Innovation In Compliance With Tom Fox

This week’s guest on the Innovation In Compliance show is Sean Freidlin, Director of Product Marketing at SAI Global. He and Tom Fox chat about the article he recently posted on LinkedIn, Rise and Shine: The Morning Show’s Wakeup Call to Corporate America. Overlapping Themes Sean says that the central themes in movies often overlap with the common themes in ethics and compliance programs. In particular, he noticed that Apple’s flagship program, The Morning Show, tackles almost every issue that compliance teams build training about or write about in their code of conduct. Issues such as sexual harassment, diversity and inclusion, whistleblowing and retaliation are issues that many companies deal with. Sean comments that he applauds the risk Apple took to make the show, which shows their commitment to speak up about abuse of power when they see it. Compliance and Ethics Issues Tom asks Sean what is the general story arc of The Morning Show. Sean summarizes the plot, which includes a sexual harassment scandal,