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Scandal-plagued SNC-Lavalin said Monday that 32 employees came forward with requests under its corporate amnesty program between June 3 and August 31.
The Montreal-based engineering and construction firm didn’t say how many of the employees who requested amnesty under the program received it.… Continue Reading
Four months ago, China’s anti-corruption czar Wang Qishan sent ten team across the country on surprise inspections. They uncovered graft nearly everywhere they went.
They found corruption in Chongqing, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Hubei and Guizhou.… Continue Reading
The discussion of a Code for Compliance Officers highlights some of the strengths and weaknesses of the compliance profession.
Consider a situation familiar to COs summarized from readers’ comments:
“I see excellent, competent COs being pushed out of compliance by other COs.… Continue Reading
Even before last week’s siege of Nairobi’s Westgate mall had ended, Kenya’s rampant corruption was being blamed for making it easier for the Islamic militants to carry out the attack.
The Standard called on government leaders ‘to explain, at the very least, how more than a dozen foreign terrorists and their war matériel sneaked into the country without their knowledge.’… Continue Reading