Making sure third-party contracts contain appropriate compliance terms and conditions can help save companies time and money down the road.
Tom Fox
Thomas Fox has practiced law for over 40 years. Tom writes the daily award-winning blog, the FCPA Compliance and Ethics blog and founded the Compliance Podcast Network. Tom leads the discussion on AI in compliance through his best-selling book Upping Your Game. He has 38 other books on the use of AI in compliance and business ethics, leadership including the seminal work, The Compliance Handbook, with its 7th edition coming out in 2025. He is the founder of the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network.
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GMโs Shawn Rogers speaks candidly on training transformation
Compliance Week columnist Tom Fox recently sat down with Shawn Rogers, lead counsel, compliance training and communications at General Motors, to discuss the innovative steps GM has taken toward improving compliance training.
Condos, corruption, and compliance
While President Trump promised condos in North Korea as a part of his negotiations with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jung Un, it doesnโt mean companies will have an easy time doing business in the country, which ranked as โhighly corrupt,โ on the 2017 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index.
Mergers and corporate culture
Big mergers are in the news, with the union of telecom giant AT&T and vast multimedia firm Time Warner and Comcastโs $65 billion bid for 21st Century Fox being just two examples. With the recent Justice Department emphasis on corporate culture, it will be interesting to see what this season of merger mania means to compliance and culture.
No piling on requires global disclosure and cooperation
To receive the benefits of no piling on, companies must fully disclose their conduct and cooperate with regulators across the globe.
Phase 2 in third-party risk management: the questionnaire
An essential piece of third-party risk management is โthe questionnaire,โ which companies should garner on behalf of all their third-party relationships at the start of the union in order to move forward with all the anwers.
What is due diligence?
Due diligence is key to getting your third-party risk management program off the ground.
It could get messy for U.S. companies doing business in EU
Donโt be surprised if the EU uses new data privacy laws to combat any secondary sanctions it might face by the Trump administration for continuing to do business in Iran.
Executives behaving badlyโat what cost?
FCPA violations from SocGen and Legg Mason may point to a new trend of holding the C-Suite accountable, but will voluntary resignations be seen as enough of a penalty?
The ZTE Department of Commerce Monitor: uncharted waters
As part of the resolution to free itself from a U.S. sanction, ZTE has agreed to the unique position of having a court-appointed monitor and one from the Department of Commerce, leading to concerns of a clash of ideas and authority.


