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CS Newsflash is our weekly roundup of selected developments from around the world with a critical lens on compliance and ethics issues. Our readers are offered links to the top news stories in the public domain and brief CS commentary.  A searchable archive of CS Newsflash is below.


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HIGHLIGHTED STORY OF THE  WEEK: 

"Employers Demanding Twitter, Facebook Passwords"  - CBS News, March 20, 2012

CS View:   Every company needs a strategy to address with this moving  target... 

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CS Newsflash Archive

March 26, 2012 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Employers & Twitter, Facebook Passwords; MF Global; Canadian PM "Teaching Moment"; Chevron in Brazil; Deloitte Study on 3rd Party Diligence; GE Iraq Whistleblower; HK Director Arrested; AT&T Nigerian Scam; NFL Harsh Penalties  

March 19, 2012 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Goldman Sachs Toxic Culture? (OpEd);  Apple- Foxconn China Working Conditions Lie;  Vatican Investigating Leaks; London Olympics & UK Bribery Law; Test Social Media Bullying Case; French Flour Bid-Rigging; Whistleblower Sues US IRS 

March 12, 2012 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

UK's HBOS "Blind Optimism" Culture; Code of Conduct for Web Aggregators; NFL Bounties (update);  2 Warnings from  US SEC (CCO Empowerment & Asset Management Unit); Book Review: Indispensible Counsel

March 5, 2012 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Wynn/Okada Bitter Casino Battle; SEC Commissioner: "Dangerous Dilemma" For CCOs;  "Broken Windows" Coauthor Dies; NFL Hits Bounty Scheme; ConvergEx; CCO Top Job of 2012?

February 27, 2012 -CS Newsflash -PDF Download

AIJ Japanese "Madoff"; Russia Joins OECD Antibribery Convention; Quebec Health Care Corruption; US DOJ FCPA Sting Ends; US CFTC Proposed Rules & CCO Role; 2000 Whistleblower Calls Later, SEC Defends Record; No Ethics Code for US Supreme Court

February 20, 2012 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Citigroup Whistleblower $31Mn; French Competition Compliance Guidance; Wynn Resorts Fires Director Over FCPA Violations; Olympus Update; Canadian Execs Fired Over Gadhafi Smuggling Plot; World Bank; Ocean-Dumping Whistleblowers

February 6, 2012 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

SEC to Boards, Execs: Support Compliance!; Knighthood Stripped; Yasaki 2nd Largest Antitrust Fine;  Avon Fires Vice-Chair; First Canadian Foreign Bribery Case; Mortgage Loan Whistleblower; US Air Force Retaliation; Social Media Firestorm

June 28, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

US DOJ Warned Not to Fire Whistleblower, Fires One Anyway; Canada's First Antibribery Plea Deal; New NYU Study on CSR vs Single Bottom Line; Sex Abuse at Jordanian Factory; Big Wal-Mart Bias Case Win; Adapting to Failure for Success

June 20, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Funny CECOs; US Reform of FCPA?; Another Siemens Director Charged with Bribery; Chinese IPad Leaks; Canadian MP's Need Code of  Conduct; Gallup on Corporate Culture; Weinergate Crisis Lessons; Hyposrisy of Dual Codes

June 13, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

The Whistleblowers of 1777; How to Be an Honest Whistleblower; Newscorp GC Resigns; Dodd Frank Bounty Rules to Impact Canadian Companies; Internet Lets it All Hang Out; Chinese Bribe Sites; Crucial Role for HR; NASDAQ Insider Trader

June 6, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Weinergate Twitter Scandal;  New EU Anticorruption Measures; KPMG Bribery Survey; Rotation of Auditors?;  Probe of Chinese Auditors; Dodd Frank Whistleblower Rules; No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

May 31, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

New US Dodd Frank Whistleblower Rules; Audacity of Chinese Frauds; IMF Ethics Code; New Indian Data Privacy Law; Avon Bribery Expands; CECO Fined and Censured; Russia Joins OECD Antibribery Group

May 23, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Today's PWC Compliance Survey; In a Twitter; UK Companies Not Ready for New Bribery Act; Yale Suspends Frat- Says Why; SEC to Vote on DF Bounty Rules; EC Raids Shipping Industry; Teaching Ethics

