Archive for 2025

OPPOSITE DAY AT THE CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST BLOG

Today’s post collects three prior pieces that – loosely speaking – concern the opposites of conflicts of interests/compliance. “Reverse” conflicts of interest https://conflictofinterestblog.com/2023/03/more-on-reverse-conflicts-of-interest-2.html Not lobbying as proof of a COI https://conflictofinterestblog.com/2017/02/when-not-lobbying-suggests-a-conflict-of-interest.html What is the opposite of right https://conflictofinterestblog.com/2024/03/what-is-the-opposite-of-right-trick-question.html

Moral intuitionism and compliance & ethics training by Jeff Kaplan

In their 2013 article in the Journal of Management – Moral Intuition: Connecting Current Knowledge to Future Organizational Research and Practice – Gary R. Weaver of the University of Delaware, Scott J. Reynolds of the University of Washington  and Michael E. Brown of the Pennsylvania State University  review “a rapidly growing body of social science research [that] […]

Compliance and Overcriminalization

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Self assessing your conflict of interest compliance program?

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Should you have a conflict-of-interest subject matter expert on your  C&E team?

As the compliance and ethics  (C&E) field develops so does the need to acquire/maintain relevant subject matter expertise for key areas such as corruption, competition law,   privacy,  anti-harassment/discrimination, trade or government business, among many  others. Should companies have  subject matter experts  (SMEs) for  conflict of interest (COIs)? In my view, […]

The ethical perils of loyalty – and what to do about it

Movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn famously said: I’ll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.”  Many would agree with this, but the ethical pitfalls of loyalty have  received considerable attention due to various matters involving Donald Trump. Initially there was his firing of FBI chef Jim Comey for refusing […]

What should you do about Ethics Slobs?

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Has DOJ been sending us the wrong message about compliance programs?  

Has DOJ been sending us the wrong message about compliance programs?   Why is DOJ so secret about pre-existing compliance programs? Do those programs really count, or is DOJ inadvertently signaling that companies should hold back and wait until something goes wrong? It’s time for DOJ to fix a long-term policy […]

Should Your Board Include a Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer? The Case for Adding a CECO to the Board​ – Compliance and Ethics: Ideas & Answers

Should Your Board Include a Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer? The Case for Adding a CECO to the Board​ – Compliance and Ethics: Ideas & Answers

Employee Compliance and Ethics Surveys – Compliance and Ethics: Ideas & Answers

by Jeff Kaplan Employee surveys have long been part of the compliance and ethics (C&E) landscape.  This post is offered as a brief introduction to practices and views relating to such surveys. Why survey Employee surveys can provide a broad  array of information about many key C&E issues at a […]