Go back roughly twenty years and you wouldn’t find a country in South America that had corporate criminal liability laws. Today, though, the picture has changed dramatically.
Felipe Sottorff Araya, a compliance consultant...more
Third-party risk is the risk that keeps expanding. Data security and anticorruption risk have long been the focus. Now, though, the risks are broadening to include issues such as where materials are sourced and the labor that...more
United States Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco recently gave a speech in which she outlined both new policies at the Department of Justice (DOJ) as well as enhancements to existing ones that can have a profound...more
The Organizational Sentencing Guidelines have turned thirty, and what began as an experiment is now an established framework for compliance programs in the US and around the globe.
To commemorate the milestone, the United...more
The writing on the wall is pretty clear: regulators expect compliance programs to be custom designed for the organization and kept up to date. That means compliance teams need to stop periodically and reassess their program...more
The 2022 Risk & Compliance Hotline & Incident Management Report from NAVEX included data that showed that helpline calls, while increasing, were not back to pre-pandemic levels.
New research from Gartner confirms that data,...more
Melanie Sponholz, Chief Compliance Officer, WCP Healthcare, Nick Gallo, Chief Servant and Co-CEO of ComplianceLine, and Gio Gallo, Co-CEO and CTO of ComplianceLine have a simple message for compliance officers: don’t be...more
The relationship between ESG and compliance is as of yet not a fully defined one. That’s not surprising given both the newness of ESG and the many similarities between it and compliance.
While many see an overlap between...more
One day the war in Ukraine will stop, and many companies will be looking to either enter or return to the country. But what compliance challenges might they face?
In this podcast Eric Hontz, Director-Center for Accountable...more
For a time monitorships were, if not endangered, out of favor. After many years of embracing them, the US Department of Justice had begun calling for cost benefit analyses and looking for alternatives.
Then in 2021 Deputy...more
Being a compliance department of one can be a lonely job, but not for Susan Freccia, Director of Compliance at Oregon State University. Working in a small compliance department doesn’t feel like a challenge.
For one, she is...more
The Navex 2022 Risk & Compliance Hotline & Incident Management Benchmark Report provides a fascinating look into what’s going on in compliance in general and how employees are using helplines specifically.
The 2021 report...more
When we talk about communications in the world of compliance, we tend to focus on training and other forms of mass information sharing. Not as often discussed, but just as important, are the individual one-to-one...more
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) already provides considerable requirements for compliance programs. With Brexit comes a new GDPR for the United Kingdom. Adding to the complexity, the UK GDPR also...more
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is one of the best-known companies in the world, boasting top brands such as Tide, Crest and Charmin. The company is also well recognized for its highly strategic marketing and its integrity. In fact,...more
Getting employees to come forward and provide feedback on the corporate compliance and ethics program is often a challenge. Many are hesitant to talk to compliance at all. Still others may fear that their conversation may...more
Antitrust is a long-time risk area for compliance teams to manage, but its longevity does not mean it is not evolving. New issues arise as times and Administrations in Washington change.
Nathan Mendelsohn, Associate in the...more
Social media keeps evolving: From MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to SnapChat to TikTok to whatever comes next. One thing stays the same, though: there are lots of compliance risk.
In this podcast Kortney Nordrum,...more
ESG has exploded, but what is it and what is the role for compliance teams? Lisa Beth Lentini Walker, CEO & Founder of Lumen Worldwide Endeavors and a member of the board of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics &...more
Operation Lava Jato (Carwash) had a profound effect on business in Brazil, with countless companies caught up in one way or another in the corruption scandal.
State oil company Petrobras was no exception, but, as is the case...more
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The relationships between Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and compliance risk management is a complex and confusing one. There is the potential for overlap and even conflict.
To help clear the air and improve the...more
At the 2022 HCCA Compliance Institute, Tonja Wise, Corporate Director of Compliance, Sharp HealthCare will be leading a session “Your Audit Plan is on Point…but How is Your Moderating Game?” It’s a very good question, and in...more
There are a lot of good reasons to do a periodic review of your healthcare compliance program, not the least of which is that the government expects it.
But when’s the right time? How do you get the management support? ...more
At the 2022 SCCE European Compliance & Ethics Institute Dr. Jan Sprafke, Head of Compliance, Europe and Latin America and Jad Mhanna, Regional Compliance Officer at Ericsson will be leading a session entitled Cultural Divide...more
When you think of online compliance and ethics training, you likely imagine courseware developed by a vendor and used by hundreds of other organizations.
USBank broke that mold, creating online training in house. It did so...more