Schlagwort-Archive: Ethics
The High Costs of Non-Compliance!
Ed Note-we continue our series of guest posts by Mary Jones. Today, Mary explores the high cost of non-compliance. On November 13, 1923 a special committee was formed to determine whether Germany would be required to pay for the substantial … Weiterlesen
How Do You Change a Corrupt Culture?
As most compliance practitioners know Siemens AG paid not only the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) fine in the history of the world at $800MM but also paid the same amount to the German government, this makes for a … Weiterlesen
FCPA: The Art of Strategic Compliance Plan – A Seven Step Process
I recently wrote about my colleague Stephen Martin’s thoughts on having a 1-3-5 year strategic plan for your company’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) or Bribery Act compliance program. I am often asked where a compliance practitioner can come up … Weiterlesen
FCPA: Doomsayers Proven Wrong Yet Again-Gifts and Entertainment Under the Bribery Act
‘We are not interested in that sort of case. We are interested in hearing that a large company has mysteriously come second in bidding for a big contract. The sort of bribery we would be investigating would not be tickets … Weiterlesen
FCPA: How Do You Change an Unhealthy Compliance Culture?
Amüsant geschrieben und sehr lesenswert. What is a healthy culture and how do you change an unhealthy culture? I have always thought that baseball was a simple game: you throw the ball; you hit the ball; you catch the ball. … Weiterlesen
FCPA and Bribery Act Hotlines: Staying Out of Hot Water with Other Jurisdictions
It is finally here. Today is the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. The first Olympics I can remember watching were the 1964 Games in Tokyo. I was enthralled with watching the world’s greatest athletes … Weiterlesen
FCPA: This is not a compliance failure. It’s an ethical failure
In the movie “Margin Call” the character played by Jeremy Irons says that there are three ways to lead in business: (1) Be the smartest; (2) Be there first; (3) Cheat. I thought about this trichotomy when reading several articles … Weiterlesen
FCPA: Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat…Communicating Your Compliance Story
The Persian Royal Road was built to facilitate rapid communication throughout the Persian Empire. Mounted couriers could travel across the Empire, approximately 1,677 miles; in seven days, the equivalent journey on foot took ninety days. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote … Weiterlesen
