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If Only (Karen's Compliance Corner)
Learning from Case Studies: Glengarry, Glen Ross
Learning from Case Studies: Glengarry, Glen Ross
There were design flaws. They were always there. From the very beginning. They were not huge flaws. Not really obvious flaws. Not flaws that could be seen easily.
Learning from Case Studies: Glengarry, Glen Ross
Learning from Case Studies: Glengarry, Glen Ross
Learning from Case Studies: Glengarry, Glen Ross
This “darker side” of driving bad behavior played out in the 1992 movie Glengarry, Glen Ross. Alec Baldwin plays the top salesperson in a fictional real estate firm who takes no prisoners.
Future Me (Karen's Compliance Corner)
Learning from Case Studies: Glengarry, Glen Ross
How Good Are Our Compliance Programs? LRN’s 2025 Report Provides Important Insights
My mom never – not even once – tried to shape my future. I don’t mean she didn’t teach me right from wrong. She definitely did teach me to be a good, honest, decent person.
How Good Are Our Compliance Programs? LRN’s 2025 Report Provides Important Insights
How Good Are Our Compliance Programs? LRN’s 2025 Report Provides Important Insights
How Good Are Our Compliance Programs? LRN’s 2025 Report Provides Important Insights
LRN, a major service provider in the compliance and ethics (“C&E”) space, conducts periodic reviews of how companies are doing in their C&E efforts. This year’s study, the 2025 Global Study on Ethics & Compliance Program Maturity, reveals some important insights for practitioners
Self-Forgiveness (Karen's Compliance Corner)
How Good Are Our Compliance Programs? LRN’s 2025 Report Provides Important Insights
An Interdepartmental Compliance Committee: Is it a Good Idea or Not?
As a compliance professional, you made a mistake. You missed some hints, overlooked some evidence, ignored some clues.
It’s never happened before. At least not this bad.
An Interdepartmental Compliance Committee: Is it a Good Idea or Not?
How Good Are Our Compliance Programs? LRN’s 2025 Report Provides Important Insights
An Interdepartmental Compliance Committee: Is it a Good Idea or Not?
As part of your compliance & ethics (C&E) program’s structure, should you have a management-level, interdepartmental C&E committee?
A Tribute to Jeff Kaplan (Retiring)
With Jeff Kaplan’s recent retirement from the practice of law, we wanted to share some reflections on his remarkable contributions to our field.
The Journalist (Karen's Compliance Corner)
Indra wrote. Always. All her life. She could not remember a time – ever in her life – when she was not writing. Her first real story poured from her by age 10.
Learning from Case Studies: The Fraud Triangle & What it Means to Your Business
Learning from Case Studies: The Fraud Triangle & What it Means to Your Business
This case study is part of the chapter about “Why Good People Do Bad Things” and discusses the classic motivation for misconduct – the fraud triangle.
Review of The Dark Pattern – An Important Book for C&E Professionals
Learning from Case Studies: The Fraud Triangle & What it Means to Your Business
The Dark Pattern: The Hidden Dynamics of Corporate Scandals, by Guido Palazzo and Ulrich Hoffrage, is an important book you should read and discuss.
Liar (Karen's Compliance Corner)
Herb lied. He lied as easily as some people breathed. Lying came easily to him. He could not even recall a time he didn’t lie.
Compliance Week’s 20th Annual Conference: Gelato & Insights
I had the good fortune to attend Compliance Week’s 20th Annual Conference in DC. It was just what I was looking for – a rich source of useful material for our readers. It was also rich for another reason – the opportunity to network with my professional colleagues.
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