Is the Sky Falling? Three Things You Need to Know To Respond Effectively to the New Corporate Whistleblower Rules Under Dodd-Frank

Donna C.Boehme is an internationally recognized authority in the field of organizational compliance and ethics with 20+ years’ experience designing and managing compliance and ethics solutions. As principal of ComplianceStrategists LLC, and Special Advisor to Compliance Systems Legal Group, Donna advises a wide spectrum of private, public, governmental, academic and non-profit entities located in the US, Europe and worldwide. She serves on the respective boards of the RAND Center of Corporate Ethics and Governance, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, the Rutgers Center for Government Compliance & Ethics, and the South Texas College of Law - Corporate Compliance Center.

Stephen Molen has a strong focus on providing customized technology and on-demand software solutions to the Fortune 500 and Global 2,000 marketplace with an accomplished history of creatively solving client needs, while maintaining a strong customer focus. Stephen has been consulting and partnering with companies to help improve business processes with enterprise software solutions for over 10 years, and in his past experience has developed custom software applications for companies including General Motors, TMP Worldwide, and OSI Restaurant Group.

Stephen is a frequent speaker on ethics & compliance solutions and has worked with the SCCE, OCEG, EthicsPoint, and at national conferences. In his off time, Stephen looks to celebrate life with friends and family. As an avid cook, he loves to experiment with new ingredients and local flavors, specializing in Caribbean fare to carry on the traditional foods of his family’s heritage.

Michael Greenberg is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation and director of the RAND Center for Corporate Ethics and Governance (CCEG). He is a lawyer and a clinical psychologist by training. Greenberg's work at RAND has included empirical research projects in areas including civil justice, law and business, health care, and national security. He has led or co-led projects at RAND in all of these areas; examples of his work include studies on fair value accounting and systemic risk; medical malpractice litigation and hospital-based patient safety; and the impact of the financial collapse on the civil justice system. In his role as director of CCEG, Greenberg leads RAND efforts in developing new research and pathbreaking symposium events designed to contribute to better policy. In this regard, his recent activities have included hosting conferences on the impact of the Dodd-Frank whistleblower rules on the corporate community; and the role of public company directors, and management, in contributing to better compliance and ethics performance within their firms. A listing of some of his recent publications on related topics is available at http://www.rand.org/about/people/g/greenberg_michael.html.

Greenberg worked as an attorney at Ropes & Gray, a large Boston law firm, prior to joining RAND. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Duke University.