13 Step FCPA Compliance Action Plan
Investigations, Cooperation, the Board & Audit Committee
During an investigation, the board's and audit committee's goal should be to simply to get to the bottom of allegations as quickly as possible, either to substantiate or invalidate them...
A ticking time bomb? Whistleblowing In Organizations Today
Supreme Court: The Interpretation of the Whistleblower Protections within the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Seem to Have Been Too Broad
Why GDPR Matters
Culture and Troubling Friends, Family, & Relationships...
Surviving a Restatement: Ten Pitfalls
The audit committee plays an important role in navigating a restatement...
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).
Audit Committees, Internal Audit, and Fraud Risk
When to Use the CEO as Crisis Spokesman
Board of Directors Guide to FCPA Compliance
March 9th, 2018, Fraud Symposium - Presented by the IIA Philadelphia Chapter & Moderated by Jonathan T. Marks
Board of Directors Oversight and Cyber Strategy
Doing Compliance Master Training Miami, February 12 and 13, 2018
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.
Risks to consider in 2018 and beyond!
The risks provided are not based on theory, but rather what I am seeing in practice. I also focused on those risks that might not be so obvious?