By Ron Carucci … If eliminating sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace is not already on the list of board action items, our two youngest generations of employees plan to put it there – and quickly. Much has been written about how millennials will affect the modern workplace. The Read more…
The economy continues to wheeze along unimpressively. Investors are more demanding. The “extended enterprise” is growing ever more complicated, and risk events that are difficult to evaluate are becoming more common at the same time. All those dynamics can leave GRC professionals with uneasy feelings about the future. Learn how Read more…
By Shanti Atkins … As we’ve highlighted in our ongoing You Can’t Delegate Ethics campaign, sexual harassment is not a compliance issue, it is an abuse of power issue. It can also be a neglect of power issue. It’s what happens when good people in power standby rather than intervene. Read more…
By Carrie Penman Never has it been more critical to create an open and constructive organisational culture, where employees feel the ability to raise issues freely without fear of recrimination, and to have those issues listened to and appropriately addressed. Historically, employees in regions such as Europe have often been Read more…
By Emily Sandison In the past year, we have seen a salvo of standards and regulations across the globe offering guidance on how to develop effective ethics and compliance programmes. Along with providing guideposts for programme leaders, the volume of standards, and rate at which they are released, has created Read more…
By Randy Stephens Stories of corruption and bribery feel like a staple in the news today, but in-house counsel still has to worry about a lot more than just bad press. Corruption in business, whether internal or through third-party relationships, can pose financial, reputational, operational and compliance risks. Therefore, anti-bribery and Read more…
A strong training program is the foundation of an open, ethical and productive culture. It offers a return on investment by helping organizations prevent misconduct. It also improves employee engagement, retention and recruitment, creates alignment around core values, and helps establish legal defense in the case of compliance failures by Read more…
By Mary Bennett In the compliance world, benchmarking is the process of comparing your organization’s compliance program elements, structure and processes to the external practices of your peers and your industry. Program assessment, rather, is the act of making a judgment about the status or effectiveness of your compliance program, Read more…
By Pamela Passman The global chaos unleashed by the WannaCry ransomware virus reinforces that cyberattacks are not just the problem of IT departments. Compliance must play an integral part of any organization’s cross-functional cybersecurity program to make sure the policies and procedures that protect organizations against these threats are designed, implemented and Read more…
By Ingrid Fredeen Compliance breakdowns are in the headlines and on every manager’s mind these days. Organizations help manage the risk of becoming the next headline by creating a robust and effective compliance program – and training is a critical part of a successful program. Despite this, many organizations fall Read more…