The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 61 - A Call to Service: From Public Duty to Spiritual Advocacy
Daily Compliance News: May 12, 2025, The Corruption in the Broad Daylight Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 10, 2025
Daily Compliance News: May 8, 2025, The $1MM for a Pardon Edition
Daily Compliance News: May 5, 2025, The Washing Edition
Daily Compliance News: May 1, 2025, The 100 Days of Corruption Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 26, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 21, 2025, The Tribute to Pope Francis Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 15, 2025, The Redefining Corruption Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 14, 2025, The Cascade of Corruption Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 12, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 10, 2025, The Dark Money Corruption Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 9, 2025, The Corruption at the DOJ Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 8, 2025, The End of Monitors Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 7, 2025, The Whistleblowers Awarded Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 2, 2025, The All WSJ Edition
Daily Compliance News: March 26, 2025, The Missile Strike on Boeing Edition
Daily Compliance News: March 24, 2025, The ABC Task Force Edition
Episode 360 -- Natalie Druckman from Certa on AI-Enhanced Third-Party Risk Management
Daily Compliance News: February 26, 2025, The Corrupt World Edition
The Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) has released its Business Plan for 2025-26, outlining significant changes and strategic initiatives aimed at combatting serious fraud, bribery, and corruption. The Plan is framed by the SFO...more
On January 10, 2025, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) put into effect its Compliance Guidelines for Healthcare Companies to Prevent Commercial Bribery Risks (“Compliance Guidelines”)....more
The 1990s saw the explosion of the internet, transforming the global economy and social development in ways we could have never imagined. But will AI truly have the same impact? While its potential is undeniable, the road...more
On December 11, 2024, the Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA) hosted “Views from the Top,” featuring the following government officials from the DOJ, SEC, CFTC, and FTC discussing current and future enforcement...more
As StoneTurn celebrates two decades in business, our professionals reflect on the industry’s evolution, and look to the future for predictions on the market, the profession, and what challenges and opportunities are on the...more
We continue our exploration of corporate culture. Today, we consider the intersection of the Fraud Triangle and a toxic culture. The Fraud Triangle is well-known to most compliance practitioners. It is pressure, opportunity,...more
To what extent are boards and senior executives in your country of focus taking proactive steps to reduce incidences of fraud and corruption from surfacing within their company? Over the past several years, there has been...more
As Coco Chanel once said: "Fashion changes, but style endures." And "endurance" has been a key word for the global luxury goods sector in recent years; it has seen exceptional growth in defiance of high interest rates,...more
As the Russia – Ukraine war rages on, one outcome so far is clear: the Western nations remain aligned and united to confront Russian aggression. The West’s synchronized, roll-out of economic and trade sanctions against...more
Discover how to set and accomplish your ESG goals - Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) is no longer an isolated function within a company, nor is it an issue only for publicly traded companies. It’s front and...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued its government-wide anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) priorities (AML/CFT priorities). FinCEN issued the AML/CFT...more
C5's 15th International Conference on Anti-Corruption London will take place November 2 – 3, 2021 in Millennium Hotel London Knightsbridge, London. Join your peers for the IN-PERSON reunion of the legal and compliance...more
As businesses across the country begin to reopen in the wake of COVID-19, they should prepare for an anticipated surge of embezzlement schemes by employees — and banks and financial institutions should prepare for a surge of...more
COVID-19 is changing the nature of corruption and fraud. The risks they bring are mutating, and the pandemic is drastically altering the way such risks are detected and mitigated. ...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act” or the “Act”) provides over $2 trillion in economic relief to eligible businesses and individuals affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As with prior...more
According to a recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Blog entry (11/28/18), over 40% of internal frauds are discovered by whistleblowers and statistics show that 74% of whistleblowers are terminated. ...more
Corporate bribery requires money. How is that for something obvious. Companies face a variety of threats – one enduring threat is the risk of fraud or theft. Unfortunately, employee fraud is all too common. ...more
The first full day of the SCCE 2017 Compliance and Ethics Institute (CEI) featured a talk by Eugene Soltes, an associate professor at Harvard Business School and author of “Why They Do It”. For this book Soltes spent over...more
The fraud triangle is well-known to most compliance practitioners. Its third sides are pressure, opportunity and rationalization. When these three factors converge, there is danger of an ethical lapse which could lead to...more
Last Friday on September 1, I began a new installment of my year-long podcast series, where each month I focus on a different compliance topic. This month, I am focusing on innovation in compliance....more
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (Evaluation), under Prong 7 Confidential Reporting and Investigation asks the following: Properly Scoped Investigation by Qualified Personnel – How...more
When I was in the corporate world, I cannot begin to recall the number of times senior management had an overly optimistic forecast regarding some transaction; whether the transaction was the purchase of a smaller company, a...more
I want to end this week’s review of the Wells Fargo scandal by considering what is at issue and what is at stake in this imbroglio. Unlike a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violation, Wells Fargo paid the relatively...more
Vendor risk management and, in particular, third party risk management has become one of the toughest issues companies face—especially after a string of high-profile compliance failures in recent years. The majority of...more
On August 5th, the Manhattan District Attorney (the "DA’s Office") announced the formation of a multi-agency Citywide Construction Fraud Task Force that will be spearheaded by prosecutors from the office. Its mission is...more