrative that I’ve observed. The job of an ethics and compliance professional, while constantly evolving, is consistently difficult, stressful, risky, and often thankless. In fact, a survey conducted in 2012 by...

Q&A with Dennis Keglovits, VP of Services at LockPath Maurice recently had the opportunity to interview LockPath’s Dennis Keglovits, a long-time GRC practitioner who learned early on the importance of access to and partnership with other departments. He sees the compliance function, and the role of the CCO, as changing, taking on a more strategic bent. Compliance is often known...

Every year, Mary Meeker, a partner at venture capital firm KPCB, publishes a comprehensive guide on internet trends. This year’s guide was just released, and SAI Global’s Sean Freidlin offers highlights for the compliance and ethics practitioner. The findings can be hugely informative when it comes to ethics and compliance training and strategies in terms of mitigating data privacy and...

Discarding the Fear-Driven Mentality Traditional wisdom is that stress is bad, and the lack of it is good. They’re not all wrong, there, but professionally speaking, a little stress can be the difference between lolling about in your comfort zone and taking a critical – though uncomfortable – step to further the business’ success (and your own career). Fear of...

Today we share an interview between CCI’s own Maurice Gilbert and Bloomberg Law’s VP and GM of Corporate, Tech & IP, Alex Butler. Alex chats with Maurice about the future of compliance and ethics programs and how Bloomberg’s new Corporate Practice Center can help in-house counsel manage a variety of functions quickly and efficiently.

4 Safeguards for Privileged Communications Although the compliance function works hand in hand with corporate counsel, the CCO shouldn’t expect all communications with counsel to be protected in the event of an investigation. In fact, there are specific requirements of privileged communications, and most day-to-day compliance discussions won’t be considered privileged. Learn more here. with co-author David Schmitz The Corporate...

Q&A with Kevin Braine, Managing Director & Head of Kroll’s Compliance Practice – EMEA Kroll and Ethisphere recently collaborated to conduct the annual Anti-Bribery and Corruption Benchmarking Report, and the findings are revealing. Kroll’s Managing Director and Head of Compliance in EMEA, Kevin Braine, provides an overview. CCI’s own Maurice Gilbert interviews Kevin to get his insights on the results...

Ridge Global is working to equip executives and boards of directors to build resilience and properly address their companies’ greatest risks. This includes educating them on cybersecurity, a growing concern for all businesses these days. CCI’s CEO, Maurice Gilbert, interviews Ridge Global’s President to discuss the nature and extent of corporate cyber oversight.