Leadership and Career

Amicus curiae briefs play a significant role in appeals throughout the country. From state appellate courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, judges increasingly rely on the perspectives of amici to inform their opinions. According to the American Bar Association, over a third of U.S. Supreme Court opinions are directly influenced by amici, and the same is true for a large...

It’s the only resource none of us can ever replenish: Time. So why is it now a revolutionary act to say that you’ll spend exactly as much time at work as your boss is willing to pay you for? Quiet quitting is a resoundingly stupid name for simply doing your job. I was paid to write this. I have an...

Few compliance programs have tasks that are spelled out in the job descriptions of every person in an organization, and even the best of programs require buy-in from everyone from the C-suite to the housekeeping staff. But as so-called “quiet quitting” continues to change the workforce, compliance and ethics managers may need to take extra steps to ensure their programs...

Rising political and cultural tensions are undeniable. But just as there remain political leaders with convictions, ethics and compliance consultant Lisa Schor Babin says corporate leaders need to understand that now is the time to screw their courage to the sticking place. Political rhetoric and dog whistling are not newcomers to the national scene. What is new and, frankly, frightening...

In her inaugural Living Your Best Compliance Life column, Mary Shirley shares tried-and-true methods for building deep connections on your compliance team — even if you’re not even in the same country. Welcome to the inaugural Living Your Best Compliance Life column. In my new monthly series for CCI, I’ll be exploring the landscape of life as a compliance practitioner...

Attorney and podcaster Tom Fox shares his insights about what skills today’s chief compliance officer needs — and what might be on the horizon for CCOs. What skills will be needed for the mid-century chief compliance officer? Yes, we are still a few more years to 2030 and what could be considered mid-century. But we know already that moving into...

The best return-to-work scenarios prepare employees for the new realities they face while also acknowledging the horrors and hardships they’ve been through. Here’s why a new culture is as vital as new policies. Now past the two-year mark, we feel how the pandemic has taken its toll on us as we try — not without challenge — to recoup our...

What if you threw a party and no one came? Anyone who has mailed a batch of invitations or launched an email about a virtual gathering can relate to the mild anxiety associated with having people over. What if the chairs — or the boxes on a Zoom screen — remain empty? If there were any concerns prior to the...

Over the course of your career as an internal auditor, you will eventually encounter a difficult auditee. In these instances, emotional intelligence can help diffuse any swollen egos. But if these difficulties occur with any frequency, you may want to audit your own body language and behavior.  We’ve all encountered difficult auditees at one point in our career. Whether they...

First responders, teachers and others who regularly are exposed to cases of violent or sexual crimes generally have dedicated resources to support their mental health and well-being—and rightly so. But what about compliance, ethics, legal, HR, security, privacy, audit and risk professionals? These guardians of integrity within an organization experience the emotional impact of interacting with people who have been...

After a year of salary decline, risk management professionals in the U.S. and Canada saw their paychecks move in the positive direction again in 2021, according to RIMS' bi-annual compensation analysis. Risk management professionals at all levels and responsibilities in the United States experienced an average 14.4 percent base salary increase in 2021 compared to 2019, while Canadian practitioners experienced...

No one has surveyed the mental health and working conditions of compliance officers for 10 years. We decided that was long enough. The findings of a survey we conducted last year, discussed below, suggest that many COs work in a high-stakes environment where their progress is hard to measure, let alone recognize.