• A Guide to Compliance From the Bard

  • By: Thomas Fox
  • Podcast

A Guide to Compliance From the Bard

By: Thomas Fox
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • What is the intersection of Shakespeare and compliance? How do the plays of the world's greatest playwright inform your 21st century corporate compliance program? If you love Shakespeare and/or compliance, this is the podcast for you. Listen in as Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist and the Voice of Compliance discusses the plays, personalities and histories from The Bard of Avon and then uses them to provide insights to enhancing your compliance regime.
    Thomas Fox
    Show More Show Less
Art Drama & Plays Economics Entertainment & Performing Arts
Show More Show Less
Episodes
  • Henry IV, Part 2-Lawyers and Compliance

    Henry IV, Part 2-Lawyers and Compliance
    Dec 4 2019
    What is the most famous line in Shakespeare about lawyers? That is an easy one because lawyer-haters across the world (and lawyer-lovers as well) know it – First thing we do is kill all the lawyers. It comes from Henry IV, Part II. Most lawyers understand that by killing all the lawyers, it will create an atmosphere that would allow for tyranny and anarchy. Unfortunately this clear import is not as widely seen by civilians (i.e. non-lawyers). While I think the debate about whether the compliance function should be located in a company’s legal department or in a separate compliance function has largely concluded that it should be independent because of the difference in the two discipline’s mandates; many in a corporate compliance function came from the General Counsel’s office or have legal training. The lack of law schools providing training in leadership skills has led to a paucity of such proficiencies in my brethren. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
    Show More Show Less
    10 mins
  • Lear's Fool and Power Points

    Lear's Fool and Power Points
    Dec 4 2019
    In this podcast, I use my favorite character in all Shakespeare's works, to introduce today’s post. He is The Fool from King Lear. Of Shakespeare’s many theatrical innovations, his transformation of The Fool from the Renaissance Court Jester of songs, music, storytelling, medieval satire and physical comedy to commentator is right up there for me. The Fool became closer to the Greek Chorus. Shakespeare brought the Chorus commentary function back. As noted in Wikipedia, “Where the jester often regaled his audience with various skills aimed to amuse, Shakespeare’s fool, consistent with Shakespeare’s revolutionary ideas about theater, became a complex character who could highlight more important issues. Like Shakespeare’s other characters, the fool began to speak outside of the narrow confines of exemplary morality. Shakespeare’s fools address themes of love, psychic turmoil, personal identity, and many other innumerable themes that arise in Shakespeare”. While Lear’s Fool was actually a font of wisdom and commentary, the same cannot always be said for the corporate fools who put evidence of bribery and corruption in emails, excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint slide deck presentations. In Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) training I always remind attendees that if you put your bribery scheme in emails, it will be uncovered. Further, if you put together an excel spreadsheet tying your nefarious acts, such as hiring the family member of a foreign official or state owned enterprise employee to the award of a contract, it will be uncovered. Now I find I must supplement my training to add the following admonition: do not put your fraudulent scheme in a PowerPoint slide deck for presentation to senior management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
    Show More Show Less
    11 mins
  • Othello and the Clash of Cultures

    Othello and the Clash of Cultures
    Dec 4 2019
    Which play in Shakespeare’s cannon presents the biggest clash of cultures, which leads to the most catastrophic result? I would have to opine Othello, one of the great tragedies in all of Shakespeare. Othello, a Moor and General in the service of the Venetian republic, wins great honors on the fields of battle with the Turks. He also wins the hand of the lovely Desdemona. However, off the battlefields, Othello falls prey to the whiles of Iago, who convinces Othello of the infidelity of his bride. Othello murders his wife and then, realizing his mistake, takes his own life. There are many culture clashes going on in the play. The military ethos vs. the deceit of civilian life, African tribal culture vs. the isolation of life in Venice, and even the warm bloodedness of a Moor vs. the chilly civilization of 16th century Venice. Yet it all leads to one thing – destruction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
    Show More Show Less
    11 mins

What listeners say about A Guide to Compliance From the Bard

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.