Answering the question of how much money a compliance and ethics program saves an organization when there’s been a violation is often a very difficult task, which presents a challenge in defending the investment in a program....more
7/31/2024
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Anytime a compliance violation occurs—or even a breakdown in compliance controls that doesn’t ultimately result in noncompliance—the remediation process takes center stage. And this is where questions of how and why are...more
6/4/2024
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Much has been written about the importance of identifying lessons learned and taking remedial action in the aftermath of an investigation into compliance failures. But an equally valuable exercise can result from exploring...more
4/1/2024
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Two stories in the news recently caught my eye. In the first, a janitor allegedly shut off the power to a freezer after hearing “annoying alarms.” He ended up ruining decades of research. In the other story, an American...more
Hotlines are an incredibly valuable tool for identifying compliance issues and many other problems. Every organization should have a system for people to report—either anonymously or with reporter identification....more
Don’t look now, but the noisy debate over artificial intelligence (AI) has risen a few notches with the recent introduction of ChatGPT. AI has been a topic of conversation for several years, but ChatGPT has taken everyone’s...more
5/3/2023
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