Ellen Hunt, the senior vice president, audit, ethics, and compliance officer at AARP, joins columnist Tom Fox to explain the benefits she feels having a compliance expert on the board of directors at a company provides.
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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Top Minds in Compliance podcast: Jay Martin
Jay Martin, the associate general counsel and chief compliance officer at Baker Hughes,ย discusses the positive effectย regionalized compliance coverage has had at the worldwide company.
Cases that make one wonder about the intent of enforcement
A close look at FCPA investigations into Danske Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Walmart prompt more questions than answers.
Top Minds in Compliance podcast: David Bunker
David Bunker, theย compliance officer at Seattle-based nonprofit Vulcan, explains the process he implemented to better assess threats of conflict of interest while maintaining employee freedom.
Top Minds in Compliance podcast: Timur Khasanov-Batirov
International compliance officerย Timur Khasanov-Batirov joins Tom Fox to explainย the inspiration behind hisย illustrated series, โCompliance Man,โ whichย is designed to help communicateย potentially complex compliance topics in a simple manner.
Top Minds in Compliance podcast: Kristy Grant-Hart
Compliance practitioner and authorย Kristy Grant-Hartย chats with Tom Fox aboutย her three books andย offers her advice to women of all ages in the compliance field.
Top Minds in Compliance podcast: Dan Chapman
Former CCOย Dan Chapmanย chats with Tom Fox aboutย how to approach an FCPA investigation and come out stronger after remediation.
Top Minds in Compliance podcast: Louis Sapirman
In our inaugural episode, former CCOย Louis Sapirmanย chats with Tom Fox about his 360-Degrees of Compliance Communication model, which takes an all-encompassing approach to compliance messaging.
Three steps for managing the FCPA risk of distributor compensation
With the Microsoft FCPA investigation as context, there are three things your company can do to manage the risks associated with third-party distributors.
A free press and the fight against bribery and corruption
One the day newspapers across the country are fighting back against President Trump’s insistence that the media is an “enemy,” we point out one of the many compliance-related benefits of a free press.