May 15, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

The Fabulous Life of Billionaire Raj Rajaratnam (Before Conviction); 1st Dodd Frank Retaliation Case; Japan's Culture of Complicity & Fukushima; India & Foreign Bank CEOs; US Rebuffed in Glaxo; Swimming Pool CEO Convicted in 6yr Old's Death

May 9, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Avon Expanding Bribery Probe; UK Bribery Warning to Energy Groups; Sony Takes 2.3% Hit after Security Breach;  SEC Chairman on Whistleblower Program; US Sues Deutsche Bank for Mortgage Fraud; Boeing Auditors Not Protected

May 2, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Importance of Encouraging Ethics; US Dodd Frank Slows; G20-OECD Joint Symposium on Anticorruption (2);  India to Launch a Hotline;  US Jolts Drug Firms by Blacklisting CEO; Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway & Trading Scandal (2)

April 25, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Anonymous Whistleblower Leads to CompUSA CEO Firing; Dodd-Frank Delay; Only 5 OECD Signatories Punish Bribery; Transocean Poor Safety Culture; Sleeping Air Traffic Controllers; Prince George Corruption Watchdog; Stumbling into Bad Behavior

March 21, 2001 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Japan Plant Had Troubled History(2); CECO Role (video); India Cash-for-Votes Scandal;  Lessons from Renault; Staff Appraisals and Adequate Procedures; Canada's Disgraced Integrity Commissioner; IBM China Bribery Settlement

March 14, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

SEC Under Fire for Ethics (2); SEC Reluctant to Discipline; Firms Rethink Whistleblowing After Renault; Chamber of Commerce on Dodd Frank; US Takes on Wider Application of FCPA; McKinsey Culture of Corruption?

March 7, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

SCCE Compliance Prof's Survey; SEC Charges 3 Ex-Directors of DHB; Insider Trading Charges Against Ex Director; EU Truckmaker Antitrust Probe; Kraft Bribery Probe; Canadian Ex-Integrity Chief;  US Agencies Record Retention; BP 2010 Bonuses

February 28, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

UN, US, Canada, EU Libya Sanctions; US to Bar Oil Companies with Cuba Links; Whistleblower Handbook; Challenge to FCPA on "Foreign Officials"; Public Role for  Privacy Officers; NY Court: Emails Binding in Real Estate Deals

February 14, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

OECD Attacks UK Bribery Delay; Facebook Freedom Fighter (Egypt); Social Media: Is the Boss a Bleep?; 1-800-BAD-BOSS; Japan's Case of Office Blues; Canadian Public Integrity Commissioner;  Daimler Names Woman to Supervisory Board for C&E

February 7, 2011 -CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Egyptian Unrest & Social Media(2); JP Morgan May Have Turned Blind Eye to Madoff (2); Canadian Regulator Fines & Bars CECO; India #1 Concern: Corruption; Compliance to US DOJ: More Info Please;  BP Safety Culture; Data Out the Door

January 31, 2011 - CSNewsflash - PDF Download

1st Criminal Charge in BAE Case; US Probe into NY Fed over AIG Disclosure; Stimulus Fraud "Will Occur"; Fidelity Suspends 2 HK Managers for Noncompliance; Chicago Compliance Officials Misbehave;  Hackers Target Google Employee Friends

January 24, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

SEC Cash Constraints; Haiti Charges "Baby Doc" with Corruption; India Urged to Take Action on Sleaze; 2 Ex-Vivendi Execs Found Guilty; 1st Siemens Exec Stands Trial; Texting Lady Falls in Fountain

January 18, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

UK Bribery Act to be Reviewed; Renault Corporate Spying Probe; Golden Globes & Bribery; Arizona Hospital Employees Fired for Privacy Breaches; Insider Trading Informants; US Inspector General in Afghanistan Quits

January 10, 2011 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Rutgers Establishes Center for Government Compliance and Ethics; Sanctions Slow Iran's Nuclear Capacity; Doctor Fraud on Autism Link; Gulf Oil Spill Commission Report; German Lawyer Quits FIFA Ethics; Rhode Island Order on Ethics

Happy New Year -CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Top Ten CS Newsflash  Ethical Quotes of 2010

December 20, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

National Whistleblowers Center Issues Report on Dodd-Frank Impact on Programs; NACD Press Release; Deal over BAE in Doubt; Bribed Golden Globe Judges?; How Ouimet Failed to Act; UK Bribery Act (2)

