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Managing Social Media Platforms: The Dire Straits of Regulation
Regulating social media may prove to be a tricky proposition. To what organization should the responsibility fall, if any? Access Partnership’s Greg Francis unpacks the complexities involved in regulating content on social media platforms. President Trump’s social media summit...
Smarsh Expands Executive Leadership Team
Chief Customer Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and General Counsel to Help Organization Enrich Customer Experience, Drive Business Growth Portland, Oregon (October 17, 2019) – Smarsh®, helping customers get ahead – and stay ahead – of the risk within their electronic...
Compliance Takeaways from 5 Third-Party Data Breaches in 2019
Panorays’ Director of Risk & Compliance, Dov Goldman, provides background on several of this year’s most noteworthy data breaches and offers lessons learned on each. We’re nearing the end of 2019, which is shaping up to be a year...
Automating Automation: How Your Business Can Become Compliant Without Even Trying
Kryon’s CTO Shay Antebi makes the cause for robotic process automation. With the right tools, companies can not only minimize risk, but also introduce much-needed efficiencies, freeing compliance practitioners and other staff to tackle more specialized tasks. As automation...
How Is Ethical Culture Part of an Overall Ethics and Compliance Assessment?
Companies leave a trail of breadcrumbs when they design and implement practices that lead to an ethical culture. Jay Rosen explains how following that trail can be part of the monitoring process. In this final part of my series...
Top 5 Reasons Companies Fall Short of State Compliance Requirements
New York, NY – 10 October 2019 – Computershare has revealed a list of the most common reasons that companies are found to fall short of state compliance requirements. The company’s growing Registered Agent Services division supports companies with...
Time for Japan to Take a Tougher Stance on Foreign Bribery
Some apparent deficiencies have come to light in Japan’s prosecution of foreign bribery, and the OECD is urging the country to take action to close loopholes and stiffen penalties. Clifford Chance’s Wendy Wysong, Tess Forge and Catherine Ho weigh...
Special Compliance Requirements for Government Contractors
Federal contracting can be lucrative and rewarding – when done correctly. Steptoe & Johnson’s Fred Geldon outlines the various requirements contractors face in the government marketplace. Doing business with the government is different. The federal government makes rules to...
Risk Managers: You’re Probably Spending Too Much Time Monitoring Email
Remember when email was the only way we shared information? Modern communication methods have evolved -- and risk has grown along with it. But you know that already, right? If you’re on this page, you might already have concerns...
Beware the Unintended Consequences: Perspective and Guidance on Anti-Corruption Compliance
Audrey Harris, partner and co-chair of Mayer Brown’s global anti-corruption & FCPA practice, talks all things anti-corruption – from Jay Clayton’s critique of regulators’ lackluster enforcement to the next frontier of compliance. CCI: Tell us about your background. How...
#MeToo Today: The Evolution of the Movement and Practical Tips for Employers
Lawrence & Bundy’s Allegra Lawrence-Hardy and Kathy Glennon explore how the #MeToo movement has impacted the legal landscape and the workplace in the last two years, discuss red flags for employers and offer tips on mitigating risk. The #MeToo movement...
NAVEX Global Strengthens Presence and Accelerates Growth in U.K. and Europe
Acquisition of Expolink and addition of new managing director are moves to support the region as new regulations proliferate LONDON (October 9, 2019) – In response to rapidly growing marketplace demand for its products, leading risk and compliance software...
How Does a Company Assess its Culture?
Is it possible for a company to get a true read on its own culture? Jay Rosen discusses what to consider and when engaging an independent third party might be the best option. How can a company assess its...
PwC’s 2019 Annual Corporate Directors Survey
PwC’s Annual Corporate Directors Survey, set to release on October 8th, reveals a conundrum of collegiality in an increasingly distrustful environment. In a survey of more than 800 U.S. board directors, 43 percent revealed they have difficulty voicing a...
Preparing for Enhanced Regulatory Supervision of Operational Resilience
What might be among the largest regulatory and compliance burdens organizations face in the near future? Operational Resilience. Protiviti’s Ron Lefferts discusses the need for financial institutions to achieve better standards in order to achieve it. Operational disruptions are...
