CPA In America-the ComEd Bribery Action

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 domestic bribery and corruption enforcement action involving ComEd, a subsidiary of energy giant Exelon Corp. and the largest utility in the state of Illinois, agreeing to pay $200 million to settle federal corruption charges that also involve one of the state’s most powerful politicians.   Some of the highlights include: Compliance practitioners need to remember domestic bribery and corruption as well as international. The bribes were offering lucrative lobbying contracts and no-show jobs to associates of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. How did compliance save the day for ComEd? What about the Board of ComEd and Exelon? Is there a real commitment from the top?  Resources See Matt’s blog post, ComEd Pays $200 Million on Domestic Bribery on Radical Compliance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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What happens when two compliance aficionados get together to talk all things compliance, risk management and ERM? You get Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance and Matt Kelly, the Coolest Guy in Compliance, going into the weeds of a topic each week. Each week, you can take a deep dive with two of the top writers, thinkers and prognosticators in compliance.