For a compliance program to be successful, it's essential to monitor performance on an ongoing basis, and periodically stop and audit your efforts. Join us on September 17, 2024 for the Compliance Auditing and Monitoring...more
Call me a skeptic. Call me cynical. I understand that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) provides valuable standardization services and guidance. The ISO is comprised of 169 member countries....more
Is your organization’s compliance program set up for long-term success? For a compliance program to be successful, it's essential to monitor performance on an ongoing basis, and periodically stop and audit your efforts....more
Each year, defective, faulty, or misused food products cause severe injuries to customers. In some cases, these mishaps also result in product recalls, negative publicity, and a loss of customer goodwill....more
Join a panel of information governance experts as they unpack and discuss the new International Standard for Information Governance (ISO 24143) from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Business people...more
This session will focus on ISO and IEEE standards/regulations for AI. It also intersects with concerns regarding racial justice and discrimination issues associated with technology, which highlights transparency/translucency...more
California Adds Biometric Restrictions to Data-Breach Law, Potentially Creating a De Facto Biometric Privacy Law Subject to the governor’s signature, California’s breach-notification law will gain additional requirements...more
A year after a global anti-bribery standard was implemented by the International Standards Organization (“ISO”), a slow trend is emerging among major corporations, such as Microsoft and Wal-Mart, announcing they will seek...more
Microsoft and Wal-Mart recently announced that their organizations recognize the value of having a uniform international standard across their organizations to combat bribery, and will now be seeking ISO 37001 Certification...more
Since mid-2000s investigation of Siemens, and the resulting $800 million penalty for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the FCPA has been an enforcement priority of the U.S. Government. Although a dip in...more
To begin, let’s define “benchmarking.” There is often confusion regarding the difference between benchmarking and assessment. ...the process of benchmarking is a subset of compliance program assessment....more
Some, though certainly not all, of the dust has settled since ISO 37001 published last fall. As compliance professionals grapple with the new standard, we thought it would be interesting to use the power of social media to...more
It’s been a month since ISO 37001 was published and there are some questions we have heard percolating in the compliance world about what this means. These are the questions we’ve been hearing the most...more
Recently, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) adopted a new set of standards, designated as ISO 37001, to assist organizations in their ongoing fight against bribery. As a result of recent increases in...more
On September 17, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to expand the obligations of Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators...more
Those of us working in the ethics and compliance field know that there is no shortage of guidance on best practices for establishing and maintaining an ethics and compliance program. In the U.S., the Federal Sentencing...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Senate committee backs PTC extension: ReNews - Jul 22: A U.S. Senate committee has voted to extend more than 50 tax policies, including production and investment tax credits that incentivize wind...more
The revision of the ISO 14001 standard is now open for public comment, with the final standard publication expected in 2015, affecting over 280,000 certified organizations worldwide. Once final, the standard is expected to be...more