Trekking Through Compliance Thomas Fox

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Conscience of the King, which aired on December 8, 1966, Star Date 2817.6.
The Enterprise is called Planet Q by Dr. Thomas Leighton. Leighton suspects Anton Karidian, the leader of a Shakespearean acting troupe currently on the planet, is Kodos the Executioner, former governor of the Earth colony of Tarsus IV. Kodos had ordered that half the population of 8000 be put to death during a food shortage. Both Leighton and Kirk were eyewitnesses.
Kirk arranges to ferry the acting troupe to its next destination. Spock learns the history of the massacre, Kirk's connection to it, and that seven of the nine witnesses had died, in each case when Karidian's troupe was nearby. Kirk confronts Karidian with his suspicions. Karidian does not admit to being Kodos.
Karidian, overhearing, is disturbed, and Lenore tries to reassure him by revealing that she has been killing the witnesses to his crimes. Kirk moves to arrest them both. Lenore snatches a phaser and accidentally kills Karidian.
Compliance Takeaways:
1.     When does a leader step from business to personal?
2.     Can you ever be sure in an investigation absent a confession?
3.     What is the difference between an investigation and a root cause analysis?
 Resources:
Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein for The Conscience of the King
MissionLogPodcast.com-The The Conscience of the King
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In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Turnabout Intruder, which aired on June 3, 1969, Star Date 5298.5.
After receiving a distress call from a science party on Camus II exploring the ruins of a dead civilization, the Enterprise rushes to assistance. All party members appear dead except the leader Dr. Janice Lester and the medical officer Dr. Arthur Coleman. According to Dr. Coleman, Lester is suffering from some unknown sort of radiation poisoning.
However, when the rest of the Enterprise landing party goes to aid a dying science party member and leaving Kirk and Lester alone, she activates an alien device she has discovered and exchanges bodies with Kirk. Lester is driven by jealousy and a persecution complex and complains to Kirk about the agony of being a woman. Lester-as-Kirk orders everyone to be beamed about and takes over the role of Kirk.
Lester-as-Kirk removes Bones as a chief medical officer and installs Dr. Coleman, a former starship doctor who has been found incompetent by the Starfleet Surgeon General, in his place. Dr. Coleman attempts to prevent Kirk (in Dr. Lester’s body) from interacting with the crew by sedating her, but she escapes to sickbay to talk to Bones and Spock. However, Lester-as-Kirk is also waiting for a physical examination ordered by McCoy. He proceeds to knock Kirk-as-Lester out and orders her to be put in isolation and incommunicado.
Spock suspects something amiss and goes to speak to (the real) Kirk in solitary confinement. At Kirk’s request, Spock does a Vulcan mind probe and discovers the truth. Spock tries to escape with the real Kirk but is stopped by Lester-as-Kirk and security guards. This leads to a court-martial trial for Spock. Spock puts Kirk (in Lester’s body) on the stand and testifies that Kirk’s mind is in her body.
In the meantime, Sulu and Chekov refuse to obey Lester-as-Kirk’s orders, and Kirk and Lester experience a temporary reversion of minds. In fact, to prevent a reversion, Coleman informs Lester-as-Kirk that Lester must be killed. However, Coleman is too late to carry out the task, and Kirk’s and Lester’s minds revert to their appropriate bodies.
Compliance Takeaways:

Who monitors the senior executives?

What happens when you have C-Suite involvement in the bribery scheme?

How can your company make a comeback?

