When a serious allegation surfaces (whether through a whistleblower complaint, an internal audit finding, or a regulatory query), the Board of Directors and/or Audit Committee face a set of decisions that must be made quickly and correctly. Who investigates? Who oversees the invest…

There are few parts of an investigation that are more stressful than the interview with the investigation’s subject.  Done right it can close all the loops.  Done wrong, everything can unravel. To learn how to handle things best we turn in the second of our two podcasts on inv…

Few people know more about conducting a compliance investigation than Georgina Heasman, Senior Manager, Global Investigations at Booking Holdings and Wendy Evans, Senior Corporate Ethics Investigator, Lockheed Martin.  The two of them are the co-authors of our new book Fundamenta…

Managing whistleblowers is always a hot topic, and you’ll find it on the agenda at the 2025 SCCE Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute.   To provide a preview of what you will see if you join us in Nashville, we sat down with the speakers for the session “Someone Blew The Wh…

It’s time to think bigger when it comes to helpline data.  Yes, it’s still important to look at traditional metrics such as the number of calls and the substantiation rate.  But, there is so much more that can be done. Justin Ross, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer at…