Tom Topolski and Eric Feldman on Making the Relationship with a Corporate Monitor Work [Podcast]




Compliance Perspectives show

Summary: <a href="http://complianceandethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Compliance-Perspectives-Cover-Art-1024x1024.jpg"></a><a href="http://complianceandethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/turteltaub-adam-200x200.jpg"></a>By Adam Turteltaub<br><br> adam.turteltaub@corporatecompliance.org<br> Your organization has just reached a settlement with the government, and you have a corporate monitor.  Making that relationship work is essential not just for meeting the terms of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement.  It’s also essential for coming out of the monitorship with a much stronger compliance and ethics program.<br> <a href="mailto:eric.feldman@affiliatedmonitors.com">Eric Feldman</a> of <a href="http://www.affiliatedmonitors.com/">Affiliated Monitors, Inc.</a> and <a href="mailto:thomas_topolski@hotmail.com">Tom Topolski</a> worked closely together when Tom’s previous employer had engaged Eric as a monitor.  In this podcast they discuss what made their relationship work, and the lessons every compliance professional can take away when in the middle of, or about to face, a monitorship.<br> They explain:<br> <br> * Getting a monitor is not always negative; it’s also a good opportunity to adopt best practices<br> * Red flags that a monitor would see as a symptom of a larger problem than expected<br> * The importance of trust to the relationship<br> * The monitor has to go in with a mindset that they are there to be collaborative, and that collaboration and independence are not mutually exclusive<br> * The goal is to work together to build the best organization possible using compliance best practices<br> <br>