Day 5 of One Month to a Better Board
The Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Health and Human Resources, issued a paper entitled “Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards on Compliance Oversight” (the OIG Guidance...
7 Helmi 201713min
Day 4 of One Month to a Better Board
Every Board of Directors need a true compliance expert sitting on their Board. Almost every Board has a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO), former head of Internal Audit or persons with a similar ba...
6 Helmi 201713min
Day 3 of One Month to a Better Board
Under the US Sentencing Guidelines, the Board must exercise reasonable oversight on the effectiveness of a company’s compliance program. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Prosecution Standards posed ...
3 Helmi 201713min
Everything Compliance-Episode 6
Show Notes for Episode 6, the Rolls-Royce Global Corruption Enforcement Action This episode is dedicated exclusively to the Rolls-Royce global corruption enforcement action. Jonathan Armstrong lea...
2 Helmi 20171h 2min
Day 2 of 30 Days to a Better Board
What are the obligations of a Board member regarding the FCPA? Are the obligations of the Compliance Committee under the FCPA at odds with a director’s “prudent discharge of duties to shareholders”? D...
2 Helmi 201713min
Day 1 of One Month to a Better Board
Case Law As to the specific role of ‘Best Practices’ in the area of general compliance and ethics, one can look to Delaware corporate law for guidance. The case of In Re Caremark International Inc. ...
1 Helmi 201713min
Day 30 of 30 Days to a Better Compliance Program
John MacKessy, writing in the Finance Professionals’ Post, in a piece entitled “Knowledge of Good and Evil: A Brief History of Compliance”, noted that the FCPA and Environmental Protection Act (EPA) “...
31 Tammi 201713min
Day 29 of 30 Days to a Better Compliance Program
Today is the penultimate day of my 30 days to a better compliance program. Just as compliance programs sprang up, grew and began to evolve and mature in the middle of the last decade; the sophisticati...
30 Tammi 201711min
