Ethics & Culture

Boeing’s decision last week to sack CEO Harry Stonecipher after it learned about his relationship with a female executive raises a host of critical governance questions, and underscores how personnel policies are set—and resolved—at large public corporations. Stonecipher Boeing said its board ordered an investigation after receiving information that was sent anonymously to board chairman […]

Boeing’s decision last week to sack CEO Harry Stonecipher after it learned about his relationship with a female executive raises a host of critical governance questions, and underscores how personnel policies are set—and resolved—at large public corporations. Stonecipher Boeing said its board ordered an investigation after receiving information that was sent anonymously to board chairman […]

This Guest Column is one in a series of first-hand accounts written by senior executives at U.S. public companies. The goal of the column is to provide “lessons learned” during the implementation of various governance and compliance programs. To be considered as the author of a future column, public company executives should email the editor […]

In federal courtrooms about 1,000 miles away from each other, two high-profile criminal trials of corporate CEOs are proceeding with so many similarities that it sometimes can be hard to keep them straight. In New York, a jury will likely reach a verdict this week on whether former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers will go to […]

This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. So, we hear that you were once a judge in the College Ethics Bowl. Yep. I was approached by a […]

This “case study” is the latest in a series of articles aimed at helping public companies understand how other organizations are using technology to comply with new regulations and standards. These are not advertisements or marketing vehicles for the companies mentioned; Compliance Week’s editorial staff speaks with the public company that has deployed the technology, […]

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision eviscerating the mandatory nature of the federal sentencing guidelines should have no immediate affect on corporate compliance programs established under the sentencing standards, experts tell Compliance Week. On Jan. 12, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled in United States vs. Booker that the guidelines that have governed all federal […]