Aaron Nicodemus

3 weeks ago | complianceweek.com | Aaron Nicodemus |Ian Sherr

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked a war with unusual implications: The U.S. has stepped up sanctions and export controls. But companies are increasingly learning that the most seemingly innocuous products can find themselves in “dual use,” as a product for daily life and a product for war. A gyroscope or a more advanced GPS chip might help improve a smartphone’s capabilities, but they can also help to guide a missile.

3 weeks ago | complianceweek.com | Aaron Nicodemus

Global supply chains are constantly in flux: crucial vendors could suddenly go bankrupt, fail to produce key components without warning, or even lose your firm’s data in a breach. Those stressors are even more pronounced these days with the addition of dramatic fluctuations in trade policy from the U.S. government.

3 weeks ago | complianceweek.com | Aaron Nicodemus

Global supply chains are constantly in flux: crucial vendors could suddenly go bankrupt, fail to produce key components without warning, or even lose your firm’s data in a breach. Those stressors are even more pronounced these days with the addition of dramatic fluctuations in trade policy from the U.S. government.

4 weeks ago | complianceweek.com | Aaron Nicodemus

Corporate governance is, all too often, handed down from generation to generation. Like a well-worn jacket, it works great—until it doesn’t. Typically, it is a crisis that forces companies to reassess their corporate governance framework, as gaps are filled and poor policies rewritten. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Proactive reassessment and refinement should be part of any corporate governance strategy.

1 month ago | complianceweek.com | Aaron Nicodemus

Now in its sixth year, the Inside the Mind survey pegged average salaries (plus bonuses) for chief compliance officers (CCOs) and chief ethics and compliance officers (CECOs) in 2024 at $295,000, down 10 percent from the average of $329,000 for CCOs and CECOs in 2023 and well below the high-water mark of $335,000 in 2022. A total of 79 CCOs and CECOs responded to the survey, representing 35 percent of all compliance officers who responded. Polling was conducted in November and December of 2024.