All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 678
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Blog
Applying the Three Lines to Cyber-Security
Managing cyber-security risks is one of the most pressing problems facing businesses today. Absent some technological magic bullet (which won’t be found any time soon), that leaves companies forced to protect cyber-security through better process. What does that mean? How can privacy, compliance, and internal audit band together to lead ...
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Eliminating Cyber-Threats From the IT Supply Chain
Image: The longer a global supply chain grows, the less assurance corporations have in the integrity and security of their products and operations. Now NIST is trying to pierce that fog with new guidance, and compliance officers in the private sector might want to take notice. “Cyber-supply chain risk management ...
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Running in Place or Winning the New Race?
Image: Our GRC Illustrated series returns this week, looking at how compliance programs can keep pace with new ways of communicating within business and with the new employees who use them. That will mean addressing multiple audiences through multiple channels, and it will pose new challenges for policy management, training, ...
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Audit Litigation Risk Down, but Not Out
The respite from litigation that audit firms have enjoyed the past few years may be ending. A recent study found class-action lawsuits alleging accounting improprieties rose in 2014 after two of the lightest years in the past decade. While only a tiny fraction of those class-action filings are directed at ...
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Whistleblower Laws Abroad Remain Weak and Untested
Image: What whistleblower protections exist overseas that are comparable to those under the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts? Compliance Week did a spot-check of major countries, and the results of our round-the-world tour are inside. “There’s no country in the world whose whistleblower protection laws come close to what we’ve developed ...
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Volcker Compliance Deadline Creeps Up
Image: For all the political controversy still surrounding the Volcker Rule, its biggest compliance obligation—implementing new controls and training to root out forbidden trading—has a looming deadline in July. “You’ve got to build an infrastructure,” says David Freeman of the law firm Arnold & Porter. “That’s a bigger effort than ...
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SEC Ponders Tension Over Management Review Controls
Image: Amid continued tension over what it takes to satisfy auditors and regulators with respect to management review controls, the SEC is pondering whether some kind of new guidance might be in order. Deputy Chief Accountant Brian Croteau said recently, “It’s not an area that seems to be improving. So ...
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Walmart Touts Compliance Improvements in New Report
In its second annual “Global Compliance Program Report,” Walmart has detailed the compliance enhancements it has made in recent months. Among them: improved compliance training, greater supply chain scrutiny, $40 million invested in new technology, and centralized oversight of license and permit applications. More inside.
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TI Report Urges Southeast Asia to Make Anti-Corruption a Priority
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are not doing nearly enough to address corruption at the national level, warns a new report by Transparency International. In its report, TI recommended that ASEAN form an ASEAN Integrity Community to fast track anti-corruption policy measures and further recommended four targeted ...
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Struggles on IT Strategy for Compliance
Image: Compliance officers struggle with IT; that’s not news. This week, however, we have new data that might illuminate why so many compliance departments can’t implement an IT strategy to meet their needs. Inside, Compliance Week editor Matt Kelly looks at which IT typically goes to what compliance tasks, and ...
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UTC Gets Second Subpoena in Bribery Probe
United Technologies Corp. has disclosed that it received a second subpoena from the SEC for potential violations of anti-bribery laws. UTC said the SEC issued the subpoena “seeking documents related to internal allegations of alleged violations of anti-bribery laws from UTC’s aerospace and commercial businesses, including but not limited ...
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Lincoln Electric Names Chief Compliance Officer
The Lincoln Electric Company, a subsidiary of Lincoln Electric Holdings, has promoted Anthony Battle to chief compliance officer, effective immediately. This role is in addition to Battle's position as senior vice president of internal audit. Details inside.
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Event
Merger Week: Creating Value Through Strategic Acquisitions and Alliances
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FASB Proposal May Foreshadow Changes to Cash Flow Rules
A proposal to change the presentation of financial information for not-for-profit entities, especially cash-flow classifications, could be a preview of what public companies might face down the line. The proposal would require entities to classify cash flows in ways more consistent with classifications in the statement of activities. More inside.
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ArcBest Names Controller, Chief Accounting Officer
ArcBest has named Traci Sowersby as controller and chief accounting officer, effective April 27. She will report to Chief Financial Officer David Cobb. Details inside.
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SEC Eyes ‘Pay for Performance’ Rules Next Week
The SEC will hold an open meeting April 29 to take action on pay-for-performance disclosure rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act. The Commission will consider rules stemming from Section 953 of Dodd-Frank, requiring public companies to disclose the relationship between executive pay and incentives with the financial performance of the ...
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Judge Rakoff's New Securities Law Focus: Re-Defining Insider Trading
Image: Having already left his mark on how the SEC handles deferred-prosecution agreements and other settlements, U.S. Judge Jed Rakoff now appears to be focused on another key securities enforcement issue: the definition of insider trading. More inside.
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Security, Mobility, and Social Media: Minimizing Risk in the Era of Sharing
“Communications surrounding security need to be planned and continuous, and they need to be combined with appropriate training and governance.”– Partha Mukherjee, Chief Information Officer, Church’s Chicken. In today’s ever-evolving landscape, security challenges are becoming more complex. Organizations are faced with increasing risks that range from dealing with the changing ...
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loanDepot Names Chief Risk Officer
loanDepot, a consumer lender company, has named Brian Biglin as chief risk officer. He will join the company's executive team this month. Details inside.