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
SEC Publishes New Requirements for Cybersecurity Disclosures
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...
Audit Committee Primer on 3rd Party Risk Management
Surviving a Restatement: Ten Pitfalls
The audit committee plays an important role in navigating a restatement...
Root Cause and Critical Thinking...
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).