Day 13 of One Month to a Better Board
Today I want to consider a couple of failures at the Board level around bribery and corruption. VimpelCom Board of Directors and Senior Management Involvement VimpelCom sought to enter the...
17 Feb 201714min
Day 12 of One Month to a Better Board
What are metrics for a Board around compliance? Former Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell laid out some that the Justice Department would consider in a review of compliance programs. These met...
16 Feb 201713min
Everything Compliance-Episode 7
This episode is dedicated to the chaotic (at best) first three weeks of the Trump administration. Jonathan Armstrong leads a discussion of the Trump administrations devolution towards Privacy Shiel...
16 Feb 201749min
Day 11 of One Month to a Better Board
In an article in the Corporate Board magazine, entitled “Successful Board Investigations” by David Bayless and Tammy Albarrán, partners in the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP posited seven conside...
15 Feb 201715min
Day 10 of One Month to a Better Board
Many companies have an investigation protocol in place when a potential Foreign Corruption Practices Act (FCPA) or other legal issue arises? However, many Boards of Directors do not have the same rigo...
14 Feb 201711min
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 306
In this episode, I visit with Linda Lattimore, developer of Cross Sector law which assists lawyer and companies in developing expertise around corporate social responsibility. Learn more about your a...
14 Feb 201722min
Day 9 of One Month to a Better Board
One of the ongoing questions from members of Board of Directors is how to resolve the tension between oversight and managing. I recently had the opportunity to visit with Joe Howell, the Executive Vic...
13 Feb 201712min
Day 8 of One Month to a Better Board
James Doty, Acting Commissioner of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was once asked if the Board or its sub-committee which handles audits was a part of a company’s internal financ...
10 Feb 201713min
