Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
Considering the ever-higher fines for getting it wrong, why wouldn’t you certify your anti-bribery program?
Sure, certification is not an absolute guarantee that a bribe won’t occur at your company.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Senior Investigator
Employer: International Rescue Committee
Location: New York, NY, USA
Description
The International Rescue Committee is among the world’s leading humanitarian relief and development organizations. The IRC has been at the forefront of virtually every major humanitarian initiative to assist people uprooted by war, persecution, or civil conflict for the last 80 years.… Continue Reading
First the good news. The Netherlands ranked fifth on the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, up from eighth last year, and now trailing only Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and New Zealand on the CPI.… Continue Reading
Employees at Wells Fargo opened about two million deposit and credit card accounts that customers didn’t authorize. Why? To earn incentive compensation for new accounts.
So far the bank has fired about 5,300 employees who were involved with the unauthorized accounts and has paid $185 million in fines.… Continue Reading
India has always been a cash economy. The reasons are easy to see. India is still under-banked (only 53 percent of households have accounts, and many are dormant). The delay in enforcement of contracts encourages payment in cash.… Continue Reading
The DOJ indicted two former executives of a Singapore-based defense contractor for a conspiracy to steal more than $5 million from the U.S. Navy.
The indictments are the latest in a huge bribes-for-secrets scandal that’s rocking the Navy’s command structure in the Pacific.… Continue Reading
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was charged Wednesday with spearheading a corruption and kickback scheme tied to Petrobras contracts.
Brazilian prosecutors charged Lula with corruption and money laundering for his alleged role as the “boss” of the multi-billion kickback scheme.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Global Compliance Manager
Employer: Wyndham Worldwide
Location: Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, USA
Description
Wyndham Destination Network (WDN) is seeking to fill the position of Global Compliance Manager within Global Legal Services.… Continue Reading
Telia chairman Marie Ehrling image (courtesy of Telia)Sweden’s Telia Company said Thursday it received a proposal from U.S. and Dutch authorities to pay $1.4 billion to settle allegations of overseas bribery.… Continue Reading
Incentive compensation is making lots of news lately, but the news is all bad. Mylan’s Epipen, Volkswagen, and Wells Fargo. Ugh.
Take Wells Fargo for example. It had a reasonable goal of increasing accounts through aggressive cross selling of products to existing consumers.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking for public comments about proposed amendments to the agency’s whistleblower rules.
The amendments would give the agency the power to act against employers that retaliate against whistleblower.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Counsel, International Compliance
Employer: BAE Systems 
Location: Arlington, Virginia, USA
Description
The Office of International Compliance at BAE Systems, Inc. consists of three attorneys – the VP and Associate General Counsel International Compliance, the Counsel, International Compliance, and a Principal Attorney, as well as two Senior International Compliance Specialists.… Continue Reading
