Harry Cassin
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Thomas Fox
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Bill Waite
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As Salomé Lemasson’s excellent post earlier this week reported, a new level of corporate accountability for overseas bribery and ESG is breaking out across Europe. That’s welcome news, especially to those of us who once wondered if corporations there would ever face the music.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Chief Compliance Officer
Employer: PHC Holdings Corporation
Location: Remote… Continue Reading
Human rights have recently attracted more attention with significant legislation enacted throughout the European Union, and major companies have been increasingly targeted by complex litigation for alleged human rights violations. Here are some of the biggest ESG developments companies operating in the EU should know about.… Continue Reading
The world’s largest advertising group, WPP plc, agreed Friday to pay the SEC $19.2 million in penalties and disgorgement to resolve FCPA offenses in India, China, Brazil, and Peru.… Continue Reading
We know a lot about what the feds expect from compliance training. For example, from the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs and the FCPA Resource Guide, we know training is a hallmark of a well-designed compliance program. … Continue Reading
Last week’s publication of our 10th annual Basel AML Index – which assesses money laundering risks around the world and ranks jurisdictions on how well they’re addressing them – has triggered two types of response.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Consultant: Research Lead Wildlife Management Agency Internal Controls, Green Corruption programme
Employer: Basel Institute on Governance
Location: Remote… Continue Reading
In a previous post on the FCPA Blog I briefly explored five ways to make the most of risk assessments. Since then, interest in risk assessment has continued to be very strong.… Continue Reading
The SEC guards the integrity of U.S. markets and protects investors by requiring issuers to disclose material information about themselves and their directors and officers. However, the SEC doesn’t tell anyone what to say or how to say it.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Vice President, Global Compliance
Employer: ViacomCBS, Inc.
Location: New York, New York USA… Continue Reading
Dick Cassin warned in a post that we shouldn’t expect agents to keep quiet about the bribes they pay, to which I would also add, if there’s trouble, don’t expect them to stick around either.… Continue Reading
The DOJ and SEC have prosecuted 240 different companies (by my count) for FCPA offenses. Of those 240 companies, 13 have been repeat FCPA defendants. That means the recidivism rate for all corporate FCPA defendants is about 5.5 percent.… Continue Reading
