All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 559
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10 things about the new revenue standard: Round 3
CW columnist Scott Taub offers 10 more thoughts on why it’s crucial companies begin to implement the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s revenue recognition standard and what pitfalls await those who choose to delay.
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AICPA offers views on revenue recognition implementation issues
In the ongoing quest for consistent interpretations of the new revenue recognition standard, task forces at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants have issued several new papers for public comment.
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Empathy might be the secret ingredient your compliance program needs
Being a great compliance officer requires more than strong analytical skills and acumen. It requires soft skills like emotional intelligence, too, since compliance is ultimately all about people.
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Targeting the demand for a unified digital market
Many companies around the world and across industries now use digital signatures to conduct business transactions—but incompatible digital signature technologies traditionally have made the process cumbersome, not to mention fraught with security weaknesses. A group of cloud-service providers is now looking to change that. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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The OCEG GRC Illustrated Series: The Transformative Power of Cognitive GRC
OCEG, with contributions from IBM, has developed an illustration that shows you how to gain insights, develop meaningful reports and move faster from data to decisions with cognitive GRC capabilities.
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AveXis appoints chief compliance officer
AveXis, a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing treatments for patients suffering from rare and life-threatening neurological genetic diseases, has appointed Michael Johannesen to the executive management team as general counsel and chief compliance officer. He will report to President and CEO Sean Nolan.
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Embedding Ethics & Compliance Through the Supply Chain
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Regent Surgical Health names compliance officer
Regent Surgical Health, a surgery center management and development company specializing in hospital and physician ambulatory surgery center (ASC) joint ventures, has named Christopher Stine as its new corporate compliance officer.
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals names accounting chief
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International disclosed in a Form 8-K that it has appointed Sam Eldessouky as chief accounting officer, effective as of June 15. He assumed this role from Robert Rosiello, who will continue to serve as senior vice president and chief financial officer.
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Pacific Union appoints chief legal and compliance officer
Pacific Union Financial, a full-service mortgage company, has hired Karen Crawford as its new chief legal and compliance officer.
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Accurate Background appoints chief compliance officer
Accurate Background, a provider of automated background screening, has appointed Bon Idziak as chief compliance officer to further advance the company’s compliant employment screening solutions.
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For ENI, business risk, geography, and political risk all come together
How does a company assess its risks and, more importantly, how does it manage them? That’s the question FCPA blogger Tom Fox hoped to answer recently when he explored the case of Italian energy company ENI’s focus on doing business in Africa—known for being politically risky—which put some investors ill ...
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SEC whistleblower chief Sean McKessy to depart agency
The SEC announced today that after more than five years as the first-ever chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, Sean McKessy plans to leave the agency. McKessy joined the SEC to head up its new whistleblower program in February 2011 and has helped get the program on strong ...
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PhishMe adds healthcare compliance training modules
PhishMe, a global provider of phishing defense and intelligence solutions for the enterprise, announced the immediate availability of three new, complimentary computer-based trainings, accessible through the Phis hMe CBFree program. These modules provide employees with a better understanding of the policies, procedure, and reporting when handling protected personal information.
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Archive2Azure simplifies long-term unstructured data retention
Archive360, a Microsoft cloud solution provider, announced the availability of Archive2Azure, a regulatory compliance storage solution optimized for the Microsoft Azure platform.
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BDO expands Technology Advisory Services practice
BDO Consulting, a division of professional services organization BDO USA, has appointed Judy Selby as Managing Director in the firm’s Technology Advisory Services practice.
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‘Failure to cooperate’ multiplies SEC penalty from $2K to $980K
On June 21, 2016, the SEC announced that the failure of a defendant in an SEC enforcement action to live up to an agreement to “cooperate fully and truthfully” had resulted in that defendant's penalty being increased from $2,533 to a staggering $980,229. And it could have been worse! Bruce ...
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BlogHouse votes to defund enforcement of SEC's pay ratio, conflict minerals rules
The House of Representatives has approved Rep. Bill Huizenga’s (R-Mich.) amendments to a financial services appropriations bill that would defund enforcement of the SEC’s controversial pay ratio and conflict minerals rules, both requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act. Joe Mont provides a closer look.
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Bribery a plus for small business in South Korea?
Small businesses in South Korea object to new anti-corruption laws, claiming their implementation will hurt sales of luxury goods for bribes. Tom Fox explores further.
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Quality group proposes new XBRL rules to reduce errors
XBRL U.S.’s data quality committee is developing guidance to detect and prevent inconsistencies or errors in XBRL data filed with the SEC, as it looks to improve data quality and make it more useful for analysis. Tammy Whitehouse has more.