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How Healthy is Your Hotline?

With more and more public companies engaging third party call centers to “check” the whistleblower program box (as they must), expectations for these call center are exceedingly high, while visibility into the day to day operations of the program remain […]

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6 Elements of a Modern Compliance Solution

Some companies are shopping for their very first dedicated compliance solution. Other organizations have more tenured compliance programs that have been using software for years, but when a contract comes to an end they feel the need to check out […]

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A new approach to conflicts of interest: Mobilizing the vision

Earlier this week we covered the motivation and thought behind Philip Morris International’s (PMI) new approach to conflict of interest disclosure management. (If you missed it, you can read Part 1 here.) PMI’s former method resulted in disclosure gaps and […]

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Breaking Down Compliance

Still being a young role and profession, many people are working to define what makes a successful compliance professional and program, and what can help them improve. After traveling the country for the past few months at conferences, roundtables and […]

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Compliance Stats Mashup

With so many studies and surveys giving us a picture of the compliance and ethics landscape it can be hard to find time to read them all (trust me). I’ve spent some time recently digging through some of this research […]

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Compliance Hotline Feature Checklist

Earlier this week Emily outlined the keys to successfully implementing a new whistleblower hotline (including focusing on employee engagement, how the hotline integrates with your case management system and the types of reporting you can get). But what if you’re […]

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Your Questions: The Role of the CCO

Last year we gathered Robert Chersi, Executive Director, Center for Global Governance, Reporting and Regulation at Pace University; Seth Rice, Assistant General Counsel – Compliance & Director of Global Ethics and Compliance for Kennametal; and Joe LeBas, Chief Strategy Officer […]

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4 Key Benefits of Compliance Technology

Let’s face it, we live in a technological world where we expect to get more intelligent information faster than ever before. Yet compliance functions are still spending a disproportionate amount of time collecting data with inefficient, siloed and antiquated processes. […]

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Tone at the Middle

We all know that “tone at the top” is a critical component of a successful compliance program — it’s mentioned as a hallmark in the Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and you see it in headlines, […]

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Data Paralysis? 5 Things to Consider with your Process

Every department utilizes internal data to influence business decisions and report on performance. Whether you are on the executive team, a member of the board or a key practitioner, it is now the expectation that you will be able to […]

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