Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to provide public companies with interpretive guidance on existing disclosure requirements as they apply to business or legal developments relating to the issue of climate change. The SEC has now released the text of the guidance: Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change Those who are fired … Read more »
Paying a Bribe with Zero
In India, petty corruption is pervasive. Its citizens often face situations where they are asked to pay bribes for public services that should be provided free. The 5th Pillar is advocating for paying the bribe with a zero-rupee note. According Vijay Anand, president of the 5th Pillar, the idea is credited to an expatriate Indian … Read more »
Boston Bar Association Presentation on Web 2.0
Martha Sperry of Advocate’s Studio asked me to join her in a presentation to the Boston Bar Association’s Computer & Internet Law Committee titled: Beyond LinkedIn: Advanced Social Media for Lawyers. Martha Sperry, OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd., and Doug Cornelius will lead a brown-bag lunch discussion for lawyers who are familiar with the various forms … Read more »
The SEC and Climate Change
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to provide public companies with interpretive guidance on existing disclosure requirements as they apply to business or legal developments relating to the issue of climate change. Chairman Mary Schapiro pointed out in her speech that the SEC is not commenting or opining on the issue of climate … Read more »
Clothing Drive
This ad induced a huge spit take. I had to wipe off my monitor. Plenty to learn in this video about incentives and unintended outcomes. You can see the obvious HR issues. Bud Light | “Clothing Drive” commercial on YouTube Read more »
Futures Trading and Social Networking
With this week’s release of FINRA’s guidance on social media sites for securities traders, I thought it would be interesting to look at how the futures trading regulatory body is dealing with the issues. It turns out that the National Futures Association recently amended its rules to address social media and released new interpretive notices … Read more »
Weekend Book Review: Sonic Boom by Gregg Easterbrook
You may know Gregg Easterbrook from his previous book The Progress Paradox (one of his six books) or his articles in The Atlantic. I know him mostly from his hobby: writing the Tuesday Morning Quarterback column on ESPN.com. Sonic Boom tries to look beyond the current recession. Easterbrook looks ahead to what to expect after … Read more »
Compliance Bits and Pieces for January 29
Here are some interesting stories from the past week: French Supreme Court Limits the Scope of the Whistleblowing Process by Cecile Martin in the Privacy law Blog For the first time the French Supreme Court addressed the issue of the validity of a Code of conducts that had been implemented by a listed company (Dassault … Read more »
Governing Social Media: How to Monitor, Manage and Make the Most of Employee Use of Social Media
Join me, Kathleen Edmond, Chief Ethics Officer, Best Buy, and Janice Innis-Thompson, SVP & Chief Compliance Officer, TIAA-CREF, as we discuss compliance and governance issues of web 2.0 and social networking. “Corporate Communication takes on a whole new meaning in a world of social media, where employees can freely post their views and spread documents, … Read more »
The Economist Special Report on Social Networking.
“An astonishing amount of time is being wasted on investigating the amount of time being wasted on social networks.” I love reading The Economist because of lines like that. The January 28 issue has a special report on social networking. (The cover image is Steve Jobs dressed like Moses with his new tablet) “Another [report], … Read more »