Credits: 4.0 ethics & professionalism credit hours (Note: This class is not eligible for ethics and professionalism credit in Kansas, Ohio, and Virginia, but is eligible for general credit in these jurisdictions.)
Description: This popular and multifaceted class provides those who attend with an overview of how to develop and execute an effective compliance and ethics program for an organization, whether a corporation or a nonprofit. The class includes a discussion of theories of criminal liability for an organization and its directors, officers, and employees. Our expert panel discusses a selection of laws, regulations, policies, and case studies that either require an organization to have a compliance and ethics program or provide best practices for a compliance and ethics program. The panel members call upon their experiences to provide practical methods for both large and small organizations, as well as nonprofits, to develop or manage an effective ethics and compliance program to mitigate the risk of criminal liability, including conducting risk assessments, developing internal controls, conducting internal investigations, and managing third parties. The following are among the specific topics the panel discusses:
- Appreciating the requirements for organizations to have a defined ethics and compliance program to manage legal risks
- Learning the theories of criminal liability that prosecutors may use to investigate and charge organizations, directors, officers, and employees
- Receiving practical ideas for working with clients to establish effective methods to develop a practical, action-oriented ethics and compliance program
- Learning about the unique risks for an organization that works with governments (domestic and international) and with third parties, as well as methods to mitigate those risks
- Learning about emerging enforcement trends and recent prosecutions of organizations and their officers/employees for engaging in wrongdoing
This class is designed for experienced attorneys who advise organizational clients and in-house attorneys. To engage the audience and to tailor their remarks to those who attend, the faculty polls those who attend on their familiarity with developing or managing an ethics and compliance program (whether they are in-house or external counsel) and on their knowledge of the topics being discussed.
Faculty: Margaret M. Cassidy, Cassidy Law PLLC; Erin H. Creahan, Compassion International; Mary Marks, MasterBrands; and Joan E. Meyer, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Fees: $139 D.C. Bar Communities Members, $149 D.C. Bar Members, $159 Government and Nonprofit Attorneys, and $179 Others
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