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Harry Cassin
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Bill Steinman
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Richard L. Cassin
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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
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Bill Waite
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Russell A. Stamets
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Richard Bistrong
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Eric Carlson
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[…] to implement best practices that will be adequate under multiple legal regimes. Markus Funk offers best-practice recommendations comprised of five general steps: Conduct a comprehensive risk assessment. Design one that assesses external risks that the company could be exposed to and one that analyzes the internal risks as well. Design and implement an anti-corruption […]
[…] officials responsible for the torture and death of Sergei Magnitsky, Hermitage’s lawyer in Moscow. Browder’s efforts led to enactment in the United States of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. The State Department has used the Magnitsky law to block visas and freeze assets of scores of Russian officials and others linked to […]
[…] instability in many developing and developed countries alike, partly due to the impressive ability of the phenomenon to mutate and metastasize, but mostly because of the way human and financial resources have been invested. In many ways, the international anti-corruption movement put the cart before the horse, trying to implement solutions before even understanding […]
[…] values and wider societal and economic challenges. Attendees agreed on the need to reexamine the role of business in an era where individual empowerment on issues of human rights and environmental justice is amplified by transparency trends to create a transformative new risk environment for multinational corporations. This focus was illustrated by the title […]
[…] more fundamental part of the business.” They say that they adhere to the principles of the UN Global Compact, to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and some are respecting the World Economic Forum’s Principles against Corruption Initiative (PACI). They perform well in sustainability rankings; Ericsson even received an award for […]
[…] companies had 1,600 subsidiaries in offshore centers between them. But it is not only offshore centers that collude to reduce corporate tax bills. Tax breaks and the design of tax systems can also be influenced by lobbying, which has a legitimate function but can also be abused. In the UK, representatives of large businesses […]
[…] with ,” Cao said. “It’s the system. The signal system went into operation without testing and that only happens when bribes are paid.” Officials determined that “serious design flaws” in the signal control system used at Wenzhou South Railway Station were behind the crash. The equipment was designed by state-run Beijing National Railway Research […]
[…] the FCPA Blog. He can be contacted here. _________ Richard L. Cassin is the publisher and editor of the FCPA Blog. He can be contacted here. – See more at: https://fcpablog.com/blog/2014/9/15/fincen-advisory-financial-red-flags-for- human-smuggling-and.html#sthash.Mrcj6TDO.dpuf _________ Richard L. Cassin is the publisher and editor of the FCPA Blog. He can be contacted here. – See more at: https://fcpablog.com/blog/2014/9/15/fincen-advisory-financial-red-flags-for-human-smuggling-and.html#sthash.Mrcj6TDO.dpuf
[…] responsibility) criteria. To earn an FTSE4Good Certificate of Membership, companies have to demonstrate a commitment to “environmental sustainability, developing positive relationships with stakeholders and upholding and supporting human rights.” Makepeace, left, was kind enough to answer a few questions about anti-bribery compliance and other issues: Q: How have FTSE4Good’s criteria for inclusion changed in […]
[…] fully disappeared. So rather than digging into the latest developments, let’s consider how a range of psychological concepts bears on practical compliance issues. Moralism Moralism assumes that humans have free will and can decide between conduct that is right or wrong—philosophically, naturally, or by divine command. For our purposes, bribery is understood to be […]