Have boards of directors finally begun to wake up to their role in the fight against bribery, corruption and unethical corporate behavior? Tom Fox explores.
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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The role of banks in corruption
A look at a recent report that examines allegations of bribery to purchase votes on the International Olympic Committee for the selection in 2009 of Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics.
Posted inAnti-Bribery
Internal reporting: hotlines and listening
A look inside at some of the best practices for a hotline.
Posted inAnti-Bribery
Third-party lifecycle management
The Man From FCPA recommends five steps in the lifecycle of third-party management for the risk management process around third parties.
Posted inFrom the Archive
Does the NCAA corruption scandal have an FCPA angle?
In a move reminiscent of FIFA arrests in 2015, the Department of Justice recently announced a series of arrests from an undercover operation exposing one of the sordid underbellies of college sports: the myth of amateurism at the highest level of collegiate sports.
Posted inBoards & Shareholders
Corporate culture around whistleblowers
The unspoken reality in the corporate world is that many whistleblowers are deemed complainers, and yet, Congress, regulators, and even the companies that verbally demean whistleblowers recognize that those with personal knowledge of wrongdoing are often best placed to report it, writes The Man From the FCPA.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Has Uber turned a page?
Uber may finally be changing its tune and, this time, in a very public way, writes The Man From the FCPA.
Posted inEthics & Culture
How to use sticks in a compliance program
The application of discipline is a key aspect to any best-in-class compliance program, and yet many companies have never disciplined any employee for ethical violations, writes The Man From FCPA.
Posted inEthics & Culture
Using incentives in a compliance program
As stated in the FCPA Guide, compliance programs need to have in place recognized incentives for doing business. The Man From the FCPA discusses what important parts an incentive program may include.
Posted inAnti-Bribery
Princess investigates FIFA
A recent report indicates soccer’s global governing body, FIFA, has found itself embroiled in another corruption investigation, this time under the auspices of Jordanian Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, who has been working to uncover whether corrupt forces were at work in the two-time bid for FIFA presidency by her brother Prince Ali bin al-Hussein.