December 12, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Canadian Whistleblower Watchdog Attacked Her Own Staff; NY Head of Ethics Resigns; UK Parliament "Cash for Access"; Overhaul of Oil Industry Safety Approach (2); RAE in $3 Million China Bribes Settlement

December 6, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Shell, Halliburton in Nigerian Enquiry; FIFA World Cup Bribes; Duke Energy Exec Resigns; Canadian Integrity Watchdog Exits; UK Changes Bribery Law (2); Singapore Firms Fear UK Bribery Law; Kenya Blasts US Cable; US Panel on FCPA

November 30, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Japan Cracks Down on Insider Trading; Blue Index Directors Charged in Insider Dealing; SEC Undercover Tactics;  India's CBI to Widen Corruption Probe; Jostling under Whistleblower Bounty Rules; Whistleblower Uncovers War-Zone Corruption

November 22, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

An Expensive Antibribery Compliance Lesson;India Telecommunications Scandal 2); How Canadians See US Airport Security; US Whistleblower Protections Expand; Corruption Inquiry at Mass Agency;  Vast US Insider Trading Probe; CECO Role Expands

November 15, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Daimler Russian Bribe Enquiry; UK News Boss in Corruption Pledge; US Prosecutor Warns of Whistleblowers Run Amok; HP School Bribery Case $16.3m; Former Glaxo Attorney Indicted; Gulf Oil Spill Safety Culture?;Florida Univ Cheating Scandal

November 8, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Ink Cartridge Terrorist Bomb; Canadian Public Integrity Office; Goldman Bayou Case; Diageo Comments on Bribery; What's Wrong With Work?; Drug Tests for Prescription Drugs; SEC Complaint Line; What is Insider Trading?

November 1, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

SEC Proposes Rules for Whistleblower Bounties; Social Media and Global Regulatory Crisis; Oil & Gas $236m Bribery Settlement; UK Bans Ink Cartridge/Two Faced Flyer; Gen X/Millenials in Workplace; Eye Drug Rebates; Faculty Meets Felony

October 25, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

BP Links Pay to Safety; Vietnam Official Sentenced to Life for Bribery; Iran Pays Karzai Official By Bagful; Media Ethics- NPR & Reuters (2); FedEx Sued by NY Over Contractors; Kroll Bribery Survey; Dodd-Frank Bounty Provisions

October 18, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

SEC Slaps Angelo Mozilo's Wrist; US Drug Chain Gets Smurfed and Fined; World Cup Bribery Allegations; Disgrace at Veterans Affairs Canada; US Whistleblower Bounty (OpEd): The Blundering Herd (Merrill Lynch); Israel Political Corruption

October 12, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Tribune's Bankrupt Culture; Ex-SocGen Trader to Pay $6.7bn (2); Rampant Fraud Threatens China's Ascent; A Sea Change Needed (BP); 133 Charged in Puerto Rico Corruption; BigPharma & Bribery; Duke Sex Scandal Goes Viral

October 4, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Satyam Aftermath; China's Premier Says Corruption Could Threaten Stabiity; BP Lessons Learned (2); US Justice Finds SIgnificant FBI Cheating; How to Prioritixe- (Advice for CECOs): You Can't Make This Stuff Up

September 28, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Vatican Bank Investigated for Money-Laundering; Corruption in Quebec; Google Street View Sparks German Privacy Code; Six Tech FIrms Settle US Hiring Probe;  SEC Loses Secrecy Clause;  Sourcing in Africa; You Can't Make This Stuff Up

September 17, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Border Agent Corruption; Coalition Tightens Afghan Contractor Requirements; Ex-Moody's Exec Claims Blacklisting; Reggie Bush Heisman Trophy Scandal; EU In-House Counsel Privilege; US Justice IG  Black Panther Case; The Loneliest Analyst

September 10, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

HP, Oracle and Mark Hurd (2);   Nailing a Memo to the UN's Door; FBI Agents May Have Cheated on Test; Crisis Management 101: Lessons from Ex-BP CEO; New German Privacy Law; Delta Passenger Booted for Reporting

July 26, 2010 -CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Senior UN Official Blasts Secretary General; NHS Whistleblower; OECD on South Africa Anticorruption; Indian Whistleblower Murdered by MP; New US Whistleblower Protections; Publicist Apologizes; BP Oil Rig Workers Concerned about Safety

