Boards and Corporate Culture: SSGA Framework
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has recently compiled a framework for boards of directors to follow in aligning corporate culture with long-term strategy. In the latest white paper from Tom...
Whitepapers
Getting a Job in Compliance
Just starting out in law school, Milou Lammers knew almost immediately that she wanted to pursue a career in corporate compliance, but she didn’t know how to strategically position herself...
FTI Resilience Barometer 2019
FTI Consulting recently issued a new research report at the World Economic Forum, a survey of business leaders from across the G20 countries aimed at providing insight into the pressure...
BSIA: Best Practices for Connected Security Systems
The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has just released guidelines to minimize the exposure to digital sabotage of network connected equipment, software and systems used in electronic security. BSIA has been leading...
CII-REF Guide to Disclosure of Board Evaluation Processes
The CII Research and Education Fund (CII-REF), a subsidiary of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII), has issued a new report highlighting best practices in disclosure of the processes by which corporate boards evaluate themselves....
Innovation in Operationalizing Compliance
Tom Fox shares insights from an interview with award-winning author and health care futurist Ben Locwin. In this white paper, he discusses how to more fully operationalize a compliance program,...
1MDB: A Guilty Plea and Two Indictments
Recently, we've seen several new and significant developments in the long-running 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal as the DOJ announced one guilty plea, one arrest and one indictment. Tom Fox...
Rising to the Challenge: 2018 Views from the C-Suite
A.T. Kearney's Global Business Policy Council has recently released its annual survey of global business executives, and sentiment gathered from C-level executives indicated a remarkable change in their formerly positive...
The Petrobras FCPA Enforcement Action
Tom Fox discusses the corruption scheme at Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) and the subsequent settlement with the SEC and DOJ. Read the details of this mammoth, historic action in Tom's three-part...
Lincoln and Transformative Leadership, Part 1
Harvard Business Review recently published an article by Doris Kearns Goodwin called "Lincoln and the Art of Transformative Leadership," wherein she details the leadership skills Abraham Lincoln brought to bear...
PwC’s 2018 Annual Corporate Directors Survey
PwC has just released its Annual Corporate Directors Survey, and the results show that board members are increasingly aware that they must address key issues that have dominated the nation’s...
Smarsh 2018 Electronic Communications Compliance Survey Report
Smarsh has just released its eighth annual Electronic Communications Compliance Survey Report. The survey of compliance professionals in the financial services industry shows that organizations are not keeping pace with their...