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The day’s relevant Anti-Bribery Enforcement and Compliance news and commentary are delivered in a morning newsletter.… Continue Reading
In the future, compliance officers will need to anticipate and respond to a transformation in business ethics. Here are six trends to watch out for.
Hyper-transparency: By 2020, there will be 80 billion devices connected to the internet.… Continue Reading
Fraud is costing the UK a staggering £193 billion ($282 billion) a year, according to a new report.
The 2016 UK Annual Fraud Indicator calculations make for grim reading: £6,000 ($8,769) lost every second of every day, equating to more than £3,900 ($5,700) per adult.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Senior Counsel – Ethics and Compliance
Employer: AECOM
Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States
Description
The Senior Ethics and Compliance (“E&C”) Counsel is responsible for the following E&C areas of responsibility: anti-corruption policy and procedure, third party due diligence, gifts and entertainment, international trade compliance (including sanctions, anti-boycott, and export control), and investigations.… Continue Reading
Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnellOn Monday this week, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned the 2014 corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.
As a refresher, Gov. McDonnell, directly and through his spouse, accepted over $175,000 in gifts and loans from Jonnie Williams, the CEO of a Virginia-based business known as Star Scientific.… Continue Reading
German car maker Volkswagen AG and related companies agreed Tuesday to spend up to $14.7 billion to resolve federal and state civil allegations of cheating on emissions tests and lying to customers.… Continue Reading
China has historically been considered a high risk location for multi-national companies. An analysis of publicly available information determined that in the past five years alone, there have been 29 actions by U.S.… Continue Reading
Companies are penalized hundreds of millions of dollars for corruption. But are the penalties high compared to what the companies go on to earn?
In our thesis we compare the profitability of companies that are penalized for corruption by the U.S.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Compliance Counsel
Employer: Autodesk
Location: San Rafael, California, United States
Description
Looking for the opportunity to use your legal skills in a career that combines innovative technology and creativity, ultimately helping both creative and engineering types to build a better world?… Continue Reading
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday unanimously vacated former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s eleven corruption convictions.
The decision overturned the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which had upheld guilty verdicts against McDonnell and his wife.… Continue Reading
Image courtesy of the UN via YouTubeDiplomat John Ashe of Antigua served as president of the UN General Assembly’s 68th session from September 2013 to September 2014. In October of last year, the DOJ indicted him for his alleged role in a $1.3 million bribery scandal.… Continue Reading
There is nothing quite like a week-long trip to Cuba to more keenly appreciate the prospect, and the perils, of foreign investment in developing countries.
For the Latin American experts with whom I traveled, foreign investment is not a catalyst to growth but an instrument of imperialism and oppression.… Continue Reading
