Dr. Amy, Psy.D.Annual compliance training day! So far I’ve learned:
- I’m not allowed to bribe anyone even if they’re outside the US
- I’m not allowed to commit fraud
- HIPAA is still a thing
Will keep you all updated
“Do not submit an invoice for services you did not render” ok I won’t, I’m so glad we had a training on this
Hey can I say something? In 2026 people should not need to be told that men can be harassed too. Fuck you if you think a man can’t be a victim of harassment.
Alex(ithymia) 
@dramypsyd To support your point, I experienced harassment back in the ‘before times’ when I thought I was a guy. And in multiple occasions.
People really shouldn’t need to be told that anyone can be a victim of harassment. That should just be a known fact in the Year of Perpetual Horrors 2026.
@alex Right! Why is this news to people? Unless we are immediately firing anyone who gets that question wrong
@dramypsyd We should clarify what kind of ‘firing’ we're talking about.
HR paperwork, or like… fired out of a cannon, dropped through a trapdoor…
Steve GisselbrechtOH DAMN I WAS GONNA DO A FRAUD GOOD THING YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE DON'T DO A FRAUD RULE
@stevegis_ssg That was a close one!!
Jeff GriggYea; it wasn't long ago I was at a place where all of us employees had to take half a day of "update" training, as a result of a legal settlement. It did seem that our company's defense of management actions that clearly and obviously violated ethics and laws already clearly covered by the training, just "hadn't received sufficient training," and so the "remedy" was that the "gap in training" needed to be "covered," to avoid similar in the future. 🙄
Till-o-mat
Bruce Acton 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦@dramypsyd yes but just think of all the CPD credits you’re getting!
Moss da Bard 🇨🇦🇧🇧🇲🇽🇬🇱@dramypsyd
Obviously you're not a Republican.
Obviously you're not a Republican.
@bardmoss Thank you, I really try to make that clear
rickf@dramypsyd Talk about not being allowed to have *any* fun at the office!
@rickf buzzkills
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
@dramypsyd Not even a little bribe? Like a cookie?!
The Turtle
Joe W@catsalad @dramypsyd A cookie is below the amount I'm required to report...
My grandfather used to leave a pack of cigarettes on the desk when he left, apparently if the person didn't say anything it meant your could make some sort of... deal.... with them...
quadrivial, tall and graying@dramypsyd but are you still not allowed to abuse your patients? That's the important one 🤔
@quadrivial Yes they are covering that now! No abusing clients OR harassing them
@dramypsyd very important to know. 🤪
Renata 🇨🇦🐈@dramypsyd @catsalad You need annual training because who knows things might change and you can finally commit all the crime!
@dramypsyd @renata Crime Update sounds cooler than compliance training
@dramypsyd @catsalad Loss of Potential Bribery Opportunities should be a crime!
cuan_knaggs@dramypsyd have they mentioned if any of this changes when dealing with governments contacts?
@mensrea Nope! But they did tell me that nobody is allowed to sexually harass me
J4ck@dramypsyd I hope there was an option to answer, "FINE. WHATEVER, MOM!" to every question.
Phil@dramypsyd guess it's the various government leaders reviewing this and be like "wow this is not allowed? We should totally let employees know!"
tkissing@dramypsyd Well, you are making jokes here, but look at the White House to see what happens if people don't get this kind of training...
Philosophical Fish@dramypsyd It's important to remember that not everyone functions on the same level of morality and ethics that you do. "Don't do the shitty thing" doesn't necessarily cross everyone's mind as the perspective of others isn't necessarily a factor.
Geoff Coffey@dramypsyd Do you have to take tests? Ours are always like "Which of the following is unethical" and the choices are like "eat a lollipop, visit a friend, admire some art, or murder children".
And then the next question will be some esoteric thing so far down the decision tree I may as well be guessing.
Always makes me laugh.
@gwcoffey I once had a HIPAA training test ask me if I should dispose of records by 1) secure shredding, 2) never dispose of records, or 3) throw them on the floor
@dramypsyd Ah I see we take tests from the same publisher.
Nicolai von Neudeck@dramypsyd these days inhabitants of Germany aren’t able to do that either outside of Germany. But in the old days after the war you could declare a bribe a tax deductible business expense if you bribed for professional purposes as long as it happened abroad
Paul_IPv6i'm waiting for the mandatory annual training video, 1 hour long, that re-asserts that the ocean contains water and the gravity still seems to be working...
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)@dramypsyd But what about if an Australian offers you two chickens *and* a duck? How could you possibly resist that bribe?
(Okay, I don't have a duck, but I can get one on short notice).
Marcus Helvig@dramypsyd our organisation’s compliance training never talks about bribes within the organisation, which seems like a pretty large loophole.
Chris OliverThis is still my favorite depiction of bribery from a compliance training I had to take once.
Today these seem quaint. But can I take 2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia to attack Iran? Huh Huh pleeease
@dramypsyd I go through the same thing, twice-yearly, basically every six months about the same concepts.
Stephen Baker
C++ Wage SlaveYeah, I have to go through that training every year. Who the hell is going to bribe a software engineer, and when will I ever get the opportunity to bribe anyone? Just leave me alone with an editor and a compiler and let me get on with it.
ISTM that this training is an expensive arse-covering exercise for someone further up the food chain.