The stories of Plan International USA and of Oxfam make clear the need for robust compliance programs in a non-profit charity.
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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Why is the U.S. government investigating GlaxoSmithKline now?
GlaxoSmithKline recently said U.S. enforcement agencies asked for information about third-party advisers the company hired in China during a corruption investigation in the country. The Man From FCPA asks, why now?
Posted inAnti-Bribery
The intersection of cyber-security with the compliance professional
New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued the first state level regulations on cyber-security for financial institutions, but non-financial services industries should take heed of them as well.
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Continuous monitoring to continuous improvement
To continuously improve a compliance program, the compliance team should apply a consistent set of protocols, checks, and controls tailored to the company’s risks. Tom Fox offers some guidance on how to do just that.
Posted inBoards & Shareholders
Does your board have a compliance expert?
The Federal Reserve Bank this month assessed a penalty against Wells Fargo for the bank’s widespread customer abuse from its fraudulent accounts scandal, other regulatory violations, and lack of response by the bank’s doard of directors to these problems and other risk management issues.
Posted inAnti-Bribery
The effects of corruption at home
Petrobras (of Operation Car Wash fame) will soon consider offers to sell a refinery located in Pasadena, bringing the effects of the FCPA home to the United States.
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Deficiencies in ISO 37001
As the drumbeat of those supporting ISO 37001 continues, The Man From FCPA takes a look at the standard’s downside.
Posted inEurope
How suppliers facilitate fraud and corruption
Compliance officers should always remember there is a bribe receiver in a corruption case. That is why it is important to know not only your third party, but also with whom you are doing business.
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Using investigative findings as the basis of remediation
There is nothing like an internal whistleblower report about an FCPA violation to trigger the board of directors and senior management attention to the compliance function and the compliance program.
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Compliance tone at the bottom
Even with a great tone-at-the-top and in the middle, you cannot stop. One of the greatest challenges of a compliance practitioner is how to affect the “tone at the bottom.”
