All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 921
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Misonix discloses FCPA investigation
Medical-device maker Misonix said it voluntarily contacted the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice this week to inform them about potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Fordham Law School appoints senior director of compliance programs
Fordham Law School has announced the appointment of Alice BrightSky as the school’s senior director of compliance programs. BrightSky will be managing Fordham Law’s corporate compliance initiatives, including two master’s degree programs—Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.)—and the Corporate Compliance Institute.
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The compliance investment: Realizing the value of compliance through greater effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability
Ideally, compliance should be integrated across the business to be best positioned to contribute to business decisions and adapt to the changing business and regulatory environment. With greater integration and agility as the goals, compliance leaders can take immediate steps to enhance compliance effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.
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Audit committees continue incremental disclosure increases
A fresh EY study of audit committee disclosures shows audit committees are still making new strides in increasing their voluntary disclosures in annual proxy statements. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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Of soccer, cheating, and Sam Allardyce
The sacking of English football manager Sam Allardyce for explaining how to cheat at football to an undercover sting newspaper operation is an important reminder why the top of an organization sets the tone, says The Man From FCPA Tom Fox.
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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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Optiv launches technology-enabled third-party risk management solution
Optiv Security, a provider of end-to-end cyber-security solutions, announced the release of its new technology-enabled third-party risk managed service. Leveraging Optiv’s proven Software-as-a-Service based third-party risk management platform, Evantix, this service enables companies to better manage the complete third-party risk management lifecycle, resulting in improved compliance and risk management.
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HPE, Iron Mountain form alliance
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has formed a strategic collaboration with Iron Mountain, a storage and information management services firm, to help organizations automate the application and execution of legal policy against their content and information repositories.
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GSK to pay $20M to SEC to resolve bribery charges
U.K. pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline will pay a civil money penalty in the amount of $20 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve charges concerning bribery payments made to government officials in China. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Will Wells Fargo lead to more whistleblowing?
Tom Fox looks at expert opinion on whether the recent accounting scandal at Wells Fargo will be used to enhance whistleblower laws and regulations.
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Tenet Healthcare to pay $513M in kickback settlement
Tenet Healthcare and several of its subsidiaries today agreed to pay more than a combined $513 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to pay kickbacks in return for patient referrals. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
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A simple, brutal solution to dishonesty
To contain bad behavior, we need first to understand why we behave badly. Or do we? Perhaps sometimes the harshest compliance solutions are the least empathic … and the most effective. Bill Coffin has more.
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Compliance measures save Harris from FCPA prosecution
Jaclyn Jaeger explains how when Harris Corp. learned of internal FCPA violations, its reaction would provide a case study for compliance officers everywhere.
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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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Sports Direct: realising the error of some of its ways
Embattled U.K. sports retailer Sports Direct is making some outward signs of trying to reform itself in light of the brutal working conditions at its stores. But is any of it substantive? Paul Hodgson investigates.
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The FCPA and the fight against terrorism
Tom Fox looks at the U.S. government’s linking of corruption and terrorism and its intention to use the FCPA as incentive to enact and enforce strong international and domestic anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws.
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How Sports Direct flouts the law without actually breaking it
Sports Direct is under fire for unacceptable employment practices, but ultimately, it might not have to change its ways much at all. Neil Hodge explains.
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Audit committees need to dig into personal relationships
Regulators are warning companies and auditors to be more careful about personal relationships that could compromise auditor independence. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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Yahoo breach shows that boards may be their own worst enemy
Yahoo’s recently disclosed breach of at least 500 million user accounts underscores the risks board members create for the companies they serve by using free e-mail services. More from Joe Mont.
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New rule requires sick pay for government contractors
A new rule issued by the Department of Labor will require federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to employees who work on, or in connection, with government contracts. Joe Mont reports.