Fcpa Compliance Report

In a speech before the SIFMA Compliance and Legal Society New York Regional Seminar in November 2015, then Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell laid out metrics the Department of Justice would consider in evaluating a corporate compliance program around third parties. Caldwell began with the following question, “Does the institution sensitize third parties like vendors, agents or consultants to the company’s expectation that its partners are also serious about compliance?” This inquiry was brought forward into the Justice Department’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.  Management of a Third Party Relationship Recognizing that most Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) and compliance practitioners understand the need for a business justification, questionnaire, due diligence and compliance terms and conditions in a contract, I was gratified to see the DOJ focusing on the final step in the lifecycle of a third party relationship as a key metric for its new Compliance Counsel to evaluate. This is bec