A new web site for your Working for Integrity news and information

There is now an official website for Joe Murphy and Building a Career in Compliance and Ethics. You can visit it here.

Expect a banner link to the site to appear prominently on this blog later today (replacing two other banner links above all posts). The link will also be added to the 'Working for Integrity Links' section in the sidebar.


In related news, this will be the final post on this blog. Joshua Leet, who has been the primary blogger, is now moving on to new work, having completed his role in the Working for Integrity project. This blog will be left as is for as long as Blogger leaves it, but with both books out and no immediate plans for further projects, the blog has served its purpose.

Please visit Joe's site for all your future Working for Integrity needs.

Thank you

Marshaling Integrity – Jeffrey Kaplan

It's been a few days since the last excerpt (so as to leave the Amazon post prominent--now the new button link should take care of that). From this point on through the end of the month, expect an excerpt or two every day leading up to the publication of the new book. On the 28th, expect excerpts from the five interviews also included in Building a Career in Compliance and Ethics.

These excerpts are taken from our interview of Jeffrey Kaplan, an outside compliance lawyer.

I also do compliance program assessments. That’s an assessment for a board of directors or senior executives as to how effective the company’s compliance program is. I’ve done those both individually and with a consulting firm called the Ethical Leadership Group, with whom I partner for certain engagements. These assessments entail understanding the company’s risks and how the company has responded to those risks in its compliance program. By talking to executives, employees and focus groups (and through other means), we assess how effective the response seems to be to the risks, and make recommendations as to what else can be done through the compliance program to address those risks.

I’ve certainly seen the field grow, seen companies that never to my knowledge were involved in this embrace it, at least to the extent of hiring compliance and ethics officers and having some kind of program. I’ve certainly seen it rise to a higher level of attention than it had in the early days (meaning the early to mid 1990s). I’ve seen more board involvement, which is obviously a good thing, and senior executives’ involvement, also a good thing. All of those things are good and suggest a field that has not yet come of age, but is heading in that direction. The other side of the coin, however, is that the experience of the late 1990s showed that many companies adopted the programs with great fanfare, and yet gradually lost interest in them. The compliance and ethics officers who were hired saw their positions diminish in importance along with the diminishing commitment of the companies.


The difficulty right now for anyone considering the field is to get a sense of whether the renewed interest—which is spawned by Sarbanes-Oxley, the revised Sentencing Guidelines, and related events—represents a fundamental long-term change, or just a bigger version of what happened in the 1990s, when there was, at least at many companies, initial attention which then diminished.

Jeffrey Kaplan's interview is included in Working for Integrity: Finding the Perfect Job in the Rapidly Growing Compliance and Ethics Field.

(All interviewees spoke to us about their own personal experiences and opinions; interviewees were not acting as a spokesperson or otherwise representing their current or former employers.)

Book Cover Delay

Well, obviously the new book's front and back covers are not posted yet, and for good reason:
We don't have the finalized images yet.

Hopefully we will have them up this next week. If not, expect them sooner rather than later.

In the mean time, we will be posting various compliance news and perhaps a few tidbits from the book(s).

Links - Jobs and Blogs

They are a bit later than planned, but there are now some more links in the sidebar scrollboxes, specifically sites listing compliance jobs, and some blogs we came across related to compliance and ethics. We don’t specifically recommend any of them, nor do we check them all regularly, but most of you will probably find something interesting.

The new job listings sites are shown below (and will be in the Compliance and Ethics Link section of the sidebar), but the blogs will only be listed in the sidebar, in the new Relevant Blogs section.


Job Listings/Searching:

Compliance Week - General "Help Wanted Listings" are provided. There aren't too many, but if nothing else, they may serve as good examples.

HCCA - The Health Care Compliance Association lists various job openings in the Health Care field.

NSCP - The National Society of Compliance Professionals offers a "Job Line" section on its site.

SCCE - The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics has a page of listings.

ECOA - The Ethics and Compliance Officer Association offers JobLink, but you have to be an ECOA member to access it.


U.K. only sites - These two sites cater to compliance job seekers in the United Kingdom.

Compliance Online - ComplianceOnline.co.uk, the "UK financial services compliance portal" lists almost 200 jobs.

ICA - The International Compliance Association has various jobs sorted by region.


Beyond all of these specific sites, you will find countless compliance and ethics jobs listed on the larger job search sites (Jobster, Monster, Yahoo, etc), and you may also find that some "headhunter" firms also deal with compliance.

Plans for the new year

Things are quiet here again during the holidays, but next week we will be announcing some big news about the Working for Integrity project, so be sure to check back.

Also expect those additional links as promised and some more tidbits from the book and field. We are also discussing beginning some interviews just for the blog with various people in the field. Those interviews would be like the ones in the book, but shorter and more focused. We will post more on this in the future.


Those of you who frequent the news sections of sites like SCCE and ECOA may have already seen this story, but for the rest, take note that China is serious about punishing fraud.


That's all for now, so Happy New Year, and remember, don't drink and email.

New Links and More to Come

As promised, we have begun to add links to the blog. In the sidebar, you will now find a new section called Compliance and Ethics Links. In this section, we have added a few links to compliance and ethics organizations, publications, and news sources. In the future, we will add other sections, such as compliance and ethics job postings, and compliance and ethics academic programs and certifications. You can also expect another link section for blogs we have found and other miscellaneous links. We will post about those additions when they are up. The original link section will include links for ordering Working for Integrity and for publicity.

For now, each of the new links is listed below, along with a brief explanation.

Needless to say, we do not check these sites daily (especially the blogs), so some may become outdated. If you spot a dead link, please email us (Joe Murphy & Josh Leet).
We also welcome your suggested links and other resources.

We do not necessarily agree with everything posted at these links/blogs.
Use them at your own discretion.

The Links:

Compliance & Ethics
Organizations and Centers

Membership Organizations - These organizations consist of member individuals or organizations and often offer resources such as conferences, training, links, and articles.

Australasian Compliance Institute (ACI) - Formerly the Australian Compliance Institute, ACI serves the Australia-Asia region as a general compliance membership organization. Site requires free registration.

Ethics & Compliance Officer Association (ECOA) - Formerly the Ethics Officer Association, ECOA is a general compliance membership organization for ethics and compliance officers.

Greater Houston Business Ethics Roundtable (GHBER) - A local ethics group in the Houston area. Working for Integrity Interviewee Linda Lipps had a hand in its creation.

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) - A compliance membership organization in the health care industry. Sister organization to our publisher SCCE.

International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) - A membership organization for privacy professionals.

International Ombudsman Association (IOA) - Formed by the joining of The Ombuds Association (TOA) and the University and College Ombudsman Association (UCOA).

National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP) - Serving compliance professionals in the securities industry.

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) - A general compliance membership organization. Our publisher.

Centers
Bentley Center for Business Ethics - One of the best-known ethics centers.

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics - A large ethics center that includes a business ethics focus.

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Compliance & Ethics Publications

Magazines
Business Ethics - "The Magazine for Corporate Responsibility"

Compliance & Ethics Magazine (SCCE) - For members of SCCE.

ethikos - Formed by joining of Corporate Conduct Quarterly and ethikos.

Ethisphere - For Directors, CEOs and General Counsels.

Newsletters
Compliance Week - Covers corporate government, risk and compliance. Includes a free online component.

Ethics Newsline - Rushworth Kidder's weekly insight into ethics news. Free and online.

Ethics Today Online - A monthly newsletter from Ethics Resource Center. Free subscription.

Other Publications
BNA/ACCA Compliance Manual: Prevention of Corporate Liability - A well-respected monthly publication.

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Compliance & Ethics News

BusinessEthics.ca - Ethics news from a Canadian business ethics site. Free and online.

ECOA: The Week's Ethics and Compliance News - Weekly news from ECOA. Free and online.

EthicsWorld - Governance, biz ethics and anti-corruption news. Free and online.

SCCE: e-Corporate Compliance News - Weekly news from SCCE. Free and online.
See also Newsletters links.

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Use your time wisely.

It could be that the Web is a black hole of wasted time for certain professionals…

Roy Snell, in his interview for Working for Integrity:
Finding the Perfect Job in the Rapidly Growing Compliance and Ethics Field.

Blog Plans - Links

Next week, we will be adding a significant number of links to the sidebar. These links will lead you to websites that provide various compliance resources and services.

The update will be accompanied by a post explaining the link sections and highlighting the new links.

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In the meantime, if you are bored, live near Houston, and are not yet sick and tired of all things Enron, you may want to catch a show.

"Enron: The Musical" features local actors and dramatizes the events of the Enron Scandal for your amusement. We have not seen it, but if you are an Enron junkie, it is probably worth the $25 ticket price. The musical only opened last weekend, but its only remaining engagements look to be this weekend.

