Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 109
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Culture, compliance, and the board
Companies need to beware of two debilitating types of corporate culture, according to Uber board member Arianna Huffington, “the cult of the top performer” and “the culture of burnout and stress.”
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e-Commerce and tax e-Vasion
The European Union and the tech industry are locked in a perpetual struggle over taxation, but the EU is making moves to close certain tax avoidance avenues for good.
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Harvey Weinstein—the FCPA angle
More trouble for Harvey Weinstein? The scandal-plagued Hollywood exec’s purchase of a $75K dress that was given to an un-named Qatari individual who was prepared to invest some $20,000,000 in an animation movie fund could be an FCPA violation.
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First annual report on EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is out
The European Commission this month published its first annual report on the functioning of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.
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President Juncker: Toward a more united Europe
The European Commission this week presented its plans for a stronger, more united Europe.
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Iron Mountain appoints chief accounting officer
Iron Mountain has appointed Daniel Borges to serve as vice president and chief accounting officer, effective Oct. 17. In such capacity, Borges will also serve as the company’s principal accounting officer.
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Post-acquisition integration under the FCPA
Companies should make sure they do three things in the M&A context, post-acquisition to ensure they don’t become entangled in an FCPA violation while attempting to expand.
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Pre-acquisition due diligence in mergers and acquisitions
This list of pre-aquisition due diligence tasks in the face of mergers will help companies thwart legal and business risks to reputation and profitability.
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Pension cost rule may give new reason to de-risk plans
A new accounting rule on pension cost presentation will hammer another nail in the coffin of defined benefit pension plans as a form of compensation.
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Cordium expands data protection consulting services to U.K.
Cordium has expanded its cyber-security and data protection consulting services to the U.K. to help investment firms prepare for and manage the requirements of the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation.
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Resolver acquires RiskVision
Resolver, a risk and incident-management software provider, finalized the acquisition of RiskVision, increasing its position in IT risk and compliance markets. As a result of the acquisition, Resolver will employ a team of over 225 security, risk, and compliance professionals.
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SAP simplifies regulatory tax reporting with SAP S/4HANA
SAP SE, an enterprise application software services provider, has announced the launch of SAP S/4HANA for advanced compliance reporting, a new solution that helps corporate finance executives manage statutory reporting.
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Fusion Risk Management expands presence in Europe
Fusion Risk Management, a provider of business continuity risk management software and services, announced the expansion of its European presence to keep pace with rapidly growing market demand and to support engagement among its burgeoning community of enterprise customers in Europe.
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F.H. Bertling employees sentenced in corruption case
Three former senior employees of the F.H Bertling Group were today sentenced at Southwark Crown Court, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office announced.
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CFPB outlines principles for consumer financial data sharing
The CFPB has outlined new “principles” for financial services firms when they aggregate consumer data and share it with third parties, even if those agreements facilitate services requested by customers.
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Tasers, subsidy fraud, and Kobe Steel
Title: IPOs, subsidy fraud, and Kobe In case you missed it this week, e-Commerce company Stitch Fix filed for an IPO, the Czech candidate for PM is slated to win despite fraud charges, and Japan’s corporate compliance takes another hit.
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GM to pay $120M in ignition switch case
General Motors today reached a $120 million settlement with the attorneys general of 49 states and the District of Columbia to resolve claims that the automaker concealed safety issues related to ignition-switch-related defects in several of its vehicles.
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SEC tasks audit committees to set tone for accounting changes
Audit committees take note: SEC is putting a lot of faith in you to set the tone for corporate adoption of major changes in accounting requirements.
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What is your investigation protocol?
When viewing compliance as a clear series of steps leading to an effective goal, CCOs should take into account Hallmark 8 in the Ten Hallmarks of an Effective Compliance Program as supplemented by information from the Justice Department in its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.
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Continuous improvement through ongoing monitoring
Your compliance program should use ongoing monitoring to both evaluate and improve your regime going forward. And, writes Tom Fox, don't forget to: document, document, document.