Articles | Compliance Week – Page 248
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Mitigating Brexit-related supply chain risk
A recent survey from NAVEX Global outlines the many hurdles that will need to be cleared by U.K. businesses as they prepare their supply chains for Brexit.
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Getting to the heart of what went wrong at Danske Bank
A long-running money laundering scandal at Denmark’s biggest lender has resulted in one of the bank’s executives stepping down, but he’s unlikely to be the last.
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With harassment reports rising, it’s important to respond the right way
Rising harassment reports in the wake of the #MeToo movement is highlighting best practices forn how compliance should react to these allegations.
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Assessing Facebook’s many regulatory and compliance lessons
After a hectic week of Congressional testimony, there is a better understanding of Facebook’s data protection woes. There is also plenty of fodder for regulatory and compliance debates.
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Filing problems? SEC invites companies to ask for help
Where one entity’s financial statements get impossibly tangled with another’s, the SEC is inviting companies to reach out and ask for some relief.
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ArticleAmid criticism, can trust in U.K. FRC be restored?
Attacks on the Financial Reporting Council are growing at the same time the U.K. regulator has been granted sweeping new powers to do a job it has been accused of not doing very well.
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Push for Volcker rule reforms gains momentum
Since the day the Dodd-Frank Act was passed nearly a decade ago, the Volcker rule has been a burr under the saddle for Republicans. Now, their complaints are a lot closer to having a remedy, with plans to ease the rule’s burden on community banks.
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Early adoption options could ease some accounting strife
Despite the enormity of accounting change occurring at public companies, some might spare themselves some grief by adopting certain rules before they are mandatory.
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Carillion demise brings lessons in compliance
The collapse of U.K. construction firm Carillion points to a need for compliance to step up to the plate and conduct its own due diligence, regardless of where the markets may lead.
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ArticleCindy Moehring: The catalyst for change
Cindy Moehring, Walmart’s head of compliance, runs a program as ambitious as Walmart itself, requiring diligence, innovation, relatability, and the courage to make hard calls.
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ArticleIndrani Franchini: The champion of culture
For almost 20 years, Indrani Franchini has made a career out of getting to know the industry she is in, creating business relationships that build value and driving cultural change.
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ArticleBeware of ‘no-poach’ agreements
Informal non-solicitation agreements between companies to stifle bidding wars for top talent might easily violate anti-trust law.
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ArticleSEC takes a longer look at pre-IPO companies, Rule 701
With more and more successful companies choosing to go public, the SEC is paying closer attention to how they issue employee stock options.
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Corporate culture may be even more important now
Smart strategies for influencing corporate culture include aligning incentives and recognizing that “tone at the top” needs to be supplemented by “tone at the bottom.”
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ArticlePedro Castro Nevares: The sports pioneer
Navigating crisis with compliance, Pedro Castro Nevares helps Torneos remain in business. Tammy Whitehouse talks with Nevares about his duties at the sports communications firm.
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ArticleCarrie Di Santo: The trusted adviser
Carrie Di Santo has built a compliance career by offering practical solutions that don’t just tell people “no,” but demonstrate how to do business safely and with integrity.
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Auditors develop early plans for how to audit blockchain
Blockchain is evolving rapidly from enigma to imperative in financial reporting circles, and one audit firm has even introduced an audit approach.
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GDPR compliance from the trenches
With the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation fast approaching, forward-thinking companies have some hard-won experience to share about their compliance efforts.
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Buyer-funded developments equal fraud
Buyer beware: A pattern is emerging with buyer-funded developments—investors tempted by high-yield returns, only to see the projects collapse and their investments disappear.
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ArticleMy Compliance Library: 'China's Crony Capitalism'
In China’s Crony Capitalism, we see a system that is endemically corrupt and nearly impossible to reform. Richard Bistrong explores the 2016 novel by Minxin Pei.