So now that NASA’s engineers have succeeded at landing the Curiosity rover on Mars, how about they all move to Corporate America and start testing new software programs before businesses unleash them on the rest of us? Indeed, I was originally going to focus my criticism on Knight Capital Group, the twits on Wall Street […]
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Compliance Week West: Call for Speakers!
Compliance Week West, our first-ever fall conference for all you compliance professionals on the West Coast, is now well underway. We have our dates (Nov. 15-16), venue (the Four Seasons Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, Calif.), and a group of superb sponsors. All we need now are a few more superb speakers as well, and […]
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Rise of the Chief Transparency Officer
Two weeks ago I wrote here about the dawn of a new job function: the chief transparency officer. That idea seems to have resonated with readers; the column saw an unusually large amount of traffic, and one compliance professional told me via email, “Your vision of the chief transparency officer just sent off fireworks for […]
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Peeking at the Future of Financial Regulation
Sometimes the wisdom of our financial regulators truly impresses me—and that’s not sarcasm, either. The folks overseeing our financial system can make profound insights about how the banking system can run more smoothly. Of course, I doubt financial regulators will actually do much with the profound insights they sometimes spout. But hey, baby steps. The […]
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Living in a Discoverable World
The Institute of Internal Auditors held its global conference in Boston last week, bringing together more than 3,000 audit, risk and compliance executives to talk about all things related to the field. Good advice abounded, but the best insight I heard came (as it often does) in the form of a wisecrack more wise than […]
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For the Millionth Time: Yes, Ethics Matter
This is how unnecessary regulation happens: Boards and CEOs do something stupid, that stupid action gets attention from the public, and government officials rush to promulgate some rule intended to prevent future instances of that stupid behavior in the future. That’s really all there is to it. In some other world, some better world, senior […]
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Free Copies of ‘Situations Matter’
All you compliance executives stuck working on this Tuesday before the July 4 holiday, we’ve decided here to reward your dedication. Compliance Week has a dozen spare copies of Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World, by Sam Sommers, a fascinating study into how people lull themselves into decision-making processes that might be, shall […]
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Compliance: It’s All About the Data Now
Compliance executives must feel like so many things are happening in the world of data these days, you can barely keep up. I feel your pain; neither can we here at Compliance Week. In the last two weeks Compliance Week has hosted two executive forums about the intersection of data and compliance: first a private […]
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Introducing Compliance Week West!
Attention all compliance, risk, and audit executives west of the Missouri River, and especially those of you who have been telling me that the Compliance Week annual conference every spring in Washington, D.C., is too far away for you to attend! We’ve heard your comments, and are ready to respond. I’m delighted to announce that […]
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As the Revolving Regulatory Door Turns
You may not have noticed the news about Steve Larsen on Friday, probably because you’re a normal person who doesn’t pay much attention to news announced on a summer Friday afternoon and because you have no idea who Larsen is. Nevertheless, if you want yet another example of why the United States makes the regulatory […]
