All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 492
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ArticleKurt Drake: The integration master
Before joining Kimberly-Clark as its chief ethics and compliance officer in 2016, Kurt Drake already had more than 20 years of global ethics and compliance and finance experience.
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A double whammy for the cosy club
Directors in the United States and United Kingdom are facing increasingly divergent realities when it comes to regulatory accountability. And that gap is only growing.
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ArticleMary Gentile: The practical ethicist
Mary Gentile is one of the ethics field’s most renowned educators for her results-based ethics training that doesn’t ask: “What is the right thing to do,” but rather: “How do we get the right thing done?”
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Google and its last-minute tax deals
There is a troubling trend for large companies to equate risk appetite with tax avoidance. Just ask Google, as the company is in talks to correct taxation of its Italian business.
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Survey: Companies losing business to corruption risk
More companies are choosing to cease business with certain partners, while others say they’ve lost business over the last year, because of corruption risk, finds a recent global anti-corruption survey.
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SEC names new Deputy Chief of Staff, other senior officials
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced several new appointments this week, including a new Deputy Chief of Staff, general counsel, and new chief counsel to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton.
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ArticleWith a new chairman, SEC readies its focus on IPOs, capital formation
Expect a focus on capital formation and improving the stagnant marketplace for public offerings under new SEC Chairman Jay Clayton.
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Obama’s ‘fiduciary duty’ rule may be living on borrowed time
Free-market advocates are gaining traction to overturn the Obama administration’s rule that places additional responsibilities upon financial services representatives.
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Auditors: How can they be appointed independently?
A series of severe fines and reprimands involving auditor misconduct raises a thorny question: Could, or should, organizations have independently appointed auditors?
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GRC Spotlight helps financial institutions improve risk posture
Harland Clarke recently announced an alliance with LockPath to offer GRC Spotlight Powered by LockPath, a cloud-based platform designed to help financial institutions automate business processes in one platform, reduce enterprise risk, and facilitate regulatory compliance across the enterprise.
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SFO investigates Petrofac over Unaoil
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office confirmed that it is investigating the activities of oilfield services provider Petrofac, its subsidiaries, and their officers, employees and agents for suspected bribery, corruption and money laundering.
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Vista Outdoor names corporate controller and chief accounting officer
Vista Outdoor, a global designer, maker, and marketer of consumer products in the outdoor sports and recreation markets, has named Kenny Bement vice president and corporate controller. He also will assume the role of chief accounting officer from Tom Sexton on June 5.
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The intersection of corruption and the environment
Petrobras is attempting to sell a petrochemical plant that is “notorious for its multiple accidents, fires, and emissions releases,” according to reports. At issue? No environmentally responsible company would be interested in the doomed facility.
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How do you determine judgment at the CEO level?
In the case of Barclays CEO Jes Staley, judgment seems to be lacking, as the executive first attempted to unmask an anonymous internal whistleblower and now has intervened in a Brazilian private-equity deal involving his brother-in-law.
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FASB addresses lease accounting transition questions
Facing questions about how to transition to the new lease accounting requirements in 2019, FASB recently explained what it had in mind when it issued its guidance.
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Comensure GRC manages and measures GRC activities in real-time
Patent-pending Comensure GRC allows businesses of all sizes to easily and comprehensively manage complex regulatory and internal compliance and reporting requirements through a single, configurable application that provides a complete picture of an organization’s compliance status in real-time.
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Netwrix Auditor 9.0 protects data against ransomware
Netwrix Auditor 9.0 introduces functionality that enables organizations to respond to ransomware and insider activity, identify and block threats to their network infrastructures, restrict access to security intelligence, and slash prep time for audits.
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SEC charges CEO with failing to disclose perks to shareholders
A former CEO will pay $5.5 million to settle SEC allegations that perks, benefits, and other forms of compensation were not properly disclosed to shareholders.
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SEC's new chairman fills key posts
Jay Clayton, the recently confirmed chairman of the SEC, has named his new chief off staff and a new director of the Division of Corporation Finance.