Breaking the Chains of Modern Slavery

By |2023-02-21T21:10:55+00:00February 13th, 2023|Uncategorized|

Mekong Club CEO Matt Friedman Matt Friedman is one of the world’s foremost experts on modern slavery, and what can be done to stop it. As the founder and CEO of The Mekong Club, a non-profit dedicated to advancing sustainable solutions to eliminate modern slavery in the private sector, Matt has spent the ...

We Get By With a Little Help From Our Friends

By |2023-01-18T19:47:26+00:00January 18th, 2023|Uncategorized|

Yesterday, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A Polite, Jr. laid out the details of revisions to the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) that provide “specific, additional incentives to companies for voluntary self-disclosures, as well as for cooperation and remediation.” In short, expanding the parameters by which companies that have broken the law may still earn lighter ...

The Year Ahead: Global Disputes Forecast 2023

By |2023-01-25T17:20:18+00:00January 11th, 2023|Uncategorized|

What will the disputes landscape look like in the year ahead? Uncover the outlook in our sixth annual report, The Year Ahead: Global Disputes Forecast 2023. Featuring results from a survey of 600 senior lawyers at large companies around the world, our extensive global network unpacks survey findings and reviews the top disputes risks across ...

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?

By |2022-12-12T19:45:45+00:00December 12th, 2022|Uncategorized|

The Supreme Court reaffirms specific intent mens rea requirement for certain health care cases The presence of a “guilty mind”, commonly known as mens rea, is a significant consideration in criminal law. A recent Supreme Court decision on the mens rea requirements for a particular heath care offense may have long-ranging impacts for those in ...

Why the Metrics of Corporate Success Aren’t What You Think They Are

By |2022-09-16T21:28:13+00:00September 16th, 2022|Uncategorized|

Financial achievement has long stood at the heart of corporate success. The last decade or so, however, have seen a gradual shift in priorities and drastically changing public perceptions, with people on the street becoming increasingly knowledgeable about the social and environmental impacts of industry. Businesses today are facing the heat that comes from being ...

Elevating a Culture of Integrity at stc, Pt.3 – Communication and Compliance

By |2022-07-21T18:14:25+00:00July 21st, 2022|Uncategorized|

In 2020, leading Saudi company stc, a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based provider of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and digital services, embarked on a journey to elevate its culture of integrity with the launch of its new ethics and compliance program. In this three-part series, we look back over the last two years to take stock ...

Better Safe Than Sorry: Top Five Steps to Reduce Corruption with Third Parties

By |2020-06-05T05:57:34+00:00November 9th, 2019|Uncategorized|

To do business today, companies rely on far-flung, interconnected networks of third-parties. Local partners offer market knowledge and in some cases, these partnerships are legally required. But ensuring anti-corruption compliance by third parties over whom a company may have little control can be a complex task. In emerging markets, ...

Protiviti: 2018 Audit Committee Agenda Continued: Corporate Culture

By |2018-03-22T17:01:11+00:00March 22nd, 2018|Uncategorized|

Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Protiviti.com Internal auditors often talk about the “tone at the top” — the idea that corporate culture begins with the example set by senior management. But while conduct at the top is where it all starts, it does not end there. An increasing number of companies are beginning ...

Belief vs. Behavior: How Social Psychology Tools Help Measure & Predict

By |2019-12-31T00:00:29+00:00March 14th, 2018|***Ethisphere Magazine, Compliance and Ethics, Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement, Uncategorized|

What might corporate executives and seminary students have in common? Bear with me for a moment. In 1973, two social psychologists, John Darley and Daniel Batson, decided to conduct an experiment at Princeton Theological Seminary. They wanted to see how the seminary students, who were studying to prepare for service in Christian ministry, would ...

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