Schedule of Editorial Plans for 2025
In the coming months, Corporate Compliance Insights is set to delve into a diverse range of topics that will shape the future of corporate compliance. Here's a sneak peek at what you can expect:
May: The focus will be on measurable indicators, such as leading indicators, hidden patterns, warning signs, success markers, resource impact, people metrics, and trend analysis. These metrics will help us understand real risks, emerging trends, and program impact.
June: Four newsletters are scheduled for June, on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th. The specific topics for each issue will be revealed as we approach these dates.
July: The July newsletter will explore how leaders shape ethical culture, with a focus on actions vs. words, informal leaders, daily decisions, power dynamics, walking the talk, hard conversations, and money talks.
August: The August newsletter will delve into the topic of 'Lost in translation?' and discuss how successful global companies navigate cultural differences while maintaining consistent ethical standards. It will focus on cultural context, gift-giving, and cross-border operations.
September: The September newsletter will take a historical and future-oriented look at the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), discussing its evolution from its post-Watergate origins to tomorrow's enforcement priorities. Topics will include origin stories, game-changers, global impact, tech challenges, next frontiers, and lessons learned.
October: The October newsletter will be dedicated to 'Futurism,' exploring how compliance might evolve in truly radical futures. It will consider the human element, post-scarcity, digital worlds, space commerce, and synthetic life.
November: The first three weeks of November will feature newsletters on various compliance program effectiveness topics, such as program maturity, resource allocation, board reporting, investigation outcomes, control testing, process gaps, and continuous improvement. However, there will be no newsletter the week of Thanksgiving.
December: The December newsletters will be fewer, with no issues scheduled between Christmas and New Year's Day. The first issue will reflect on what truly drives ethical behavior in organizations, beyond policies and procedures. The second issue will debate whether the chief compliance officer should be a lawyer or not, discussing legal vs. operations, business mindset, career paths, risk ownership, success stories, global variations, and essential skills. The final issue of the year will focus on 'The heart of the matter,' discussing timeless lessons, speaking truth to power, choice points, moral courage, and why values matter.
2025: In Germany, organizations with more than 1,000 employees and an annual turnover above 450 million euros will implement new trends in corporate compliance, influenced by legislative changes like the upcoming 'Law on International Corporate Responsibility' to replace the Supply Chain Act (LkSG), which narrows due diligence obligations to focus more on massive human rights violations and reduces reporting obligations and sanctions. Other influencing factors include the digitalization of compliance processes, increasing cybersecurity demands, and the complexity of evolving regulations across regions.
In addition to these topics, the 2025 editorial calendar for Corporate Compliance Insights includes monthly topics on the future of compliance, compliance program effectiveness, the role of law school in compliance leadership, speak-up culture, what gets measured gets managed, inclusion as integrity, and more. One topic that will be explored is building an ethical company, creating space for everyone to bring their whole selves to work, supporting and strengthening DEI initiatives, and turning policies into genuine inclusion—a concept known as 'Inclusion as Integrity.'
Stay tuned for more insights and updates from Corporate Compliance Insights!
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