July 20, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Shareholders Say Oil Firm Paid Bribes; German Tax Raids at Credit Suisse;Goldman Compliance Chiefs Now On the  Line; Always Online & On Message; How to Break Bad News; Obama-McChrystal: Handling Insubordination; You Can't Make This Stuff Up

July 12, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Corruption Fighters Form Close-Knit Club; Scandals in France; US Rental Car Companies & Recalled Autos; Controversies in Climate Science; Compliance Risk in New Data Technologies; New UK Privacy Code

July 6, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

French Firm to Pay $338m in Bribery Case; Afghan Corruption Watchdog Probe; Across from White House, Coffee with Lobbyists;  WellCare Whistleblower (2); Free Meals and Food Writers; BP Oil Spill and Safety (2); SEC Firing Settles $755K

June 28, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Regulators Judging Culture & Ethics?; US Oil Regulator Failed to Address Risks;  Google Privacy Breaches; Social Media & Hiring;  SocGen Rogue Trader; Lockheed Wins Big Contract;  Law School Grade Inflation

June 21, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Newsflash

Review Panel Judges See a Culture of UN Secrecy; Strength to Be Unpopular;  UK FSA (2); Canadian Tax Workers Access Records for Personal Use ; SEC's 'Revolving Door'; Audit of Pager Reasonable; BP Shortcuts?

June 14, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Ethics Can't Be Taught; US Faces Severe AIG Losses; Lawmakers Seek to Gut US Ethics Office (2); Brokers Resist Nigerian Watchdog; New Focus on Afghanistan Graft; Outsource in Haste; Repent at  Leisure; BP CEO's Failure of Leadership

June 7, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

BP Oil Spill (2); Wal-Mart Knew of Bias; Couple Scams Best Buy out of $41.6m; US Black Caucus Asks for Curbs on Ethics Office; Google Privacy Blunder; McDonald's Shrek Glass Recall; NY Preschools Discussed Tuition

June 1, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Embattled BP CEO: "I would like my life back";  US Minerals Management Porn & Drugs; Sex and Bribes: Australia's RBA Exposed; Facebook Privacy Issues Creates Opportunities for Challengers; Sarah Ferguson on Oprah

May 24, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Violence Against Russian Journalists; NY Times & Blumenthal Scandal; Suicides at Chinese Electronics Supplier; UK Merger of SFO,FSA&OFT(2);US Gives Watchdogs More Independence;  Conflicts of Interest & Oil Spill Tests; UK  Governance

May 17, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

3 Email Rules Goldman Players Should Have Followed; Google & Privacy (2); Social Networking Yields Legal, Regulatory Headaches; Independent Inquiry Into Oil Spill?; Top JP Morgan Adviser Says Fired for Whistleblowing; US Congress Perks

May 10, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

The Spreading Stain; Oil Rig Owner Had  Rising Tally of Accidents; Exposing Graft in Indonesia; Siemens Ex-Exec Pays $1.2m Euros;  Facebook and Privacy Clash Again

May 3, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

NYC Times Square Car Bomb Averted by T-Shirt Vendor;  BP Oil Spill & Reputation;  New Requirements for Compliance Programs(2);  Avon China Bribery Probe Expands; Fabulous Fab is More Frightening Than You Think (Goldman)

April 26, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Reports of Fraud Often Go Nowhere; Deutsche Spy Case; SEC Staffers Watched Porn; BHP Reports Potential Bribes; Massey Mine Safety Culture (2); Profile of  Top Indonesian  Lawyer; US SCT Privacy Case "Sexting" (2); Independent Jaxport CECO

April 19, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Goldman Charged with Fraud (2); US Sentencing Commission Amends Requirements for Effective Compliance and Ethics Program; HP Bribery Investigation (2); Abbott Told to Turn Over Emails

April 12, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Heads Up; New UK Antibribery Law Passed; Banks Ally to Combat Corruption in Projects; Pope, Cardinals Background Check; Spotlight on Consultancies; Hong Kong KPMG Manager Arrested for Bribery; Toyota Exec Warning; SEC CECO(2)

April 5, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Pfizer Too Big to Nail; Rio TInto Sacks 4 Convicted of Bribes in China; Hong Kong Directors Face Insider Trading Crackdown; Chicago CECO's Attorney Gives Radio Interview; Keith Darcy Interview; To the Money Born (China)

