To fully understand and manage risk, organizations must automate third-party risk management (TPRM) from onboarding and screening to due diligence, risk assessment and mitigation, monitoring, and offboarding. Starting today, the new Convercent by OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management Solution for Ethics and Compliance makes that possible, providing a way […]
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The single most impactful compliance event is returning as an all-new, virtual experience for the ethics and compliance profession. I remember receiving a call from our CEO, Patrick Quinlan, in early March asking how I felt about COVID as it […]
Keep readingFor decades, executives have seen their ethics and compliance program as a cost center within their businesses. But that view is dated—and it’s on us, as compliance leaders, to demonstrate why. Fortunately, there’s a landslide of data on our side. […]
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“Although the ruling invalidated Privacy Shield, the SCCs remain valid protecting our customers.” On 16 July, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) invalidated Privacy Shield, a framework that allowed personal data transfers from the European Union and Switzerland to the […]
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At Convercent, we’ve talked for a long time about an ethical revolution in business. And we’re not the only ones—last year’s statement by the Business Roundtable was a high-profile moment in an ongoing conversation between consumers, companies, and communities. There […]
Keep readingIf you’ve attended our CONVERGE conferences in Denver or Brussels, you know they are different and they are special. CONVERGE creates a community, and the feeling that we’re all on the journey to drive ethics to the center of business—and […]
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Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released an FCPA Resource Guide update: A RESOURCE GUIDE TO THE U.S. FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT SECOND EDITION (2020 Resource Guide). Here, I’ll highlight the key updates. […]
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This spring, Convercent welcomed Asha Palmer, former Assistant U.S. Attorney with the Department of Justice, as our new Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer and Executive Vice President of CONVERGE. Watch the video below to hear Asha’s vision for the future […]
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The impact of ethics and integrity goes beyond how individuals behave each day. Companies and corporations are equally evaluated for their ability to maintain ethical business practices. Understanding how ethical companies are measured, and what the measurable benefits are associated […]
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Managing compliance and ethics has become a complex web of processes and information. The modern organization is constantly changing: new employees, shifting employees and responsibilities, evolving business processes, new and changed regulations/obligations, growing ethical concerns, and greater scrutiny from stakeholders, […]
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Remote compliance investigations have become a challenge since the onset of COVID-19 nearly six months ago. Ethics and compliance teams everywhere—plus legal teams and HR teams—have been talking about how to conduct remote compliance investigations, and the topic is showing […]
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Have you put much thought into your policy portal? If not, maybe it’s time to start. Buried deep within the DOJ’s recent updated guidance are two new sentences that deserve special attention: “Have the policies and procedures been published in […]
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Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ), without fanfare, released an update to its 2019 Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs. For simplicity, I’ll call this new document the DOJ 2020 Update. The DOJ 2020 Update is most welcome news for […]
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