Compliance into the Weeds

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode Matt Kelly and Tom Fox take a look at two examples of ham-fisted leadership; one by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the second by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Both also had to respond to employee near revolts over their poor leadership. For Zuckerberg it was his refusal to stop President Trump’s incendiary and race-bait tweeting. For Goodell, it was lack of acknowledge of the racist murder of George Floyd.

Resources

See Matt Kelly blog post, Two Tales of Ham-Fisted Leadership

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Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. This past weekend saw some of the largest protests and violence this country has seen in 50+ years in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. In a very somber episode, in this podcast Matt Kelly and Tom Fox try to make some sense of leadership responses to the protests over the Floyd killing and explore if there is a compliance-based approach to remedying the institutional racism which led to his killing.

Resources

A good general summary of anti-racism resources:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/preview?pru=AAABcnb5mB8*DxXs7K_umbRHlS1kzEln3g

A website that gives you specific bail funds for your city: The Bail Project, a nonprofit that aims to mitigate incarceration rates through bail reform.

https://bailproject.org

Other places to donate:

• Black Visions Collective, a black, trans, and queer-led social justice organization and legal fund based in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/about

• The Minnesota Freedom Fund, which pays criminal and immigration bail and bond for people who cannot afford it.

https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/bailbondfaq

• The Brooklyn Bail Fund, which helps pay bail for those who cannot afford it.

https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-form

• The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which supports racial justice through advocacy, litigation, and education.

https://www.naacpldf.org/about-us/

• Communities United Against Police Brutality, which operates a crisis hotline where people can report abuse; offers legal, medical, and psychological resource referrals; and engages in political action against police brutality.

https://www.cuapb.org/what_we_do

• Northstar Health Collective, a St. Paul–based organization that provides health services and support at protests.

https://northstarhealth.wordpress.com/about-us/

• The ACLU, which provides legal services and support for a broad range of people with civil rights complaints.

https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice

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Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this podcast Matt Kelly and Tom Fox take a deep dive into how business leaders can demonstrate values during times of difficulty, specifically when the CEO of Airbnb was required to layoff nearly 25% of the company’s workforce.

Some of the highlights include:

• How can tone at the top be so critical during the coronavirus health crisis and economic dislocation?
• Airbnb’s CEO Brian Chesky’s communication to employees.
• How does clarity and certainty in Brian Chesky’s letter help make the layoffs more palatable?
• Why are personal meetings so critical?
• Why is dignity to a RIF’d employee so critical?
• What can the compliance professional learn from this experience?
• How (and why) was the Weight Watchers massive layoff so different?

See Matt Kelly blog post Demonstrating Values During Difficulties on Radical Compliance.

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Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this podcast Matt Kelly and Tom Fox take a deep dive into the attestation required by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for businesses eligible to reopen in response to Covid-19.

Some of the highlights include:

• What is the attestation requirement?
• What policies and procedures are a company mandated to have to reopen?
• What training must a company give its employees?
• What is the four-phase plan that Massachusetts will implement to effect reopening?
• What has been the decision-making process of the Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker?
• When will sports reopen in Boston?

See Matt Kelly blog post Massachusetts Covid-19 Attestation on Radical Compliance.

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Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode Matt Kelly and Tom Fox take a look the recent enforcement action by New York banking regulators against Deutsche Bank, which resulted in a $150 million penalty for its business dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. The matter is full of corporate miss-steps, compliance failures, corporate governance disasters and presents a cautionary tale for every compliance professional.

Resources

See Matt’s blog post, Deutsche Bank’s Many Epstein Failures on Radical Compliance.

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