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March 29, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

3 Alstom Board Members Arrested;  Rio Tinto Execs Admit Bribes; Enrichment of Chinese Officials' Children;  Deaf Boys Tried to Tell of Priest's Abuse; Lehman Report & E&Y Role (2); France Telecom Bonus; Stanford Med Ethics; US Justice on FCPA      

March 22, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

It's All Good; Are CSR Awards Irresponsible?; Britain Stops Education Funding to Kenya; Lehman Report &  Whistleblower (2); IPCC Gamesmanship; Why Feedback Forms Leave Me Fed Up

March 15, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Lehman's Advisers were Guard Dogs that Didn't Bark; German Sex Abuse Scandal Reaches Pope; UN Somali Whistleblower (2); Canadian Gov: Name Dishonest Researchers; Chinese Editorial Writer Punished; CS Emailbag; Blah Blah Blago

March 8, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

OECD Calls on Business to Step Up Antibribery Efforts; Corruption Costs Greece $1Bln Year; Malaysian Firms Suing Siemens Unit; US Dems Mired in Swamp They Promised to Drain; Disgraced US Governor Talks Ethics (You Can't Make This Stuff Up)

March 1, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Welcome to Rangelworld; Google Italy; Dutch Speed Skater Blames Coach; Food Industry Corruption; Fidelity FIres 2 Senior Managers in Hong Kong; Killer Whale (2); Toyota (2)

February 22, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Public Losing Faith in Science; Russian Police Reforms;  Ikea Fires 2 Top Execs in Russia Bribe Case; US Crackdown on Contractors; ClimateGate Continued (2)

February 15, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Greek Statistician Caught in the Limelight; Red Flags at Winter Olympics; IPCC Facts and Spin (3); Chinese Advocate Sentenced over Emails; Time to Understand How the Mighty Fall (Toyota)

February 8, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

BAE to Pay $350m in Corruption Probe Deal (2); Pfizer's Inside Man; Korean Prosecutors Arrest Chip Execs; US Air Marshals Fight Battle in Air and on Ground; IPCC Forestgate (You Can't Make This Stuff Up)

February 1, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

1st Criminal Charge in BAE Case; US Probe into NY Fed over AIG Disclosure; Stimulus Fraud "Will Occur"; Fidelity Suspends 2 HK Managers for Noncompliance; Chicago Compliance Officials Misbehave;  Hackers Target Google Employee Friends

January 25, 2010 - CS Newswflash - PDF Download

Russia Arrests YouTube Police Whistleblower; US Sting Nabs 22 in Single  Largest Foreign Bribery Case;  UN Climate Panel Admits Glaciergate;
SEC Can Be Deaf to Whistleblowing; Management Mix of Continuity & Change; Secrets to Business Travel

January 18, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Paris Auction House Scandal; China Prosecutes Rio Tinto; Ex-Mabey Chief Faces Graft Charges; Johnson & Johnson Kickbacks & Recall; Trader Wears Wire;
Don't Shoot the Pollster; Google Exits China

 

January 11, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Corruption Probe into Sale of Ghana Oil Block; German Court Rules on Compliance Officer Role;Underwear Bomber&'Connecting the Dots';China Mobil Official Dismissed for Financial Fraud; New US FTC Rules on Social Media(2);Lists of "Dumb Stuff'

January 4, 2010 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

National China Audit $35b Fraud;  New UK Bribery Law;  Building a Case Against Quebec Firms; AstraZeneca Ethics Focus; Pruning Regulatory Systems (Opinion);  Harvard Hospitals Cap Outside Pay; Journal Editor Gets Millions from Medtronics

2009 CS Newsflash Archive (under construction)

2009 Top Ten Ethical Quotes - PDF Download

CS Newsflash Top Ten Ethical Quotes from 2009 - Happy Holidays to Our Readers

December 20, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Too Big to Fail; SFO to Re-interview BAE Execs;  US Supreme Court to Hear Text Message  Privacy Case; (2)  Paul Moore Interviews;  The Rise of Forensic Economics

December 13, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

OECD Issues New Antibribery Recommendation (3): MAN Settles Corruption Case; Canadian Whistleblower Richard Colvin; A Whistleblower Says His Concerns Were Met With Scorn

