Compliance Communications Blog

 

"Self-Cleaning" Corruption

 

9/15/15: If you commit a crime once, is it inevitable that you’ll continue with the same behavior? In the world of public procurement in the European Union, the answer has been “yes” and the solution has been to ban a company guilty of bribery and corruption from participation in any public contract...

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"Is Anyone Still Battling Corruption?"

 

9/1/15: According to an article on the Deutsche Welle (DW) website, only four countries are actively battling corruption. The DW article is based on a recent study by Transparency International entitled “Exporting Corruption,” which paints a disheartening picture of the overall global anti-corruption effort. The article is...

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"Surviving the Frustration of Compliance"

 

8/19/15: A lot has been written about training fatigue but this article by Richard Bistrong on Corporate Compliance Insights (originally published on Bistrong on his FCPA blog) takes a look at the frustration facing CCOs in meeting their job responsibilities. The article, which was triggered by a recently released report by...

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"Fraud is Corruption is Fraud"

 

8/18/15: A key finding of PWC’s newly released Global Economic Crime Survey states flatly, “… our 14 years of survey data shows that at any given time period, nearly one in three of those surveyed report suffering a significant economic crime event.” Not a pretty picture for global companies, especially since the survey...

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"What Makes an Organization Corrupt?"

 

7/15/15: The characteristics of an ethical organization have been covered in many different formats but only occasionally is there an article about the characteristics of a corrupt corporate culture. On the Global Anticorruption Blog, guest poster Alison Taylor, Director of Advisory Services for the global non-profit BSR offers...

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