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Jan 25, 2016

Purposeful Due Diligence Is More Than A Compliance Shield

In the second part of a Front-Line Interview, Control Risks CEO, Richard Fenning, addresses the deployment of due diligence as elevating, enhancing, and complementing a sensible risk-based approach to corruption risk. In this engaging Q and A, Mr. Fenning also details: The need to embed corruption risk into business strategy. The possibilities of engaging in regions and territories that have a high degree of historical corruption risk, but where multinationals might have an

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Jan 18, 2016

Video: International Business Attitudes To Corruption: Part I

In the first of a two-part interview, Richard Fenning, CEO, Control Risks, addresses the Control Risks 2015/2016 Survey International Business Attitudes To Corruption (available here). In this Front-Line interview, Mr. Fenning addresses: The challenges that compliance teams face in addressing the multitude of regulations across jurisdictions. The importance of “tone from the middle” and the necessity of demonstrating to front-line teams that “good news can wait but bad news h

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Jan 11, 2016

What Does Good Compliance Look Like?

At a corporate summit, the CEO of a Fortune 500 company started his talk by asking “what does good look like?” Good question. “Rules often inspire legalism and minimalism,” he said. “But they don’t govern behavior.” He shared that compliance personnel face the challenge of impacting and inspiring people outside their formal perimeter, yet who are part of their team. In organizational chart terms, that’s about influencing the dotted lines of reporting, not just the solid lin

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Whistleblowing: Awareness and Reluctance

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Jan 4, 2016

Whistleblowing: Awareness and Reluctance

The following guest post is authored by Philippa Foster Back CBE, Director Institute of Business Ethics, link here. What stops employees from blowing the whistle? Employees are a first line of defence in protecting companies from the risks of misconduct and corruption. Effective speak up or whistleblowing hotlines are an element of good governance, and can act as an early warning system for an organisation seeking to understand the issues which are being faced by its employee

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Dec 28, 2015

Ethics Across the Generations

In the latest edition of Business Compliance, guest author Guendalina Donde (Researcher at the Institute of Business Ethics) writes about “Business Ethics Across Generations: Bridging the Gap.” (Available here for courtesy download) In her work, Ms. Donde breaks down “generations at work” in order to allow ethics and compliance practitioners to calibrate their approach to the characteristics of each generational group, “rather an adopting a one-size-fits-all program. The gro

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Corruption’s Impact on the Rule of Law & Security: Moving from the Vicious to the Virtuous

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Dec 14, 2015

Corruption’s Impact on the Rule of Law & Security: Moving from the Vicious to the Virtuous

Today’s guest post is from James Cohen. James is a contributing as an independent expert on anti-corruption, international development, and security sector reform. He is based in Washington DC, and can be followed on Twitter at @JamesCohen82. His last post on Mapping Corruption (here), remains one of the most widely read posts’ on this blog. Photo is by Lars Plougmann from London, United Kingdom – “Just say NO to corruption” found here. No country is free from the risk of co

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International Anti-Corruption Day: everybody has a role to play in tackling corruption

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Dec 9, 2015

International Anti-Corruption Day: everybody has a role to play in tackling corruption

Today’s guest post for International Anti-Corruption Day is by Adrian Phoon, Head of Content for GRC Solutions. GRC Solutions is an online compliance training market in the Asia Pacific region. With their Compliance Learning Management System, Salt Web, and other innovative solutions, they help hundreds of companies navigate complex legal and regulatory environments and build resilient organisational cultures. It blights lives, and blunts social and economic growth. And the e

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International Business Attitudes to Corruption: Past & Present

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Dec 8, 2015

International Business Attitudes to Corruption: Past & Present

The following interview is with John Bray, Director (Analysis), Control Risks. RB: John, thank you for joining me for this interview. As the main author of the Control Risks “International Business Attitudes to Corruption Survey 2015/2016” (download here), could you share some of your background and experience? JB: I’m currently based in Singapore, but I work internationally and across commercial sectors: this year my most satisfying assignments have been in Iraq, Myanmar and

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Dec 7, 2015

Is it possible to combine Art, Law and Compliance?

The following guest post and video is by Nicole Rose, CEO and Founder, Create Training. Given that Richard has so openly and honestly told his story in our animation, Richard Bistrong: Why we say yes, I thought it only fair to briefly tell mine. At the age of 18 I decided to study Law rather than Art. At 21 I qualified to become a Lawyer and started my first role. Then at 30 I recall discussing with a colleague how wonderful it would be to ‘give it all up’ and study art. At 3

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Myths and Masks of Legislative Policy for Whistleblower Protection

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Nov 15, 2015

Myths and Masks of Legislative Policy for Whistleblower Protection

Today’s guest post is by Wendy Addison, Founder and Owner of SpeakOut SpeakUp Ltd. What has become clear is that no matter which country you reside in, which industry you work in, whether you are male or female, legislative protection for whistleblowers is falling short on realising its intentions. In Jordan, on October 15th, while training the Jordanian anti-corruption commission on the protection of whistleblowers, I learned that protecting whistleblowers in Jordan can res

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A Holistic Approach to Third-Party Risk & Due Diligence

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Oct 26, 2015

A Holistic Approach to Third-Party Risk & Due Diligence

The following interview is with Leas Bachatene, CEO at ethiXbase. Hi Leas, thank you for participating in today’s Q and A. I have really enjoyed working with the ethiXbase team, including on our recent White Paper and at the September 15th event in Houston on “Crime, Cooperation, and Compliance.” So, Leas, first, perhaps you can share some of your background and experience that led you to ethiXbase. LB: Thank you, Richard. I must say it has been very enlightening working wit

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Sep 8, 2015

Can Anti-Bribery Compliance Be Animated?

Today’s guest blog is from Nicole Rose (nicolerose@createtraining.com.au), the energetic (if I say so myself), creative founder, and CEO of Create Training and The Centre for Excellence. Caricatures can be found as far back as the 14th Century with Leonardo da Vinci. Martin Luther extensively used drawings of a more editorial nature in the Reform movement, and by the 18th century, animation had become a standard means of commentary. Satire, via cartoons, allowed serious issue

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