All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 457
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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.
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What is high risk for your brand?
The fraudulent certification scandal that rocked Japanese steel manufacturer Kobe Steel serves as a warning to other companies: Make sure your front-line employees feel like they can speak up in the face of fraudulent behavior.
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Germans arrest VW executive
Will the recent arrest of VW former Chief Engineer Wolfgang Harz mean more prosecutions of those involved in the worldwide cover-up of the emissions testing scandal? Tom Fox has more.
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Is a country sweep coming to South Africa?
The recent corruption scandal to focus on McKinsey & Co., SAP, and KMPG in South Africa has driven home a truism that many in the compliance space have known for some time: South Africa is one of the most corrupt countries on earth. For U.S. and U.K. companies doing business ...
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AICPA delivers more revenue recognition working drafts
In the ongoing movement to new methods for recognizing revenue in financial statements, the AICPA has issued yet more new guidance for companies to consider.
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House bills target fiduciary rule, CFPB oversight, privacy notices, more
The Financial Services Committee has advanced a slate of 22 bills. Among the topics: data protections for the SEC's Consolidated Audit Trail, the thresholds for SIFI designations, supporting emerging growth companies, and killing the Department of Labor’s fiduciary duty rule.
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Former Keppel Shipyard officer faces 395 counts of corruption
Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau charged a former senior procurement officer of Keppel Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, with 395 counts of corruption.
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Acting comptroller thwarts CFPB, even as Dems question his authority
As the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency increasingly injects itself as a regulatory buffer between banks, financial services firms and the CFPB, Senate Democrats are questioning the legality and authority of Acting Comptroller Keith Noreika.
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EPA head demands an end to ‘regulation through litigation’
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has issued an agency-wide directive and memorandum intended to end “sue and settle” practices at the agency for consent decrees and settlement agreements.
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Legislation would let companies cyber-attack their hackers
The Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act is bipartisan legislation that would allow companies to deploy “defensive measures that exceed the boundaries of one’s network in order to monitor, identify, and stop attackers.”
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Senate committee schedules hearing for SEC nominees
On Oct. 24, the Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on President Trump’s nominations of Hester Peirce, a Republican, and Robert Jackson, a Democrat, to be SEC Commissioners.
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SEC charges Rio Tinto with fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission this week charged mining company Rio Tinto and two former top executives with fraud for inflating the value of coal assets acquired for $3.7 billion and sold a few years later for $50 million.
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New GDPR implementation guide offers helpful roadmap
Figuring out how to comply with the fast approaching GDPR isn’t easy, but this handy guide from the ISF will be a big help to compliance officers everywhere.
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Auditors tasked to study revenue readiness at year-end
Auditors are under clear orders from their regulators to show no mercy in their assessment of corporate transition to the new revenue recognition rules.
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European Commission hits Scania with €880m cartel fine
One of Europe’s largest truck manufacturers prepares to fight a massive fine over allegations surrounding a long-running price-fixing cartel.
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Compliance considerations for doing business in Sudan
The United States might have lifted sanctions against Sudan, but companies looking to do business there need to understand the many serious compliance hurdles that still exist.
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A World View of Anti-Corruption Efforts
Anti-corruption efforts around the world are quickly gaining steam, and it’s up to multinational companies all around the world to keep pace. In this eBook, produced by Compliance Week in cooperation with NAVEX Global, we explore the latest anti-corruption regulatory developments and enforcement priorities that companies should be thinking about ...
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It’s time to scrutinize data protection practices for GDPR readiness
By May 2018, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation will take effect, and many companies are seriously underestimating the amount of compliance work this will require.
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Car bomb kills ‘Panama Papers’ journalist
Daphne Caruana Galizia, a relentless advocate for exposing the truth about corruption on the island of Malta and who helped expose its ties to offshore tax havens linked to the Panama Papers, has been killed in a car bombing.
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New technology brings opportunities, and headaches, for CCOS
New technologies are poised to revolutionize compliance and risk management. But are CCOs and CROs ready and up to the challenge?