Resources
Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein
MissionLogPodcast.com
Memory Alpha
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In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode All Our Yesterdays which aired on March 14, 1969, Star Date 5943.7
On a mission to evacuate the population of the lone planet Sarpedon before its sun explodes, Spock, Kirk and McCoy beam down to investigate why sensors indicate no humanoid life remaining on the planet. They discover a "library" staffed by Mr. Atoz ("A to Z") who tells them to hurry up and pick a destination, and that he himself plans to join his wife and family when the nova comes. 
Kirk and then Spock and McCoy are sent to different places in the past. However they are all able to return to the library as Mr. Atoz puts in a disk and rushes to join his family before it is too late. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy return to the Enterprise, which warps out of orbit just as the star novas.
Compliance Takeaways:
1.     What is targeted training?
2.     What is effective training?
3.     What is your training governance protocol?
Resources
Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein
MissionLogPodcast.com
Memory Alpha
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 In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Savage Curtain which aired on March 7, 1969, Star Date 5906.4.
While scanning planet Excalbia, Spock detects strange readings which seem to indicate the presence of carbon cycle life forms. The subsequent appearance of Abraham Lincoln on the viewing screen and his transportation to the Enterprise demonstrate that whatever intelligence resides on the planet has the ability to read minds and manipulate matter. Shortly before beaming Lincoln aboard, Spock reports that sensors showing an object resembling living rock with claws at the same position.
On board, Lincoln appears to be human with knowledge of technology from the mid 1800’s but is strangely also aware of the Vulcan philosophy. When Kirk accepts Lincoln's invitation for Spock and him to beam down to a patch of Earth-type environment on the planet, they encounter Surak, the father of Vulcan civilization. A piece of rock suddenly becomes animated and informs them that the inhabitants of the planet are conducting an experiment to discover which of the opposing human philosophies is stronger: good or evil. To carry out their experiment, the rock creatures pit Lincoln, Surak, Kirk, and Spock against Genghis Khan, Colonel Green, Zora and Kahless the Klingon in a battle to the death.
Green appears to parlay with Surak but sends his associates to sneak up on him. They then attempt to trick Kirk's party into rescuing him when he (apparently) screams out in pain. Lincoln attempts to sneak into Green's camp, but this action had been expected. As he discovers that Surak is already dead, Lincoln is speared from behind. Col. Green's party then attacks Spock and Kirk. Spock kills Col. Green and the others are forced to flee. The rock creatures discover that evil is defeated when directly confronted by good, and Spock, Kirk, and the Enterprise are released.
Compliance Takeaways:

Executives behaving badly?

Internal control work-arounds and overrides.

Who watches the watchers?

Resources
Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein
MissionLogPodcast.com
Memory Alpha
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In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Cloud Miners, which aired on February 28, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5818.4
When a botanical plague threatens to destroy all vegetation on the planet Merak II, the Enterprise visits Ardana, the only known source of the xenite mineral needed to halt the plague. Despite High Advisor Plasus's request that they beam to the cloud city Stratos, Kirk and Spock beam directly down to the xenite mine entrance, where they are lassooed by the xenite miners.
Kirk and Spock are entertained as guests on Stratos until the xenite can be found. Plasus' daughter Droxine is fascinated with Spock, but the city servant and secret Trogglyte leader Vanna has an interest of a different kind for Kirk: she attempts to take him hostage at mining-implement-point. And his forceful protests prompt Plasus to order their immediate departure from the city.
Back aboard the Enterprise, Kirk learns from McCoy that unprocessed xenite emits an odorless, invisible gas that temporarily diminishes mental ability and heightens emotions. Spock then realizes that the leaders of the disrupters have all been isolated from xenite emissions by their service aboard Stratos. Kirk proposes that the Trogglytes be supplied with xenite masks.
Once the effect of the gas has worn off, Kirk agrees to provide Vanna with masks and help the Trogglytes obtain equality in exchange for the xenite, despite the protests of Plasus. Kirk and Plasus drop charges against each other, and Kirk and Spock return to the Enterprise with xenite in hand.
Compliance Takeaways:
1.     What is institutional justice?
2.     What is institutional fairness?
3.     How do you know your discipline is consistent?
Resources
Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein
MissionLogPodcast.com
Memory Alpha
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In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Way To Eden, which aired on February 21, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5832.3
In its tribute to the Summer of Love and the hippie generation, a group of alternative lifestylers come aboard the Enterprise and bring their message of love and simplicity to the crew of the Enterprise. They manage to shanghai the crew into taking them to the mythical planet of Eden, which it turns out exists. Once there, however, they find the food is poisonous, and the ground is laced with acid.
Compliance Takeaways:
1.     What does your ELT do to support compliance?
2.     How do you utilize your ELT in your compliance program?
3.     Do you get the resources you need in budget and headcount from your ELT?
Resources
Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein
MissionLogPodcast.com
Memory Alpha
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