Compliance Communications Blog

 

"Failure to Prevent"

 

4/14/15: An article on Out-Law.com provides companies with an important heads up about a new criminal offence in the UK for companies that “… fail to prevent employees or agents committing economic crime …” The article quotes Laura Dunseath of law firm Pinsent Masons (which hosts Out-Law.com) , who says...

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"From Corruption to Debarment"

 

4/14/15: In 2014, the World Bank invested some $65 billion in international projects.  That’s serious money but it carries with it noteworthy conditions and risks for contractors on World Bank-funded projects. According to an article by Wendy Wysong, Michelle Mizutani, and Montse Ferrer in Corporate Compliance...

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"Healthcare Fraud Poses Risk to Providers & Suppliers"

 

3/31/15: $3.3 billion dollars was returned to the US Treasury in 2014 from criminal and civil investigations by the US Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services of medical device companies, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, chiropractors, hospice facilities and others, according to...

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"Brazil Reacts to Pretobras Graft Scandal"

 

3/31/15: As the Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) corruption scandal unfolds, it has drawn howls of outrage from many different quarters, particularly in the streets where hundreds of thousands of Brazilians have condemned what they see as widespread corruption, particularly related to the administration of...

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"The Returns of Effective Compliance for Large Companies"

 

3/31/15: It’s common knowledge – isn’t it? – that effective compliance reduces employee misconduct. A recent study by the Ethics Research Center (ERC) does more than rattle off common knowledge: it shows that effective ethics and compliance programs dramatically reduce employee misconduct and improve “every key measure...

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