December 4, 2009 - CS Newsflash (ClimateGate) - PDF Download

ClimateGate (6);  Siemens Deal Over Scandal Damages;  Appointment of  Pfizer Exec to Canadian Health Funding Body Criticized; Reader Commentary

November 28, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

DynCorp Fires Chief Compliance Officer;  UK Challenges Bank Boards; Rethinking Weddings that Come with Cashiers; MAN Resignations (2); Hacked Emails on Climate Change; Laying the Groundwork for Factory Reform; Good News Dept

November 13, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Russian Whistleblower on YouTube (2); How Not To Take Care of a Brand; Pfizer ; How the Scapegoats Escaped; Morgan Staley Star Falls in China; FSA Bankers & Ethics; Insider Trading Hard to Define, Detect,and Prevent; Eliot Spitzer

November 9, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Corruption in Indonesia;Who Should Monitor Corruption?; More Charged in Galleon Case (Trading Becomes Dangerous); Lax Canadian Laws Allow Corruption to Flourish; Health Bills & Doctors' Conflicts of Interest;  CS Emailbag: SEC Press Release

October 30, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Siemens Fights to Recover from Bribery Scandal; Thrills, Links Critical as Greed in Galleon; Huge Fraud in EU Sugar Industry; Teaching Ethics in Business Schools; Sun's Antibribery Due Diligence; Pa Court Throws Out 6500 Juvenile Cases

October 23, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Listen to Your Whistleblowers;  Insider Trading and Character; Defense Layers and Insider Trading; Medical Education;  NJ Corruption; Credit Suisse Compensation; Man SE Exec on Leave; Medical Journals;  South Africa Corruption Trial

October 17, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Six Charged in Vast Insider Trading Ring;  SEC Sued for Madoff Failures;  SFO Pressures BAE to Settle: French Investigating Charities; What We Can Learn from Sully's Journey; MP Expenses (You Can't Make This Stuff Up)

October 9, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Authorities Make Bribery Prosecutions Personal; BAE Corruption (2); Mabey and Johnson SFO Plea-Bargain; US Employer Retaliation Claims Rise 23%; Canadian Health Agency Procurement Problems; Social Media

October 2, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

London Hospital Whistleblower (2);  UN Fires Afghan Envoy; Employers Grapple with Social Media Use; US Media Reporting on ACORN: Biotech Co Fires CEO: US Interior Upgrades Ethics Programs

September 26, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

UK Bridge Builder Fined £4.6M for Bribes; Companies Failing to Combat Bribery; Siemens Issues  Ultimatum; US FDA Pressured;  'The Informant' Sheds Light on Whistleblowers; Survey: What CCO's Worry About: Business Coalition Urges Pay Overhaul

September 18, 2009 -CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Judge Throws Out SEC/BofA Settlement;ACORN Runs Off the Rails; Fitting a Square Peg in a Round Hole; OFT Puts Directors on Notice; Trust in Media Falls to a New Low; Transport Canada "Expenses" Millions; Corruption in Gabon

September 11, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

$2.3bn Pfizer Settlement Strips Legal of Compliance Brief; SEC Vows to Reorganize Anti-Fraud Unit; PBS Interview on SEC Failures; Soul of a Whistleblower; Ghostwriting in Medical Journals; Hong Kong Insider Trading Conviction; FT Letter

September 4, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Pfizer $2.3bn Settlement; Bribery in Chevron Lawsuit in Ecuador; ex-Bush Whistleblower Pans Dems; Madoff "Astonished" at SEC Failures; More Prison Sentences May Restore Credibility (Opinion) Fraud Endangers Afghan Democracy(Opinion)

July 30, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Editorial:  Read the Bill,Congressmen; Regulators in Drive to Curb Bribery; Watchdogs of the World Unite! (OpEd) ; In New Jersey, Ideal Conditions for Bribery; You Can't Make This Stuff Up (NJ No Confidence Vote)

July 23, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Rooting Out Evil (book review); Plain Talking Bank Chief Points Finger at Greedy; Deutsche Bank Fires 2 in Spying Probe; TARP Watdhdog Cites Lack of Transparency; Return on Ethics; 44 Arrested in NJ (You Can't Make This Stuff Up)

