Ethics & Culture

Canada’s Competition Bureau published draft guidance this week that describes new developments in how the Bureau defines effective compliance programs—and it’s significantly more supportive of good-faith compliance efforts than anything the Department of Justice has verbalized lately. The Competition Bureau is Canada’s independent law enforcement agency, responsible for investigating anti-competitive practices and promoting compliance with […]

In the aftermath of changes to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and in the face of an unforgiving regulatory environment, more companies increasingly see the sense in splitting the compliance officer and general counsel jobs. According to a recent survey, Compliance and Ethics Program Environment Report, conducted by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and […]

Contrary to what you might believe lately, the National Football League does have an ethics & compliance program. What’s more, the program actually looks pretty good. Except, of course, for that small bit about deciding to have high standards in the first place. That is the flaw I see in the NFL’s handling of Ray […]

The Association of Corporate Counsel, a global bar association representing more than 34,000 in-house counsel in over 85 countries, recently selected ethics and compliance solution provider NAVEX Global, and digital solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, as part of the ACC Alliance Program. Through the ACC Alliance Program, ACC has formed partnerships with legal and business […]

Insider trading crimes punished by a regulator cannot be followed by prosecution in criminal courts, according to a ruling by Europe’s high court last week. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg rejected a request by Italian authorities for the ECHR Grand Chamber to review the court’s decision issued in March of this […]