One of the most important aspects of any compliance program is trust. People like Barbara Brooks Kimmel, CEO and Cofounder of Trust Across America-Trust Around the World, take this a step further, advocating trust as a business imperative. It is certain however that if your stakeholder constituents have no trust in you, you cannot depend on them to help an internal investigation. That is the situation being played out now by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as it tries to recover over the debacle in its gymnastic program and its former team doctor Larry Nassar.

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...