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Third-Party Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Risk Assessment

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Third-party due diligence: Are supplier questionnaire(s) the answer?

Numerous laws (U.K. Bribery Act guidance document, German Supply Chain Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act resource guide, OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and...more

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What Every Multinational Company Should Know About . . . Implementing an International Compliance Program (Part II)

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In our prior update (published November 29), we provided the first five steps in our twelve-step program for international compliance. These steps are intended to help companies identify international regulatory risk inherent...more

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5 Tips For Meeting DOJ’s New CCO Certification Requirements

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The DOJ has signaled that CEO and CCO certifications will become a staple of all corporate settlement agreements. Critics worry CEOs and CCOs face undue personal liability and argue it will dissuade CCOs from accepting the...more

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Effective and Efficient Pre-Transaction FCPA Diligence: How to Leverage Compliance and ESG to Avoid Buyer’s Remorse and Other...

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The arduous process of FCPA compliance requires risk teams to digest and cross-reference a morass of information – from internal data analysis to human representatives collecting interviews on the ground. Diligence failures...more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 120: Interview of NAVEX Global Third-Party Risk Officials: Chris Bailey and Stephen Gooding

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Global companies face extraordinary risks through their reliance on third-party agents, distributors, consultants and vendors/suppliers. Federal prosecutors and regulators have had a record year in FCPA and sanctions...more

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Walmart FCPA Settlement Shines Light On Corporate Compliance Programs

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June 20, 2019 – Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and its subsidiary, WMT Brasilia, agreed to a combined criminal penalty and disgorgement of $282M, together with WMT’s criminal guilty plea and undertakings in an NPA, to reach a global...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 88, Internal Controls for Third Parties Under the FCPA, Part I

In this episode 88 of the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report, I visit with noted internal controls expert Henry Mixon on the types of internal controls needed for third parties in a FCPA compliance program. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Mann Gulch Fire and How Far Down the Chain Do You Need to Go?

Robert Sallee died last week. A smoke jumper, he was the last survivor of the Mann Gulch Fire, one of the worst disasters in the history of the US Forest Service. Sallee’s story and that of the Mann Gulch Fire was detailed in...more

NAVEX

A Prescriptive Guide To Third Party Risk Management

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The recent examples of compliance program credits for Morgan Stanley and Ralph Lauren have demonstrated that, more than ever, an effective compliance program can protect a company from criminal indictment and generate bottom...more

The Volkov Law Group

Drilling Down On Due Diligence: Raising The Bar

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I am sure Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers sometimes sit back and marvel at the world they have helped create – Companies are devoting more resources to the due diligence process for screening...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Don’t Spread Your Compliance Program Too Thin

“You do not want to be spread too thin”. When I heard that phrase a light bulb went off inside my head. It was uttered to me by Jan Farley, the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of Dresser-Rand. I asked Jan what he meant by the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The FCPA Guidance on the Ten Hallmarks of an Effective Compliance Program

Many commentators are still mining the Department of Justice (DOJ)/Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) publication, A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, (the “Guidance”), which was released last...more

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