Who will be suited to compliance roles in the 2020s?
The challenges for compliance moving forward through the decade will become more insidious in nature. The profession requires fresh thinking and different perspectives, complemented by creativity, curiosity, and care.
‘Witness to Wrongdoing’ shines crucial light on understanding whistleblowers
An upcoming CW series chronicles the timeline of a whistleblower—from identifying wrongdoing to reporting and enduring subsequent hardships. Exclusive interviews impart key lessons for compliance officers seeking to become an ally to these individuals.
‘The Compliance Entrepreneur’s Handbook’ dispels false paradox
A new book proves compliance practitioners can take risks and get paid dividends, and the authors are willing to show you how.
How firms can protect vulnerable customers
Vulnerable customers have finally reached the top of the regulatory priority list. New guidance from the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority sets out what will be expected of firms in providing an appropriate level of care.
Q&A: Cigna’s approach to SEC human capital disclosure requirements
Julia Brncic, senior vice president, chief counsel and corporate secretary at Cigna, shares how the global health insurance company is complying with new human capital disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K.
Five steps to elevate your average compliance program
Why settle for an average compliance program when you can have so much more? It isn’t easy, but commitment to a handful of key requirements can push your program to the next level.
Binance enhancing compliance after recent U.K. ban
The CEO of cryptocurrency platform Binance touted the company’s growing commitment to compliance after one of its units was banned from operating in the United Kingdom.
How Uber toes the line between compliance and innovation
At CW’s TPRM virtual event, Dianna Jones, director of legal compliance at Uber, shared how the company seeks to build compliance into new initiatives without stifling innovation.
Charles Duross: Tips for managing third-party FCPA risks
Charles Duross, former deputy chief of the DOJ’s Fraud Section, shared tips on how companies can best manage third parties and employees who willfully try to circumvent internal controls during his keynote speech at CW’s virtual TPRM conference.
Are compliance officers good board material?
Compliance is perfectly primed to adapt, with the ability to influence change in culture as part of integrated and innovative approaches to risk management. Does that translate to the board level?
Distinction between CCO and company key to any liability framework
Despite best effort, a chief compliance officer has a lot to lose when his or her company faces enforcement. Acknowledging this as part of any potential CCO liability framework will be important to its success.
Juneteenth acknowledgement a reminder that influence comes in many forms
The designation of Juneteenth as a federal holiday shows the good that can come from when powerful people acknowledge difficult truths.
Activist investor win at ExxonMobil should be wake-up call for companies
The growing scope and influence surrounding environmental activist campaigns promises to spill well beyond 2021. Recent developments should inspire boards to reassess how their company’s environmental initiatives align with long-term shareholder value.
Volkswagen secures $21.7M in executive clawbacks for Dieselgate roles
Volkswagen’s supervisory board announced agreements to recover €17.8 million (U.S. $21.7 million) in compensation from former executives and board members for their respective roles in the Dieselgate emissions scandal.
Joe Murphy: Reflections of a compliance and ethics pioneer
Shortlisted for CW’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement award, Joe Murphy discusses blazing the trail in compliance and ethics, why incentives matter, and the single-most important skill of a compliance practitioner.
‘Cost of Compliance’ survey reflects post-COVID landscape
A year removed from the start of the pandemic, the long-term effects the shift in work culture will have on the compliance profession have become more apparent. The “Cost of Compliance Report 2021” by Thomson Reuters reflects these changes.
Compliance changing culture requires proactive collaboration
Compliance teams might recognize opportunities for changing culture. To do so, they need to adapt readily in both purpose and approach and embrace innovation.
My Compliance Library: ‘To Be Honest’ a roadmap to address organizational disunity
Ron Carucci’s book “To Be Honest” enables everyone in an organization to build “honesty as a muscle” and to operationalize aspirational goals and principles into an individual and group ethical capacity.
Embracing employee activism is good for business
The benefits of being perceived as a company that values employee input might outweigh the drawbacks, experts believe.
CW21 Career Day takeaways: Buzz phrases to embrace for your personal brand
Over the course of Career Day at Compliance Week’s National Conference, the lineup of speakers used buzz phrases showcasing variations on a common theme: the importance of personal brand management in career success.
AML culture is in need of a revamp
Bank culture continues to be a problem following the 2008 financial crisis, and strategies formed to prevent money laundering haven’t fared much better. It’s time for a new approach, writes Martin Woods.
Think big, act small: How the ‘PI Guidebook’ actualizes career goals
No one can hold your hand up the corporate ladder, but Executive Coach and Consultant Amii Barnard-Bahn is willing to give you a nudge up every rung in her new book.
Chapter 5: Volkswagen’s path to winning back trust
Its monitorship now complete, Volkswagen’s new focus is to rebuild its reputation among its customer base. It’s a long process, says Board Member Hiltrud Werner, one supported by a shift in strategy.
Chapter 4: Tangible measures of cultural progress at Volkswagen
At the end of the day, how does an organization measure the effectiveness of company-wide cultural initiatives? Volkswagen has answers, utilizing perception workshops, mood barometers, and new diversity and inclusion initiatives as part of its culture rebuild post-Dieselgate.
Compliance ‘well-situated’ to handle increasing ESG scrutiny
An expert panel at CW’s 2021 National Conference agreed that compliance is uniquely positioned to help companies in their ESG initiatives. The CCO and chief sustainability officer at FedEx share how this may look in practice.
Chapter 3: VW operationalizes its Dieselgate monitorship
A revamped code of conduct and the Together4Integrity campaign stood out as significant milestones for Hiltrud Werner & Co. as Volkswagen began to embrace its Dieselgate monitorship as a way to improve company culture.
