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Mitigating Corruption Risk, A “Multinational Toothache”

9/9/19:  In a post on the Forbes website, Richard Levick puts the challenge of mitigating corruption risk in perspective:  it’s a “multinational toothache that won’t go away.”

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Lavish Dinners and Entertainment Equal Kickbacks

9/9/19:  “Wining and dining” physicians as inducement to prescribe a company’s drugs is one of the most familiar prohibitions in corporate policies and industry standards related to company interactions with healthcare providers.  In the case of Mallinckrodt ARD LLC (formerly known as Mallinckrodt ARD Inc. and previously Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. "Questcor"), it became a pattern of business...

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Reducing Violence Risk in the Workplace

9/9/19:  No company can guarantee a safe workplace, just like no company can guarantee compliant behavior by every employee and third party.  There are actions companies can take, however...

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New York’s New Law Against Discrimination and Harassment

9/9/19:  Sometimes it is the state, not the federal, government that sets the standard for legislation and enforcement.  A post on the Law and the Workplace website hosted by the law firm Proskauer outlines new legislation in New York that “… includes numerous measures regarding discrimination and harassment in all forms (not just sexual harassment) in the workplace.”

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Beyond Voice and Email

8/26/19:  Adam Turteltaub explains in a post on The Compliance and Ethics Blog, “there is an explosion of new technologies such as Slack and Microsoft Teams being deployed with the goal of increasing collaboration and productivity.”  Turteltaub’s post centers on a podcast featuring Robert Cruz, Managing Director at technology company Smarsh...

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