All United States articles – Page 143
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ArticleFrom ‘Institutional Self-Regulation’: Why compliance?
Tamar Frankel, honored for Lifetime Achievement in Compliance at the 2022 Excellence in Compliance Awards, authorized CW to share excerpts from her book “Institutional Self-Regulation.” The following is a passage from the book’s chapter on compliance, governance, and self-regulation.
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ArticleCommitment to kindness earns Snap honor of Compliance Program of the Year
For Snap, kindness has long been a core value, but only last year did the company overhaul its code of conduct to thrust the term to the forefront of its internal communications. Snap was recognized as Compliance Program of the Year at the 2022 Excellence in Compliance Awards.
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Article‘Trusted partner’ Kelly Maxwell of Dana-Farber named CCO of the Year
Kelly Maxwell can’t cure cancer, but she and her team do their part to help the rest of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute achieve that mission. For her work, Maxwell was named CCO of the Year at the 2022 Excellence in Compliance Awards.
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ArticleFrom ‘Institutional Self-Regulation’: Slippery slope of bad habits
Tamar Frankel, honored for Lifetime Achievement in Compliance at the 2022 Excellence in Compliance Awards, authorized CW to share excerpts from her book “Institutional Self-Regulation.” The following is a passage from the book’s chapter on institutional subversive culture, ethics, power, and behavior.
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ArticleConviction, moral fortitude define Lifetime Achievement winner Tamar Frankel
Tamar Frankel’s 50-year career as a law professor at Boston University more than satisfies her being honored for Lifetime Achievement at the 2022 Excellence in Compliance Awards. Yet, to limit the scope of Frankel’s accomplishments to her academic career would be a massive oversight.
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ArticleConnecticut fifth state to pass comprehensive data privacy law
Connecticut has joined four other states in passing a comprehensive data privacy law that requires companies to provide consumers with information about the personal data they collect.
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ArticleFed Chair Jerome Powell confirmed to second term
Jerome Powell is set to begin his second term as chair of the Federal Reserve after receiving bipartisan support in a Senate confirmation vote.
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ArticleFedEx’s social mission: Diversity drives better business
FedEx’s DEI strides—including becoming a minority-majority employee company in the U.S. for the first time in its history in fiscal year 2018—are not by accident. The company’s long history of hiring a diverse workforce and promoting from within is among the keys to its success.
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ArticleCiti names Tom Anderson as new chief compliance officer
Tom Anderson will be the next chief compliance officer at Citi, effective June 1. His appointment comes two months after Mary McNiff stepped down from the role.
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Binance appoints first deputy general counsel
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced the appointment of Joshua Eaton as the company’s first deputy general counsel.
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FTC Democratic majority restored following Bedoya confirmation
Georgetown visiting law professor Alvaro Bedoya has been confirmed as a member of the Federal Trade Commission, following a Senate vote along party lines.
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ArticlePCAOB fines Citrin Cooperman $200K over audit failures
Citrin Cooperman was fined $200,000 by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for failing to meet PCAOB standards during its 2016 and 2017 year-end audits at an unnamed broker-dealer.
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ArticleGrowth vs. green: FedEx’s environmental balancing act
When FedEx published its first Global Citizenship Report in 2008, its greenhouse gas emissions were already top of mind. Yet, the company has struggled to strike a balance between achieving year-over-year decreases in total emissions while it has expanded in the last decade-plus.
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FTX appoints chief compliance officer
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX US announced the appointment of Marissa MacDonald as chief compliance officer.
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Materion appoints chief accounting officer
Engineered materials corporation Materion announced the appointment of John Zaranec as chief accounting officer.
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Target promotes SVP of risk to general counsel
Retail giant Target has promoted Matt Zabel to executive vice president and general counsel.
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Article‘A marathon, not a sprint’: FedEx carbon-neutral pledge tests longtime ESG efforts
In March 2021, FedEx announced an audacious goal: to achieve carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040. How did the company develop this pledge, and how will it track its progress and hold itself accountable to intermediate goals?
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ArticleCFTC proposal furthers transition from LIBOR in swaps
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed a rule that would replace certain swap rate clearing requirements pegged to the London Interbank Offered Rate with other alternative reference rates that are less susceptible to manipulation.
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ArticleDesire for transparency launches FedEx on ESG journey
Since 2008, FedEx has produced detailed reports on its ESG initiatives. The company’s chief sustainability officer discusses the decision-making process behind the first report, determining materiality, and more in Part 1 of this four-part special report, published in partnership with the ICA.
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ArticleSEC extends comment period on climate-related disclosure rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission has extended the comment period for its controversial climate-related disclosure rule to allow interested parties more time to consider the issues and share feedback.