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Plus: Three-fourths of risk leaders citing added pressure

A compliance program built on the assumption that federal labor rules stay put is now resting on shaky footing

Lessons for lenders from two billion-dollar failures seemingly built on misstated assets, double-pledged collateral and inflated invoices

Your standard diligence process is unlikely to be triggered by a vendor flipping on a new feature, which is how AI often ends up running amok

A handover judged only by whether meetings, papers and action logs stay current can let a long-running concern slide back to an earlier stage of scrutiny

The DOJ’s newest division has given its corporate fraud prosecutors their most substantive public guidance yet in the form of a memo that outlines factors they are to consider when deciding whether to bring charges against a corporation. CCI’s Jennifer L. Gaskin reports on what the McDonald memo means for corporate compliance programs and what’s...

When fluency & confidence pass for expertise, companies risk elevating the convincing over the capable

AB 2013 obligations are live now, and the practical question is not whether to comply but how much to disclose

A federal court has allowed wiretap and privacy claims against an AI notetaker to proceed

Korea will provide early, in-force test of tighter self-hosted-wallet controls under consideration in EU

Waves of OFAC actions have redrawn Iran-related exposure for aviation, shipping, digital assets, gold & tech

Could an SEC proposal for investors’ say on pay put more heat on directors?

Plus: Most companies experienced a cyberattack recently; C-suite rift revealed on business disruption

Ethics, values & speak-up culture take center stage at SCCE

AI reproduces subjective phrasing across files, so language that looks neutral in one record can reveal a pattern across a whole workforce

The frameworks and safeguards that make boards feel AI risk is handled usually leave out the one defense that actually holds the line: employees. Social scientist Caterina Bulgarella explains why the uncertainty and job insecurity AI provokes erode the very resources that keep people vigilant and honest, making an ethically engaged workforce a strategic priority.

Federal officials say cybersecurity is squarely an ethics & compliance concern

KYC screening does not always reveal ownership connections

These questions create the foundation for a framework suited for the investment climate of today

Plus: Almost 9 in 10 companies don’t fully assess third parties

Seemingly innocuous wording could bring fines under new EU framework

PwC survey finds directors hesitant to use AI for oversight duties

What does a board director need beyond a moral character? Plenty, writes Ask an Ethicist columnist Vera Cherepanova, who says we should start with understanding the roles business leaders play in society.

Attorney-client privilege has to be built into an audit’s governance from Day One

New Illinois law imposes some of the country’s toughest requirements on frontier AI developers, including audits & incident reporting

Reconcile what your disclosures say with how you actually bill fees and earn revenue

When an ERP is retired, the closed records left behind are often the ones a regulator, auditor or opposing counsel later seeks

Plus: Two-thirds of auditors troubled by risk prediction; lower percentage of US businesses see AI returns

AI improvements don’t arrive like firmware updates

Midyear rehires, entity transfers and stale wage figures quietly corrupt ACA filings, and January is the worst possible time to discover it