Compliance

A new report card is out on how company websites provide digital accessibility for people with disabilities — and the results aren’t great. The analysis by AudioEye, which was informed by scans of more than 2 million web pages across 40,000 enterprise and upper-mid market domains, revealed that the average page has 37 elements that fail one of the measures...

The modern supply chain is a bit of a trapeze act: complex, requiring precision and potentially devastating if things go wrong. Pete Rau of EcoVadis invites companies to return to basics — it all starts with procurement. Supply chain and supply chain risk have become household names within the past few years, especially relating to social and environmental crises. For...

(Sponsored) Today's ever-changing regulatory landscape presents a real challenge for supply chain professionals looking to ensure compliance while keeping costs in check. Compliance programs are composed of many people, tools and processes, and it is crucial that organizations allocate these resources carefully to maintain smooth operations. Assent’s Cally Edgren explores key considerations for keeping programs on the right financial path....

Use data from peers to maximize the ROI of your compliance program Gain Actionable Insights 2023 Hotline & Investigation Management Benchmark Report About this report from Ethico: Get actionable insights based on the state of compliance programs across multiple industries in Ethico's latest Ethics and Compliance Hotline & Investigation Benchmark Report. With concrete data points, in-depth analysis and relevant articles...

The portfolio of chief compliance and ethics officers is ever-expanding, growing from traditional duties like managing policies to overseeing modern issues like ESG. Gartner’s Chris Audet gives incoming compliance leaders a crash course in starting off on the right foot.

As more cities and states adopt laws mandating a degree of salary transparency, companies may face a regulatory patchwork to contend with. But ADP’s Helen Almeida believes being open about compensation is good — for businesses and the workforce. Pay transparency has been a hot topic among employers and employees over the past few years. Colorado, New York City, Washington...

The SEC’s long-awaited cybersecurity rules for publicly traded companies have had, as expected, a huge impact in the United States. But the effect won’t stop at U.S. borders, and as FTI Consulting’s Jordan Rae Kelly and Adriana Villasenor explain, foreign companies listed on American stock exchanges should take note. As a result of new cybersecurity rules adopted by the SEC,...

What’s more useful to your organization: understanding your compliance posture today or where you stood six months ago? Drata’s Alev Viggio talks about the business enabler that is continuous compliance. Imagine a home security system, complete with smart locks. Now imagine you leave your house to go to work but can’t remember whether you locked the front door. You query...

While it may be overshadowed by this year’s benchmark survey for existing foreign direct investments, U.S. businesses and foreign investors should not forget the BE-13’s reporting requirements for new and expanded foreign direct investment in the United States, says Mayer Brown’s Matthew Bisanz. Unlike the annual and quarterly surveys, the BE-13 must be filed regardless of whether a U.S. business...

Pratt & Whitney’s American jet engine division hit a patch of turbulence earlier this year, and while the company's Canadian operations aren’t immune to challenges, they’ve recently tackled one that’s decidedly more down-to-earth: compliance training. Ina Junona Nicolae, a training leader at Pratt & Whitney Canada, talks about how the manufacturer used microlearning to bridge the gap between knowing compliance...

By 2025, an estimated 85% of enterprises will shift to a cloud-first mindset, while others will adopt a hybrid approach where some services are on-premise and others are in the cloud. For organizations that must comply with HIPAA regulations, cloud computing paves the way for a new set of risks. Often, that means finding the right software solution, which could...

How are different EU member states protecting Whistleblowers? Global Insights European Whistleblower Report Provides Critical Country-by-Country Updates What's in this report from World Service Group: The World Services Group (WSG) Employment and Labor Group collaborated with WSG network law firms in more than 20 European jurisdictions to create the European Whistleblower Report, which provides knowledge on the implementations of the EU...