July 17, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Sinopec ex-Chairman &  US Exec Convicted in Bribery Cases; Washington Post Sponsorship Scandal;  Piranhas of the Press; SEC Proposed Changes; India Regulator's Tough Choices; Whistleblower Honored; US Lawyer Convicted in $700m Fraud

July 10, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

UK  News Corp Faces Hacking Allegations; China Detains Rio Tinto Employees for Espionage; US  Justice Whistleblower Fired (another one bites the dust); FSA Proposes SEC Style Fines;  Whistleblower Bounty (commentary);  CS Emailbag

July 3, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Special Focus on US Inspector Generals; Siemens & World Bank; SEC Staffer Warns of Madoff Fraud in 2004; Madoff's Demise; Scorn for UK Expenses; Angelo's Ashes (Countrywide)

June 26, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

145 Defend Fired US Inspector General;  RBS Chief Risk Officer Resigns; Students Who Swear By Business School {Harvard MBA Oath); Can Business Be Ethical?;  Warning of Stimulus Cash Paying for Bribes

June 17, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

The White House Fires a Watchdog; US Senator Asks About 2 Watchdog Firings; Iran's Twitter Revolution; Facebook EU Privacy Blow;  Canadian Ethics Law;  Bar Mitzvah in Jail (You Can't Make This Stuff Up)

June 12, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

In the Name of Venality (compliance in the basement);  Mexico Police Cellphone Ban:  SEC Heal Thyself; Shell $15.5m Nigerian Settlement; FAA Whistleblowers; Dr. Whistleblower; MBA School Overhauls

June 5, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Lessons from Britain's Expense Scandal; Bahrain Corruption Investigation; Canada's Conference Board& Plagiarism;  Harvard MBA Oath;  Watch Out for Petty Fraud; Silicon Valley Hiring; Countrywide Emails (You Can't Make This Stuff Up)

May 29, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Stimulus a Corruption Risk; Pilots Allege Gulfstream Falsified Records; Crazy Compensation and the Crisis;  Japanese Media Accused of Biased Reporting; UCLA Surgeon Didn't Report Payments; Wine & Ethics;  US Crackdown on Corporate Bribes

May 22, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

British Speaker Resigns Over Expense Scandal; Tesco Local Culture; New York Times Staffers Ethics;  Home Depot Local Focus;  Siemens CEO Sees Light;  Secret to Good Leadership; SEC Compliance

May 15, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

EC Fines Intel $1.4bn; US to Strengthen Antitrust;  UK Expense Scandal (2); Business Ethics Surveys;US Lawyer in $400m Fraud;  SEC Attorneys Investigated; Judging Managers on Real Score; In-House Fraud Surges

May 8, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

3 Koreans Convicted of Bribery in Iraq; About that Hotline...;Lost Ponzi Manuscript; Indonesia's Antigraft Chief in Murder Probe; Google; Apple FTC Scrutiny;Germany's MAN corruption;Medical Device Settlement;Bailout Justice

May 2, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

FBI Arrests Financier Pang; Box-tickers Shouldn't Make Decisions; South Korean Ex-President Investigated for Bribery; Lobbyists Skirting US Stimulus Ban; Papers Job Insecurity; US Enforcement Goes Global

April 24, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

A Crisis of 'Ethic' Proportions; Satyam Broad Scope of Fraud; Banks invest in compliance & risk monitors; Wall Street a Tall Order for Business Ethicists; Quebec Scandals & Environment for Ethics; The World's Most Ethical Companies? A Joke

April 17, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

World Bank;  Business Turned into the Bogeyman; 'War for Talent' is a Casualty; Tajik Bank Defrauded; A Fairly British Scandal; A Diffusion Approach to Effective Leadership; For Corporate Lawyers Just One Client;Graft in China-Coal Mines

April 9, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Goldman CEO on Exec Pay; Value of Ethical Stance Remains; Report Outlines Critical Ethics Risks; Hong Kong Corruption Arrests; Medical Exams of Workers Creates Mutual Mistrust; 10 Black Swan Principles

April 3, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Prosecutors Gone Wild;  A Fraud Probe Stirs Austria; General Re CFO Convicted; Doctors Urge End to Corporate  Ties; CEO Perks Continue- WSJ 2008 Pay Survey; Red Flags in Corrupt Judge Case; You Can't Make This Stuff Up

