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Compliance & Ethics Risk Assessment – 6 Key Points
Risk assessment is not alone about measuring corporate culture; an effective assessment process will also examine closely “substantive” areas of law/policy, and this, in turn, necessitates having an analytic framework for each such area,
Read More »Better the Devil You Know Than the Devil You Don’t
Statistically, more reports about fraud and potential compliance & ethics deviations are made through the management chain of command than through a “hotline.” While chain-of-command reporting is, in my opinion, the better path, it
Read More »The Role of a Board in Compliance and Ethics: How We Arrived and Where We Are Going
Yesterday, the Houston Astros traded Wandy Rodriguez, the last remaining member of the 2005 National League (NL) champs. The Astros have traded away their five ‘top’ players over the past three weeks, coincidently turning
Read More »Business Leaders Must Be More Ethical
Business schools not only need to sensitize their current students to the full range of their future responsibilities, but they should work with practicing professionals on their continuing education by Paul Danos s the
Read More »The Lifeblood of Every AML Compliance Program: Suspicious Activity Reports
As anti-money laundering laws and regulations expand to new entities, compliance officers need to focus on the design and implementation of suspicious activity reporting systems. SARs are at the center of every AML compliance program,
Read More »Fortune 100 Companies Need to Double-Check on Compliance
Many of the Fortune 100 companies tout their compliance programs. They are proud of their gold-plated, compliance programs and their record of success. But the world changed recently – especially for the
Read More »The Role of Technology in Managing Compliance Risk in the Era of the Corporate Bounty Hunter
Who is the government inciting to report issues of corruption, fraud, and non-compliance? YOUR EMPLOYEES: incenting them to be the whistleblower reporting on wrongdoing in the organization directly to the government. This has grown
Read More »Guiding Corporate Compliance With 10 Simple Questions
Given the recent stress being put on issues of corporate compliance by a number of local and international government agencies, with many organizations’ compliance failures already having been brought into the limelight, it is
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