Farzad Barkhordari is President of Corporate Compliance Strategy at Workplace Answers. Farzad is an attorney and anti-bribery subject matter expert with decades of experience creating compliance programs. He founded Click 4 Compliance, an online training company with courses covering topics such as anti-corruption, bribery and business ethics, which was acquired by Workplace Answers in 2015. Before founding Click 4 Compliance, Farzad spent over nine years in the legal department of Sun Microsystems in California, Washington, D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland, where he was Global Lead for all anti-corruption issues and provided legal advice in a variety of other areas.
After leaving Sun, Farzad continued to advise clients on international business operations and the complex compliance issues related to anti-bribery. He also created compliance programs, including training programs tailored to a variety of job levels, responsibilities and cultures. Farzad graduated from the UCLA School of Law and received his B.A. from the University of Michigan. For more on Farzad, visit his LinkedIn profile.
Even companies committed to a culture of ethics and compliance experience unethical behavior and compliance failures from time to time. In this gap between attitude and action, education and technology can help to unlock a company’s true potential. Both are powerful components, but when working together, they’re a dynamic team in combating corruption.
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