March 27, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Garth Drabinsky is a Crook; UBS Diamonds & Whistleblowers; UK Bribery Crackdown; New Rules for Exec Pay; Dear Lucy: Boss Trouble;  US College Hosts Speaker on Fraud

March 20, 2009 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Worldwide Regulators Scrutinize Bankers' Pay; AIG Internal Auditor Resigns; Finger-Pointing in WDC Over AIG Bonuses; Deloitte Corruption Survey;  Managers Need to Listen; Ireland Rethinks Whistleblower Protections

2008 CS Newsflash Archive (under construction)

December 26, 2008- CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Ethics Company Faces Trademark Infringement Suit; Verizon Wins $33 million in Suit over Domain Names;  Federal Cases of Stock Fraud Drop Sharply; Ethics: An Illinois Story

December 19, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Democrats are the New Ethics Story(Illinois Governor Arrested); Siemens to Pay $1.34 billion in Fines; Fees, Even Returns and Auditor All Raised Flags(Madoff);  NJ Plays Catch-Up on Corruption (Letter/humor); CS Emailbag

December 12, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Illinois Governor is Arrested; Inside Europe's High-Living Wax Cartel; Bonus Season Afoot, Wall Street Tries for a Little Restraint; (New TI Survey) Russian Companies Most Prone to Bribe; Israel Signs OECD Antibribery Convention

December 5, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

BA Sales Chief on Price-Fixing Charge is Promoted; Auto CEOs Return to Capitol Hill (by car); Canadian Ethics Commissioner(letter); SFO Big Defeat on Drug Cartel;  Culture and Ethics (Drucker quote); US High School Ethics Survey; CS EMAILBAG

November 26, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Citigroup Saw No Red Flags Even as it Made Bolder Bets: Can CEOs Learn From How Obama Communicates?; Ex-UBS Execs Give Back $28m;  Larger US Bribery Fines Ahead; Workers Foil Bank Robber

November 21, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

US Car Industry Aid "Remote" After Corporate Jets Blunder; UK Bosses who Ignore Corruption Face 10 Years in Jail: Iraqi Premier Quietly Firing Monitors; Ex-Head of Italy Bank Faces Jail Time; Nigeria Corporate Governance Conference

November 13, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Obama's Transition Team Restricts Help of Lobbyists; EU Fines Auto Glass Makers a Record $1.74 Billion; Japan's FTC Accuses 3 Steelmakers of Price-fixing;  Former UBS Chief Forgoes Bonus

November 7, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

UBS Considers Legal Action Over Bonuses; (SK) KT Chief Quits in Bribery Case;  Siemens Sets Aside $1 Billion for Bribery Settlements;  (US) FDA Faulted for Stance on Chemicals in Plastics

October 31, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

ACORN Whistleblower; US Meatpacker Fined $10M; Inside Help with LIRR Disability; Australia Whistleblower Law; Oversight Didn't Stop Abuses at US Medical School

October 24, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Wal-Mart to Toughen Supplier Standards(2); Australia False Whistleblower Law; Death Sentence for Corrupt Beijing Official; ACORN and Voter Fraud;  Gifts to US Lawmakers' Pet Charities

October 17, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

OECD Report Attacks UK Antibribery Efforts;  US Baylor University; Greenspan's Journalist Wife; Venezuela Shuts MacDonald's Outlets; Sustainability Must be Integral to Schools' DNA: SEC Watchdog Faults Agency in Bear Case

October 11, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Ifill Proves the Critics Wrong;  AIG Luxury Retreat; AIG $9m Consultant;  Canadian Whistleblower Protection; Impartiality of SEC Questioned; Siemens Sherriff Sees Endless Battle; Top US Psychiatrist Didn't Report Drug Maker Pay

October 3, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Europe Fuming over Banker Pay; Ex-BA Chief Faces Jail; Today's Leaders Need a Lesson on FDR (and Guts);  Investigators Raid BAE Agent's Home; Tories Admit Plagiarism

September 26, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Investment Banks Postpone Bonus Decisions; Disability Epidemic Among a Railroad's Retirees; Indonesia's Antitrust Scandal Threatens Credibility;  Lawsuit Says Medtronic Gave Doctors an Array of Perks

January 21, 2008 - CS Newsflash - PDF Download

Inaugural Issue - Siemens(2),  Investigation of Monitors & EU Dawn Raid on Pharma 

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