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
PTC Inc. said the DOJ and SEC are still investigating “payments and expenses” by China business partners and employees that raise FCPA compliance concerns.
[…] shows that countries Parties to the OECD Convention have come a long way since its signature in 1997. Under the peer-review monitoring process led by the Working Group on Bribery, previous evaluation rounds focused on domestic legislation and institutional framework. Phases 1 and 2 evaluated the adequacy and effective application of Parties’ legislations, while […]
[…] Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) substantiated investigations that involved 43 projects and 124 contracts worth about $633 million, resulting in 58 sanctioned entities. In addition, the World Bank Group entered into a record 18 Negotiated Resolution Agreements (NRAs) with companies that have acknowledged misconduct and committed to implementing World Bank Group compliance standards. The Integrity […]
Health Net Inc. paid a $340,000 penalty Tuesday to the SEC for illegally using severance agreements that required outgoing employees to waive their ability to obtain monetary awards from the SEC’s whistleblower program.
The G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group has issued recommendations for G20 leaders to support economic growth through transparent institutions and enforcement mechanisms that combat foreign bribery.
The biggest business story in the world this week? Short seller Hindenburg Research’s January 24 report that accuses India’s flashiest conglomerate, Adani Group, of stock manipulation, accounting fraud, and yes, corruption. What’s the corruption connection? Let’s take a look. The Hindenburg report describes Adani as possibly the “most egregious example of corporate fraud in […]
The World Bank Group recently announced that it is launching a global multi-stakeholder consultation on its sanctions system. This consultation is part of a stock-taking exercise, intended to help the World Bank Group to evaluate the implementation of the system thus far and its various reforms to date, with a view to identifying possible […]
Yasuhiro Sato, President and Group CEO, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.The chairman of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Takashi Tsukamoto, will leave his post in March following a scandal linking the lender to organized crime groups.
In February 2012, a group of 16 skiers highly trained in avalanche safety defied clear avalanche warnings. They sought the deep, untracked powder along Cowboy Ridge, about 75 miles east of Seattle, outside approved boundaries. When the avalanche struck, it killed three of them. Despite the credible warnings, despite all the skiers’ advanced training […]
This week, Wright Medical Group became the latest orthopedic device maker to disclose a government investigation into its overseas sales practices. The company’s Form 8-K said its principal operating subsidiary, Wright Medical Technology, Inc., received notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission of an informal investigation regarding potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices […]
