Menu6/12/18: More than 40 million people are victims of modern slavery. The Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking (GBCAT) is committed to doing something about modern slavery. An article on the GBCAT website by Peter Nestor explains an initiative by GBCAT and its partners the UN Global Compact and the RESPECT Initiative, to assist other organizations in addressing the issue.
Compliance Communications Blog
Jun 12, 2018 •
6/12/18: PwC’s 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey has its usual share of revelations. First, 49% of the organizations it surveyed around the world reported that they had been the victims of fraud and economic crime. Perhaps even more alarming: 52% of all frauds are committed by people inside the organization.
Jun 12, 2018 •
6/12/18: We’ve all been confronted by those pesky HIPAA notices that seem to pop up with every visit to every medical professional. By now, we know that HIPAA is just part of the medical experience – but it isn’t just the healthcare industry that is subject to HIPAA compliance. An article posted on JDSUPRA carries the ominous title, “Beware: HIPAA Applies to the Health Plans You Never Knew You Had.”
Jun 12, 2018 •
6/12/18: In a post on Corruption, Crime & Compliance, Michael Volkov takes a hard look at the vigor with which CCOs focus on the compliance risks posed by the C-Suite. Noted Volkov, “I have repeatedly reminded compliance professionals that basic risk assessments and internal controls have to address C-Suite risks...
May 23, 2018 •
5/23/18: This comes as no news to anyone lucky enough to have had a grandfather talented and patient enough to tell stories of “… how it used to be.” Stories have power. They stick in ways that lists and rules alone may not. That “stickiness” applies to ethics and compliance as well according to a number of experts.
