Is It Smoke or Is It Fire? Using Internet Data to Investigate Claims of Misconduct
In the #MeToo era, with allegations of workplace misconduct on the rise, organizations need a quick and accurate way to ...
Tag: Whistleblowing
All Along the Watchtower: I Hear the Whistles Blow
Ingrained cultures of denials and threats – together with shifts in federal prosecution of organizations rather than individuals – continue ...
Gartner Says the Pandemic Has Reduced Compliance Reporting 30%
A Gartner analysis found that compliance reporting has plummeted since the pandemic, but that doesn't necessarily mean less misconduct is ...
The Thank You Note You Never Wanted: Plaintiff’s Lawyers in Retaliation Case Send Their Best
Two employment lawyers drafted this thank you note for a fictitious company — but the scenario it describes is all too common. One ...
When Rights Collide: How to Respond — Legally, Ethically and Rationally — to Whistleblower Demands
A whistleblower alleges corrupt treatment by your company and demands payment or else they’re heading for the authorities. You aren’t ...
The Leaked Affidavit: ZTE General Counsel Feared for His Life After Revealing Sanction-Dodging Scheme [Book Excerpt]
Sound governance must encourage those who see something to say something. But that’s easier said than done. In this excerpt ...
Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Are Different. Here’s How to Deal With Them.
Compliance teams could see an uptick in cybersecurity whistleblower complaints as regulators expand protections and incentives for those reporting data ...
How Corporate Malfeasance Takes Root, According to Whistleblower and Embezzler Mark Whitacre
In 1992, Mark Whitacre, a divisional president at ADM, began to cooperate with the FBI in their investigation into alleged ...
DOJ’s Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative Could Find Health Care Companies Exposed on Multiple Fronts
The Biden Administration and DOJ intend to pursue cyber fraud through the False Claims Act (FCA), with an emphasis on ...
ComplianceLine’s 2020 Ethics & Compliance Hotline Benchmark Report
This report is rich in data and contains benchmark metrics and key lessons learned across ComplianceLine's deep portfolio of clients ...
Navigating Compliance and Culture Issues in a (Post)-COVID World
Companies that fail to create a "speak up" culture run the risk of talking over the voices they need to ...
Where Did 2021 Go?
If 2020 goes down in history as the year the world shut down, 2021 should be remembered as the year ...
