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Radical Change: Australia’s New Whistleblowing Regime

Understanding the upcoming changes to Australia’s whistleblower regime From mid-2018 onwards, Australia’s corporate whistleblower regime is expected to move into line with many other OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries in a process that will affect all public […]

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How the Department of Justice Ruined Compliance

In 2012, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission declined to prosecute Morgan Stanley for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The case involved Garth Peterson, Morgan Stanley’s Managing Director of […]

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GDPR: Consequences For Compliance & Ethics Officers

The European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is nearly upon us, and it will become law on May 25, 2018. Put simply, the aim of the GDPR is to protect all EU residents from privacy and data breaches […]

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Compliance is Evolving – Is Your Business Keeping Pace?

The compliance space is changing rapidly, but where we are at now evolved as a reaction to well-publicized organizational failures in the 1970s. Watergate, Enron, and WorldCom are just a few well-known examples, though many more exist. 1977 was a […]

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CONVERGE18: And Now For Something Completely Different

Mark your calendars for October 9-11, 2018, because the ethics and compliance industry’s most innovative and, dare I say it, FUN conference is returning to Denver for its third year. Last year, visionaries from companies around the world gathered to […]

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The Code of Conduct… Reimagined

Your code of conduct is the window to the soul of your company. I know that sounds a bit dramatic, but it’s true. It is a bold statement to your employees, your customers, your board, your vendors, the partners of […]

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