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Defense Contracting

May 2020

Key Ruling Issued on Privilege Waivers

By Kevin T. Barnett and Michael Wagner
Defense Department

March 2020

We All Have a Role to Play in Ethical Innovation

By Ron Szalkowski
The defense industry should be on the lookout for the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing, especially since it’s entirely possible for companies to trick themselves into being the wolf.
Defense Contracting

January 2020

Supervisors Impact Culture as Ethical Leaders

By Anne R. Harris
A great deal of research has been conducted by organizations such as the Ethics and Compliance Initiative, Gartner and PwC, as well as academic institutions, into the subject of organizational ethics, integrity and culture.
Defense Contracting

December 2019

Companies Need Culture of Integrity

By Steve Priest
Compliance is not working; or at the very least, it is not working nearly as well as it should.
Ethics Corner

November 2019

Marijuana Laws Raise Issues for Contractors

By Amy E. McDougal
Recent years have brought a flurry of state legislation aimed at legalizing cannabis, or “marijuana.”
Defense Contracting

September 2019

Taking Corporate Compliance Programs Digital

By Andrea Falcione
It’s 2019, and compliance programs simply must keep up in the digital world. Consumers of content — compliance and otherwise — have heightened expectations in the digital age.
Ethics

July 2019

A Case Study in Compliance vs. Ethics

By Anne R. Harris
As a compliance and ethics consultant, I am often asked to clarify the difference. Usually, compliance is “black and white” — you’re either in compliance or you’re not — whereas ethics is rife with “gray areas.”
Defense Contracting

July 2019

Compliance Guidance for Smaller Contractors

By Brian E. Sweeney
In April, the Department of Justice issued updated guidance regarding the evaluation of corporate compliance programs to assist prosecutors in deciding whether they were adequate and effective at the time of an offense, as well as at the time of a charging decision. It builds upon earlier guidance and provides further specificity as to the factors the department will consider in their evaluations.
Defense Department

April 2019

Clarifying Export Control Internal Investigations

By Usha Neelakantan and Daniel B. Pickard
U.S. government contractors operating in the defense sector compete in a highly regulated and scrutinized market that is subject to investigation by federal enforcement agencies.
Defense Contracting

January 2019

Get on Board with EU Data Regulation

By Robert Bond
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, which came into force last year, is the most significant development in data protection law in the past 20 years.