All Internal Controls articles – Page 43
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Ready for Justice Department scrutiny of your compliance program?
Nobody wants the Department of Justice to take a critical look at their compliance program. But Gejaa Gobena has some tips for how to survive the process.
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The smart money is on corporate social responsibility
Corporate social responsibility isn’t just a feel-good exercise. It pays off huge dividends in the problems it prevents, writes Jaclyn Jaeger.
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Starwood Hotels and Resorts compliance leader joins Squire Patton Boggs
Jose Martin Davila, who most recently served as director of compliance for Americas and French Polynesia at Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, has joined as of counsel in the government investigations and white-collar practice of law firm Squire Patton Boggs, based in Miami.
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Big bucks mean big headaches as CEOs face personal scrutiny
The era of “plausible deniability” for CEOs may be coming to an end as pay scrutiny goes hand-in-hand with personal liability. Joe Mont explores.
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The pros and cons of ISO 37001 certification
ISO has released a new anti-bribery standard, but not everyone is convinced that they actually need it, reports Jaclyn Jaeger.
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Actiance announces support for Workplace by Facebook
Actiance, a communications compliance, archiving, and analytics provider, has broadened its scope of supported communications channels to include Workplace by Facebook, which publicly launched earlier this month.
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The vital link between compliance and procurement
For many organizations, compliance and procurement only work at all if they work together. But how they work together is something that is unique to every organization. Jaclyn Jaeger explores.
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Machine Learning capabilities drive new Splunk products
Splunk, a software platform provider for real-time operational intelligence, has released several new versions of its suite of Splunk products: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk IT Service Intelligence, Splunk Enterprise Security, and Splunk User Behavior Analytics. Available on-premises or in the cloud, the newest versions of Splunk solutions leverage machine learning to ...
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Here come the good guys
The modern compliance profession has labored in the shadows for a decade or more, but now it’s finally getting the recognition it deserves with Compliance Officers Day. More from Bill Coffin.
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Kroll names new managing director in Investigations and Disputes Practice
Kroll, a risk mitigation, compliance, security, and incident response solutions provider, has appointed Nicole Lamb-Hale as a managing director in the Washington, D.C., office of Kroll’s Investigations and Disputes practice.
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Internal controls: trust but verify
Tom Fox looks at the recent scandal at Wells Fargo leading to the Consumer Finance Protection Board’s $185 fine and the firing of more than 5,000 employees after basically telling them: “It’s OK to break the law, as long as we make money.”
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Federal contractors brace for insider threat rule
A new Department of Defense rule requires contractors to detect, deter, and mitigate insider threats. But how they should achieve that leaves plenty of gray areas, which does not sit well with contractors. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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CCOs struggle to keep up with evolving insider-trading legal standards
A year after the landmark U.S. v. Newman insider-trading case, federal prosecutors are getting more creative in an evolving legal landscape that creates fresh pitfalls for CCOs and legal counsel. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
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HR360 helps companies comply with employment laws
Companies have a new website at their fingertips to guide them through hiring, managing, and terminating employees while ensuring they remain in compliance with employment laws. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
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To really improve corporate culture, it must be measurable
The days of viewing culture as a hazy intangible are over, given regulator interest in using the efficiency of cultural programs as benchmarks for everything from indictment decisions to penalties. Corporate culture, says Jose Tabuena, needs to be subject to performance benchmarks, like anything else.
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ArticleThe unconventional CFO
Throughout CFO Jan Siegmund’s time at ADP, he has come to realize that when your business processes pay for millions of people, your business is more than payroll. It’s about compliance. An interview by Bill Coffin.
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Building the relationship between compliance and general counsel
As the roles and responsibilities of compliance and legal overlap, and as the role of the chief compliance officer continues to gain profile, how the CCO and general counsel work together is more important than ever, writes Karen Kroll.
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BHS: asset strippers, chancers, and governance failures
Parliament released a scathing report on the sale and management of retail chain BHS in late July. The report, says Paul Hodgson, led to calls for someone to be stripped of his knighthood—a first in Parliament history.
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ArticleKami Niebank: Rising to the challenge
Kami Niebank is CalPERS’ interim chief compliance officer and guides compliance efforts at the largest public pension fund in the United States. She is also overseeing an ambitious five-year compliance plan that will alternately refine and overhaul the entire compliance regime.
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Deloitte Center for Regulatory Strategies names independent senior advisor
The former head of the statistics function and senior advisor to the director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Kenneth Lamar, was recently named an independent senior advisor to the Deloitte Center for Regulatory Strategies. He will advise financial institutions—largely banks—on regulatory reporting, data infrastructure, and ...