Barclays Agrees to Pay $6.3M FCPA Settlement
Michael Volkov details the recent FCPA settlement against Barclays for improper hiring practices stretching back several years. One key factor that allowed the issue to continue for so long: a seeming lack of awareness of applicable anti-corruption laws. Barclays...
It’s Not Personal: 5 Ways Employers Can Avoid Claims of Workplace Retaliation
If an employee files a lawsuit against your company, there’s a strong likelihood the claim will be about workplace retaliation. Fisher Phillips’ Melody Rayl discusses how employers can guard against these allegations. According to EEOC statistics, the frequency with...
Making Anticipatory Compliance Your New Best Practice
Security professionals wake every day to more and increasingly savvy data perpetrators who’ve found new and uncharted means to acquiring data. Shared Assessments’ Tom Garrubba explains why anticipatory compliance is a key way to address this issue. As sure...
Organizations Are Unprepared for the Inherent Risks Associated with Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets play a greater role in the risk and compliance process than one may think, according to a recent study conducted by Forrester Consulting. Diane Robinette, CEO at Incisive Software, details the findings from the report. The Forrester Opportunity...
Harvard Professor Jeff Karp to Present at Evolution Summit in November
Jeff Karp, Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School will be presenting at the upcoming Evolution Summit this November marcus evans is very proud to announce Dr. Jeff Karp, Professor of Medicine at Brigham and...
What is the CCO’s Role in Strengthening the Organization’s Culture of Ethics?
Who bears the responsibility for culture? Jay Rosen explores to what extent the Chief Compliance Officer should be involved in shaping a culture of ethics and driving ethical behavior. Let’s consider that there are multiple levels and roles for...
What’s Next for Compliance Enforcement?
The 2005 docudrama Syriana captured the moment just before FCPA enforcement reached the great heights we’ve come to expect today. Anne Eberhardt theorizes on the areas where authorities may focus next. The makers of the film Syriana posed several...
The Final Countdown: The Final, Final Version of the CCPA (Until Next Year)
Many suspected – and rightly so – that the California Consumer Protection Act was too messy to go forward as originally proposed, but now the changes are locked in. Russ Berland discusses the most recent amendments. On January 1,...
Confidence Falls as Cyber Threats and AI Add to the Challenges of Risk Management
A recent survey of compliance and procurement professionals finds cybersecurity risk and artificial intelligence adoption top list of concerns Short Hills, NJ (September 30, 2019) -- A recent survey of compliance and procurement professionals indicates respondents are less confident...
Cybersecurity Responsibility Expands to Corporate Boards
The SEC has squarely placed the onus on corporate board members to take on greater cybersecurity oversight of the companies they serve. NIC Inc.’s Jayne Friedland Holland discusses board members’ roles now. Following the heels of record-breaking cyber breaches...
How the Women on Boards Movement is Disrupting Corporations for Good
While she was in Maryland recently for a conference, CCI caught up with Amii Barnard-Bahn, recently described by Forbes magazine as “one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives.” Barnard-Bahn, a Fellow at the Harvard Institute of...
Implications of Workplace Dynamics on the Labor Model
The traditional decades-old labor model has been under pressure for some time, and it’s already being supplanted within a growing number of companies. Protiviti’s Jim Deloach discusses why directors should understand these developments and their impact on the competitive...
Countdown to California’s New Privacy Act
Keesal, Young & Logan’s Stacey Garrett does a deep dive into how organizations can be preparing for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), going into effect on January 1, 2020. In June 2018, California broke new ground when it...
Why Hong Kong is China’s Sanctions Hot Spot
Clifford Chance’s Wendy Wysong and Nick Turner discuss the sanctions risks looming in Hong Kong and what companies operating there can do to protect themselves. with co-author Nick Turner The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued its much-anticipated Mutual...
What Factors Influence a Company’s Ethical Culture?
Jay Rosen considers what can influence an organization’s ethical culture, starting with senior leadership. Do your senior leaders practice what they preach? Employees can spot a disconnect from a mile away. A company does not have an ethical culture...
