How does one get into college? There is very little insight into the college admission selection processes. And therein lies a root problem for bribery and corruption that has recently come to a head in Operation Varsity Blues.

Do the ends justify the means? It’s a question at the heart of many ethical dilemmas – and one that can certainly be applied to the case of Portuguese national Rui Pinto.

The ethics & compliance community has been abuzz lately with a startling recent enforcement action — actually, the lack of one — against Cognizant Technologies. The Justice Department declined to bring criminal charges against the company for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Compliance officers are constantly seeking new ways to demonstrate the relevance of a strong ethics and compliance program to their boards and CEOs. We now have another example served up on a platter: boards are increasingly worried that their corporate culture doesn’t encourage employees to raise concerns about risk in a timely manner.