Trends and Topics

Younger Generations in the Workforce Are Making Discrimination & Sexual Harassment a Board Issue

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 now famous memos, blogs and video testimonies are likely just the tip of the iceberg. Just years ago, many of these forms of communications had Read more…

By Accordo, ago

What GRC Will Look Like by 2025?

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 these four categories will impact your future as a GRC professional: Global political, economic, and demographic forces Regulatory attitudes Technology changes Business operational changes Get Read more…

By Accordo, ago

Directors Need to Step Outside the Boardroom on the Issue of Sexual Harassment

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. And for corporate leaders, intervention is a job requirement. Neglect of power is a very real issue when it comes to career executives. Rising to Read more…

By Accordo, ago

EMEA Reporting Volume to Follow Global Whistleblower Trends?

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 reluctant to ‘blow the whistle’. However, new research from our latest NAVEX Global annual EMEA & APAC Ethics & Compliance Whistleblowing Hotline & Incident Management Read more…

By Accordo, ago

8 Steps to an “Effective” Ethics & Compliance Programme

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 a moving target for compliance programme directors. At the end of 2016, we saw the launch of the ISO 37001 guidelines for effective anti-bribery and Read more…

By Accordo, ago

3 Top Anti-Corruption Best Practices Businesses Should Adopt

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 anti-corruption compliance should be top of mind for companies. Read full article here …

By Accordo, ago

Definitive Guide to Ethics and Compliance Training

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 individual employees. The very best-run organizations have an advanced training program for all stakeholders, board members, executives, management, employees and contractors alike. That way, everyone Read more…

By Accordo, ago

Benefits of Benchmarking & How to Do It Successfully

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, which will typically include an analysis of the benchmarks used in its development. Therefore, the process of benchmarking is a subset of compliance program assessment. Read more…

By Accordo, ago

Compliance’s Role in Preventing the Next “WannaCry” Cyberattack

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 enforced. Read full article here …

By Accordo, ago

Are You Measuring Your Training Effectiveness … Effectively?

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 short with their training programs. Some of the most common and problematic shortfalls include failing to have a dedicated budget, not planning out programs, and Read more…

By Accordo, ago