- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2023-05-17T13:01:00
Recent policy changes at the Department of Justice (DOJ) provided plenty of fodder for a leadership panel of senior legal and compliance practitioners to discuss during Day 2 of Compliance Week’s National Conference in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
The conversation, moderated by Steve Brown, head of business development at Star Compliance, featured a diverse lineup of experts from different backgrounds, including:
Topics addressed included the following:
The DOJ in March announced changes to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance regarding employee use of off-channel communications for conducting business. The agency, for the first time, is considering a company’s risk management and recordkeeping approach to employee use of personal devices and communication platforms when conducting evaluations.
“The DOJ wants you to make their job easier,” said Yapchai. She added just as effective as having the right policies in place is a company’s investigation strategy, most notably in regions where email is not the primary form of communication.
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