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New Edition Introduces Substantive and Methodological Improvements October 12, 2017 (Annapolis, MD) – TRACE International, the world’s leading anti-bribery standard setting organization, announces the release of a new edition of the TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix, a global business bribery risk...

Commission Prepares to Implement Self-Reporting Program The Director of the Division of Enforcement at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) noted recently that the Division's role is “to facilitate healthy, robust and resilient markets” to deter misconduct. To that end,...

Today Alexandra interviews Martina Vandenberg, an expert on human trafficking. Martina is a Rhodes Scholar, Truman Scholar, former partner of a major law firm, and founder and President of the Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center. There may be more...

Trouble Remains for Uber and Others As Uber faces being banned from operating in London mainly due to compliance problems, it’s time to face up to the fact that Uber, and the wider gig economy, has a real compliance problem....

Better Workplace Safety with a Streamlined Approach to GRC Health and safety risks can be debilitating to an organization, yet they frequently take a back seat in business strategies and budgets. Resource-constrained risk managers are tasked with managing not only...

SEC Issues Statement on Cybersecurity High-profile data breaches seem to come fast and frequently these days. Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed it was the target of a cyberattack through which the criminals gained access to nonpublic information....

Read Part 1. Changing the Game Plan In late June, FIFA, the world’s governing soccer organization, released the “Garcia Report,” chronicling the extensive corruption and conflicts of interest that occurred in FIFA’s awarding of the men’s 2018 and 2022 World...

Key Considerations for Your Next Compliance Tech Dun & Bradstreet's Global Regulatory Strategist outlines six key traits compliance professionals should be on the lookout for when evaluating next-gen compliance solutions. In an increasingly global economy where pressure for cost control is high,...

Practical Steps Non-U.S. Companies Can Take Now The international business community is watching intently to see whether the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.  Although the consequences of a U.S. withdrawal, and the European Union's response, could...

Foul Play The first installment of this two-part series summarizes the Garcia Report's findings of misconduct. Author Brandon Fox also focuses on the difficulties investigators faced as a result of leaders failing to cooperate and contrasts the misconduct and lack...

Investigations: Don’t Lose Sight of the Basics These days, attorneys and in-house legal departments can easily get caught up in the electronic evidence frenzy and in their rush to embrace the ever-evolving world of electronic evidence, they may find themselves...

What Compliance Professionals Need to Know About Employee Data The deadline for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is on the horizon, and a customer's information is not the only thing that should be on a compliance practitioner’s radar. After all,...