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I live in Mexico City and work in Mexico and Latin America. Here’s what ISO 37001 looks like from my perspective.
In the next few months, the Geneva-based International Organization for Standardization, or ISO, is expected to release its anti-bribery management systems standard, Number 37001.… Continue Reading
Here are highlights about Latin American corruption, enforcement, and compliance through July 2015.
Pope Francis on LatAm graft: in his South America tour, the Pope said, “Corruption is the moth, the gangrene of a people.… Continue Reading
Yes it’s true. Latin America is perceived as a high-risk destination, with too much corruption and government oversight that falls short when measured against the United States, Europe, and other more developed economies.… Continue Reading
After two years of investigation, Walmart’s audit committee has released the company’s Global Compliance Program Report on Fiscal Year 2014.
The Report’s description of Walmart’s new compliance program is stunning and deserves line-by-line scrutiny by the compliance profession.… Continue Reading
To the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission:
The open-letter draft published on October 23, 2013 generated extraordinary interest among compliance professionals and other readers in the United States and in Latin America, India and China — countries directly affected by the Wal-Mart investigation.… Continue Reading
[Editors’s note: This post is Part Four in a series about compliance officers. Part One is here, Part Two is here, and Part Three is here.]
In a prior post concerning the special role and risks of compliance officers, I criticized the way they’re lumped together with other employees instead of being recognized for the unique anti-corruption work they do daily.… Continue Reading