Curiosity is important for compliance professionals
Rapid developments in technology and an uncertain future underscore the need for compliance professionals to embrace curiosity both personally and professionally in order to protect their firms from risk.
CPE Webcast: Data-driven compliance: Speak-up culture and faster investigations
Get the covid-adjusted data on how peers around the world have experienced report volume, anonymous reporting, and investigation performance throughout 2020.
Chapter 2: Volkswagen monitorship falls in line under Hiltrud Werner
While Larry Thompson assembled his team for the Dieselgate monitorship, Volkswagen countered with appointments of its own, including Hiltrud Werner as head of integrity and legal affairs. Their relationship would determine the success of the monitorship going forward.
CW21 Career Day provides timely forum for CCO advice
Amii Barnard-Bahn shares her thoughts from Compliance Week’s first Career Day, which she kicked off with a keynote on cultivating self-awareness.
Chapter 1: Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal exposed; enter Larry Thompson
The Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal wasn’t the work of one executive who thought to install illicit software into diesel motor vehicles. It was born from a “chain of errors that was never broken,” forming the basis for one of the largest and most high-profile corporate compliance monitorships in history.
CW presents: ‘Coming Clean: Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal and compliance monitorship’
Volkswagen’s recently concluded three-year monitorship is chronicled in CW’s latest in-depth case study, which spares no detail in following the world’s largest automaker’s comeback from its biggest mistake.
Cooperation key to compliance’s role in advancing diversity & inclusion
A panel of DE&I experts shared valuable tips on how chief ethics and compliance officers can work collaboratively with human resources to address workplace culture issues at CW’s 2021 National Conference.
Citi CCO Mary McNiff taking to compliance one year in
Mary McNiff shared initiatives she’s undertaken in her first year as chief compliance officer at Citi during her keynote at CW’s 2021 National Conference on Wednesday.
James Comey: Lessons from Enron era will ‘become real again’
Former FBI Director James Comey kicked off Compliance Week’s 16th annual National Conference on Tuesday by speaking candidly about a variety of risk and compliance matters, including the importance of a strong ethical culture in the coming post-pandemic “boom times.”
From Nazi hunter to acclaimed ethicist, Emmanuel Lulin honored for Lifetime Achievement
Emmanuel Lulin has a storied history in ethics and compliance shaped by his time hunting Nazis as a teenager. The recently retired chief ethics officer of L’Oréal was honored for Lifetime Achievement at CW’s 2021 Excellence in Compliance Awards.
Guiding FedEx through pandemic, Justin Ross named CCO of the Year
Companies across the globe faced a true test of competency this past year. FedEx passed the challenge with flying colors under the oversight of Justin Ross, CW’s CCO of the Year at the 2021 Excellence in Compliance Awards.
Tenneco’s dedication to core values lands it Compliance Program of the Year
Tenneco’s revamp of its core values, coupled with its dedication to employee engagement during the coronavirus pandemic, earned it the honor of Compliance Program of the Year at CW’s 2021 Excellence in Compliance Awards.
Elevating compliance key for financial services, says former HSBC head
John Flint, former group chief executive at HSBC, considered the progress compliance has made over the last 20 years and the strides the profession must continue to make as part of a keynote at the ICA’s 2021 BIG Compliance Festival.
5 reasons to be excited for Compliance Week 2021
Editor in Chief Dave Lefort shares what he’s most looking forward to ahead of Compliance Week’s 16th annual National Conference from May 11-13.
Cancel culture stresses need for senior execs to practice mindfulness
Given the “cancel culture” era we are in today, writes Jaclyn Jaeger, the need for senior executives to be mindful about the things they say and do outside the workplace is more critical than ever before.
LRN survey: Compliance and ethics rose to challenge of COVID-19
LRN’s “2021 Ethics & Compliance Program Effectiveness Report” highlights the strengthening of ethical culture that has occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Citgo names Steven Scarpino as first stand-alone CECO
Citgo Petroleum Corp. announced the appointment of Steven Scarpino to serve as its first stand-alone chief ethics and compliance officer reporting directly to the CEO and audit committee of the board of directors.
Video: ABN AMRO refreshingly accountable; pharmacists lose in COVID-19 vaccine push
Kyle Brasseur seeks silver linings from ABN AMRO’s €480 million settlement for AML failures, while Aly McDevitt calls out the retail pharmacies overextending their employees for the sake of distributing more COVID-19 vaccines.
Coca-Cola replaces top legal counsel with CCO
The Coca-Cola Company has pushed out its top legal counsel after less than a year on the job and named its chief compliance officer to replace him.
ABN AMRO fine response suggests moral compass of banking is shifting
ABN AMRO CEO Robert Swaak acknowledging his bank’s “moral duty” to prevent money laundering should be welcomed by all in the global AML community as progress, writes Martin Woods.
Study: How compliance managed COVID’s effects on incident reports
The coronavirus pandemic dramatically altered incident reports and investigations in 2020. Despite facing unprecedented challenges, as analyzed in NAVEX Global’s latest benchmark study, compliance officers met the moment.
New chief compliance officer, same Facebook
It isn’t surprising to see Facebook think it doesn’t have an ethical obligation to alert users to its latest data leak, writes Kyle Brasseur, but it is disappointing knowing the company now has a chief compliance officer in place.
Video: Kudos to whistleblower chief Jane Norberg on successful SEC tenure
Aaron Nicodemus applauds outgoing SEC whistleblower chief Jane Norberg for “revolutionizing” the program and the agency, while Kyle Brasseur laments Facebook’s ethical bungling of its recent data leak.
Walmart ethics and compliance chief Daniel Trujillo to depart
Daniel Trujillo, executive vice president and global chief ethics and compliance officer at Walmart, is leaving the company “to pursue other opportunities,” according to an internal memo shared with employees.