Menu5/6/19: Although the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) has been part of the US Department of Justice’s arsenal of enforcement tools for many years, the UK only launched its use of DPAs about five years ago. An article by Neil Hodge in Compliance Week drills into some of the challenges that have emerged in the use of DPAs...
Compliance Communications Blog
May 06, 2019 •
May 06, 2019 •
5/6/19: The 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies Insights Report does more than list companies that have earned high marks for their ethics, governance and compliance. A post on The FCPA Blog introduces the first volume of the Report, which assesses company programs...
May 06, 2019 •
5/6/19: On his Conflict of Interest Blog, Jeff Kaplan references an article by Notre Dame Law School Professor Veronica Root Martinez, titled Complex Compliance Investigations. In the article, the author focuses directly on compliance investigations. She argues that some recent compliance failures might have been avoided if “… more robust processes … had been in place...
Apr 08, 2019 •
4/8/19: With a nod to the CDC’s recommendation that individuals have annual health checkups, Kelly J. Todd argues that companies would do well to conduct their own annual exam – for fraud. In an article on Accounting Today, Todd provides practical information about the topics a fraud checkup should include.
Apr 08, 2019 •
4/8/19: A post on the Conflict of Interest Blog entitled “Behavioral Ethics Training for Managers” references an article published in the Harvard Business Review about “… everyday unethical behavior.” According to the referenced article, “Numerous studies have documented the prevalence of practices such as stealing office supplies, inflating business expenditures reports, and engaging in behaviors that raise conflicts of interest.
