The modern compliance profession has labored in the shadows for a decade or more, but now it’s finally getting the recognition it deserves with Compliance Officers Day. More from Bill Coffin.
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Posted inRegulatory Policy
Richard Wallace: Failure is not an option
Thanks to the work of CFO Richard Wallace and an enterprise-wide effort to build a world-league compliance program, the Options Clearing Corp. doesn’t strive to just meet current regulatory requirements, it lives by a set of internal expectations that exceeds the mandatory.
Posted inInternal Controls
The unconventional CFO
Throughout CFO Jan Siegmund’s time at ADP, he has come to realize that when your business processes pay for millions of people, your business is more than payroll. It’s about compliance. An interview by Bill Coffin.
Posted inFrom the Archive
Olympic heroes in an age of cheating
As our sporting heroes take to the field in Rio this week, their exemplary efforts are undercut by the creeping notion that among them, somebody is cheating. Bill Coffin has more.
Posted inRisk Management
Iceland and Ireland both jailed their bankers. Why aren’t others learning by example?
Ireland just sentenced three senior bankers to prison for their role in the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Given how common misbehavior was among senior bankers all over the world in the days before the crisis, why haven’t more been sentenced to jail? Bill Coffin offers an explanation.
Posted inEthics & Culture
Christopher Michaelson: A man of letters
Bill Coffin catches up with Christopher Michaelson, who works as a professor of ethics and business, as well as a practicing business advisor. By keeping a foot in both the academic and practical worlds, Michaelson sees a path forward for ethics and compliance not just as a professional or as a discipline, but as a business model for the 21st century.
Posted inRisk Management
Black and blue: Can compliance help stop the police brutality?
As the arguing points of #BlackLivesMatter and #BlueLivesMatter square off, bodies continue to pile up across the country. But maybe—just maybe, says Editor Bill Coffin—there is a compliance angle to consider that could save lives and help defuse tensions.
Posted inEthics & Culture
Ellen Hunt: The accidental expert
Bill Coffin talks with Ellen Hunt, chief ethics and compliance officer at the AARP, recently chosen as one of 12 compliance experts and featured in Compliance Week’s exclusive Top Minds edition.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Shots fired
In the aftermath of the Orlando massacre comes the all-too-familiar debate about guns and gun control in the United States. In that, a familiar refrain arises: Why bother regulating something when the evil and disturbed clearly will not obey the laws anyway? Why, indeed. The answer that matters most might come from the world of compliance, says Editor Bill Coffin.
Posted inFrom the Archive
Compliance Week publishing one day late
Due to the Memorial Day holiday, Compliance Week will publish one day late this week on Wednesday, June 1.