Audit Committee, Board of Directors, Chief Audit Executive, Chief Compliance Officer, Compliance, Culture, Due Diligence, Ethics, Fraud Risk Management, General Counsel, Governance, Internal Audit, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Skepticism Jonathan T. Marks Audit Committee, Board of Directors, Chief Audit Executive, Chief Compliance Officer, Compliance, Culture, Due Diligence, Ethics, Fraud Risk Management, General Counsel, Governance, Internal Audit, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Skepticism Jonathan T. Marks

Advice to the Board - Knowing the Business is Critical to Effective Risk Oversight

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ACFE, Audit Committee, Baker Tilly, Board of Directors, Chief Audit Executive, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Counsel, Compliance, Control Environment, Crisis Management, Dodd-Frank, Ethics, Exit Interview, Fraud, Fraud Risk Management, General Counsel, Global, Governance, Investigations, Regulatory, Risk, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, Supreme Court, Whistleblower, White Collar Crime Jonathan T. Marks ACFE, Audit Committee, Baker Tilly, Board of Directors, Chief Audit Executive, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Counsel, Compliance, Control Environment, Crisis Management, Dodd-Frank, Ethics, Exit Interview, Fraud, Fraud Risk Management, General Counsel, Global, Governance, Investigations, Regulatory, Risk, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, Supreme Court, Whistleblower, White Collar Crime Jonathan T. Marks

A ticking time bomb? Whistleblowing In Organizations Today

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Structural Integrity! Chief Compliance Officer v. General Counsel - Should They Be Separate?

Lack of separation of the CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER and the GENERAL COUNSEL has been cited as a cause of numerous corporate failures. In fact, separation is now the norm in Health Care organizations. In spite of numerous recommendations to separate the two functions, there is general agreement that the roles are closely related and frequent collaboration is required.The issues relating to separation of the CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER and the GENERAL COUNSEL are most often discussed in terms of the differences in their roles (below).

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Anti-fraud, Board of Directors, Compliance, Corporate Fraud, ERM, Ethics, Foreign Corrupt Practi..., Forensic Accounting, Four eyes approval, Fraud, Fraud Risk Management, General Counsel, Governance, Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Investigations, Monitoring, Red Flag, Regulatory, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Root Cause, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, Training, White Collar Crime Jonathan T. Marks Anti-fraud, Board of Directors, Compliance, Corporate Fraud, ERM, Ethics, Foreign Corrupt Practi..., Forensic Accounting, Four eyes approval, Fraud, Fraud Risk Management, General Counsel, Governance, Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Investigations, Monitoring, Red Flag, Regulatory, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Root Cause, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, Training, White Collar Crime Jonathan T. Marks

Fraud Risk Assessment - A Recipe for Greater Success!

In addition to establishing an ethical environment, board members and management must also take the lead in implementing and maintaining a formal fraud risk management program. One key element of such a program is a fraud risk assessment.Risk assessments are part of the discipline of risk management, where enhanced frameworks and techniques have emerged. Risk management comprises the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by the coordinated and efficient use of resources to monitor, minimize, and otherwise control the impact of the risks on the organization.

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