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2015 Trends: #8 Top Whistleblowing Priorities for Compliance Professionals

Last November, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued its Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program. It is clear that the program is going strong. Following are five key ways compliance…more

1/23/2015 | Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law

New Workplace Harassment Training Challenges (And How to Tackle Them)

Workplace harassment is a decades-old problem that, frustratingly, takes on new forms and new life each year. Harassment and discrimination (including gender, age, disability, religion and racial workplace discrimination)…more

1/22/2015 | Civil Rights, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law

2015 Trends: #7 Crime and Punishment

On the accountability and punishment front, three trends bear watching: 1) Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) DPAs and Non-Prosecution Agreements (NPAs) allow prosecutors to require corporate reforms and…more

1/21/2015 | Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade

Ethics in Pharmaceutical Sales: Strengthening Corporate Culture and Preventing False Claims Act Violations

“I didn’t set out to commit a crime. I certainly didn’t set out to hurt anyone… I was kind of a hero, because I helped the company make its numbers every quarter. And I thought I was doing a good thing. I thought I was smart.”…more

1/20/2015 | Criminal Law, Finance & Banking, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology, Government Contracting

2015 Trends: #6 Gender Diversity—Are Quotas the Answer?

In last year’s annual trends report, we suggested that perhaps a corner had been turned on perceptions about gender and corporate leadership. After all, we’d seen plenty of stories about newsmakers including Janet Yellin at the…more

1/16/2015 | Commercial Law & Contracts

2015 Trends: #5 Regulatory Enforcement Moves Down Market

While ethics and compliance scandals that implicate brand name companies tend to grab the headlines, smaller organizations have always borne the brunt of regulatory enforcement. Over the years, U.S. Sentencing Commission data…more

1/15/2015 | Commercial Law & Contracts

2015 Trends: #4 Maybe One Size Does Fit All: Moving Toward a Uniform, Global Model for Compliance

We asked industry experts, colleagues and compliance officers what they believe will be the top issues impacting workplace ethics and corporate compliance programs in 2015. We gathered their best thinking and prepared our annual…more

1/14/2015 | Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade

2015 Trends: #3 Culture (Still) Trumps Compliance

We asked industry experts, colleagues and compliance officers what they believe will be the top issues impacting workplace ethics and corporate compliance programs in 2015. We gathered their best thinking and prepared our annual…more

1/12/2015 | Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law

Choosing the Right Vendor Risk Management Software Solution

Traditionally, performing third party due diligence has been primarily a data gathering activity. Now, with access to abundant information sources, the activity—and the challenges—have evolved. How do you manage and efficiently…more

1/12/2015 | Commercial Law & Contracts

2015 Trends: #2 Dealing with Conflicting Legal Requirements: Guns, Drugs and Marriage in the U.S.A.

We asked industry experts, colleagues and compliance officers what they believe will be the top issues impacting workplace ethics and corporate compliance programs in 2015. We gathered their best thinking and prepared our…more

1/8/2015 | Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law

2015 Trends: #1 Increasing Pressure to Maximize the ROI of Ethics and Compliance Programs

We asked industry experts, colleagues and compliance officers what they believe will be the top issues impacting workplace ethics and corporate compliance programs in 2015. We gathered their best thinking and prepared our annual…more

1/6/2015 | Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law

Pinpointing Your International Bribery Risks

In December, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released an analysis of all corruption and bribery cases involving the crime of bribery of a foreign public official in international business…more

12/23/2014 | Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Securities Law

NAVEX Global’s Most Popular Ethics & Compliance Matters Articles from 2014

This year, we relaunched our blog with the goal of better serving the ethics and compliance community, providing deeper insights on topics that matter most to E&C professionals, as well as best practices and practical steps that…more

12/18/2014 | Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, International Law & Trade

Whistleblowers Gone Global – International Implications of the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Programmes

Organisations in the U.K. breathed a collective sigh of relief this summer when the commission formed by the Bank of England and the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recommended against the implementation of U.S.-style…more

12/16/2014 | Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, International Law & Trade, Securities Law

Seven Things DOJ Insiders Expect Organizations To Know (and Do) About Antitrust Compliance

For most organizations, the risk of violating antitrust laws is real. But when it comes to the most serious of antitrust violations, such as cartels and significant price fixing schemes, there is often an “it won’t happen here”…more

12/16/2014 | Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts