All Anti-Bribery articles – Page 26
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Compliance and employment separation
Before beginning any layoffs, it is essential that the compliance practitioner work with the legal department and HR function to make certain employment separation documents are in compliance with SEC rules.
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Where is your backup?
A power outage at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport is a reminder to us all that having backup systems in place is essential to good business.
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The desktop risk assessment
If you perform an annual Desktop Risk Assessment with a full worldwide risk assessment every two years, you should be in a good position to keep abreast of compliance issues that may change and need more or greater risk management.
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Bilfinger executives share lessons learned from FCPA case
Two Bilfinger executives share their lessons learned following Bilfinger’s $32M criminal penalty and DPA with the Justice Department in 2013 for FCPA violations.
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As the FCPA turns 40, compliance officers reflect on its impact
Dec. 19 marks the 40th anniversary of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, prompting compliance officers to take stock of the overall effect FCPA enforcement has had on anti-corruption compliance programs.
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Is the FIFA brand toxic?
FIFA continues to present lessons for the compliance practitioner, and this one is straight-forward: if your organization is corrupt, other companies may well not want to do business with you going forward.
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Compliance in an economic downturn
In an economic downturn, there are two increasing compliance risks for companies that could make them in conflict with the 2012 FCPA enforcement guidance: (1) They eliminate compliance personnel in a cost-cutting attempt; (2) They neglect to invest monies needed to enhance monitoring or other mechanisms.
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Atea Denmark attains ISO 37001 certification
Atea Denmark, a supplier of IT infrastructure and system integration in the Nordic and Baltic regions, has become the first organization in Denmark to attain the highest international anti-bribery certification, ISO 37001 – Anti-bribery management systems.
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Know Your Customer vs. Know Your Intermediary
While most companies are familiar with KYC programs, they might not have knowledge of “Know Your Intermediary.” Inside are five steps for getting to know your intermediaries.
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Aggressive global anti-fraud enforcement to continue
If you thought that enforcement actions like Odebrecht and Vimpelcom were behind us, guess again. They were just the tip of the iceberg. Welcome to the enforcement era.
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Dentons launches anti-bribery tool
Global law firm Dentons recently announced the launch of its groundbreaking interactive web-based tool that puts key aspects of global anti-corruption laws at users’ fingertips, allowing for quick, customizable comparisons across multiple jurisdictions.
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Ex-Volkswagen executive gets 7 years in emissions cheating case
Oliver Schmidt, the former general manager of Volkswagen AG’s U.S. Environment and Engineering Office, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to his role in the company’s long-running emissions cheating scandal.
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To operationalize compliance, pick up the phone
Following compliance policies and procedures is always important but to have a live person to answer questions or walk a non-compliance person through the process is a must.
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Fighting the economic cost of corruption
The U.S. Justice Department’s new FCPA enforcement policy seems to suggest that it’s in the best interests of the United States to both keep the playing field level for American companies and help raise the level of economic growth through fighting bribery and corruption across the globe.
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The Holy Grail of compliance
A recent academic paper discusses companies’ progress in having the “Holy Grail of compliance,” the ability to demonstrate a positive return on investment (ROI) for your compliance program.
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Best practices under the new FCPA Enforcement Policy
The Justice Department’s new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Corporate Enforcement Policy once again makes the importance of a best practices compliance program even more critical.
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SFO vs. Unaoil highlights vital compliance issues
How the U.K.’s key anti-bribery and corruption agency conducts its ongoing Unaoil investigation may provide compliance officers with helpful insight should they ever find themselves dealing with it in the future.
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Unwrapping the new FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy
The Justice Department just announced its new FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy. How different is it from the FCPA Pilot Program? And how will it change self-reporting misconduct?
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SBM Offshore to pay $238M to resolve FCPA case
Dutch oil and gas services company SBM Offshore, and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary SBM Offshore USA, will pay a criminal penalty of $238 million in connection with schemes involving the bribery of foreign officials in Brazil, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Kazakhstan, and Iraq in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices ...
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The compliance oversight committee
Installing a compliance oversight review committee is a crucial step that should be employed by companies as added protection against any type of compliance and ethics violations that could slip through the cracks and become much bigger problems down the road.