Enron: The Musical

New to the Blog: Labels/Categories

Among the offerings of the new Blogger in Beta is a label/category system. You will now be able to find posts within certain categories by clicking on the relevant label in the sidebar, or by coming back to this post and following a link below (this post will also be accessible via the link “About Labels” in the label section). As we add new resources and topics to the blog, we will update this post to reflect the new labels.

Many posts will have more than one label attached.


Labels/Categories
(arranged in alphabetical order)

About this Blog – This label will be attached to posts with information about changes or problems with the blog. To see all posts tagged with “About this Blog” click here.

Conferences – This label will be attached to posts announcing compliance and ethics conferences, specifically those where the book will be available, or where Joe or Josh will be speaking. To see all posts tagged with “Conferences” click here.

First Look – This label will be attached to posts with new materials related to the Working for Integrity project. Materials you can expect to find include images of book covers, excerpts of upcoming publications, etc. To see all posts tagged with “First Look” click here.

Help Us – This label will be attached to posts where we the authors ask you for help. People in this field love to share resources and information and from time to time, we may ask you to send us things for the project. To see all posts tagged with “Help Us” click here.

Job Titles – This label, often used in conjunction with the label Tidbits will be attached to posts including job titles we have found in the compliance and ethics field. We include a list of over 800 titles in Working for Integrity: Finding the Perfect Job in the Rapidly Growing Compliance and Ethics Field. To see all posts tagged with "Job Titles" click here.

Links - This label will be attached to posts where we announce the addition of new links to the link section in the sidebar. In these posts, we will offer a brief explanation of each link. To see all posts tagged with "Links" click here.

Links: Blogs – This label will be attached to posts where we announce the addition of new blogs to our blog link section in the sidebar.

Links: WFI (Working for Integrity) – This label will be attached to posts where we announce new links relevant to the Working for Integrity project. Most links will be included in the sidebar Link section. Such links may include stores where you can buy the book, sites with information about the book, and even online reviews of the book. To see all posts tagged with "Links: WFI" click here.

Links: CE (Compliance and Ethics) – This label will be attached to posts where we announce new links relevant to the compliance and ethics field. These links will also typically appear in the sidebar. Such links may include organizations, publications, job listings, and other sites devoted to the field. To see all posts tagged with "Links: CE" click here.

Marshaling Integrity – This label will be attached to posts including excerpts from interviews we have done for the project. Some excerpts will be from interviews included in the book. To see all posts tagged with "Marshaling Integrity" click here.

News: SCCE (Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics) – This label will be attached to posts including generic (non-Working for Integrity) news from SCCE, typically from their emails. To see all posts tagged with “News: SCCE” click here.

News: WFI – This label will be attached to posts containing news about the Working for Integrity project. To see all posts tagged with "News: WFI" click here.

News: CE – This label will be attached to posts containing general news about compliance and ethics issues, including new legislation affecting the field, scandals, and public notice for compliance efforts. To see all posts tagged with "News: CE" click here.

Our Articles – This label will be attached to posts providing information about articles we the authors have published, specifically those promoting or including parts of the book. To see all posts tagged with “Our Articles” click here.

Our Books – This label will be attached to posts providing information about books we the authors have published, specifically those related to compliance and ethics.

Publicity – This label will be attached to posts including information about publicity efforts, including announcements of published reviews, discussions of the book in forums, etc. To see all posts tagged with "Publicity" click here.

Tidbits: CE (Compliance and Ethics) – This label will be attached to posts including little tidbits of information about the compliance and ethics field. Materials we may post include job titles, position descriptions, and information about other resources we have found. To see all posts tagged with “Tidbits: CE” click here.

Tidbits: WFI (Working for Integrity) – This label will be attached to posts including tidbits (excerpts) directly from our Working for Integrity publications. To see all posts tagged with "Tidbits: WFI" click here.

Updates: WFI (Working for Integrity) – This label will be attached to posts alerting you about updates or changes to the Working for Integrity publications you may own. We are always updating our information, including interviews, and this blog will be the first place you can find such changes. To see all posts tagged with "Updates: WFI" click here.


Above you may find some labels that do not include links and cannot be found on the blog. These labels have been included in anticipation of future use on the blog. Links will be added once those labels are in use.

If you have any questions about the labels on this blog, please email Josh Leet or reply in a comment on this post.

Excuse the Mess

This blog is currently being updated to fit the new Blogger in Beta framework.

Old elements are being adapted, and we will be adding new information and sections.

Expect regular updates at least every Friday.