Insights
How should compliance programs react to the draft directive? What effects will there be on compliance due diligence, whistle blowing requirements and risk assessments?
Global | Program
White paper - the EU's draft directive on Mandatory Due Diligence
Series - Implementing the EU Whistle Blowing Directive
What are the practical challenges when implementing the incoming 'EUWBD'? This series of blogs looks at the legislation, whistle blower behaviour and how GCs & CCOs can ensure solid foundations.
Global | Whistle blowing | Program
5 reasons why your company should tackle facilitation payments
Facilitation payments can be pushed higher up on the compliance agenda in high risk jurisdictions. There are good reasons to re-think your approach on an often underestimated exposure.
Global | Corruption | Risk
Helping board members improve paper compliance programs
Members asking the right questions on fundamentally weak programs will make a huge, positive and long-term difference to their companies.
Global | Program | Board & Management
Ethics and Compliance is relatively new, having developed apace over the past 10-15 years. What effects does its placement in the Legal function have in many companies?
Global | Governance | Program
E&C in the office of the general counsel
Human rights programs
If you could start over, would your compliance program be a human rights program?
Global | Human Rights | Corruption | Program
How to handle furlough frauds and mistakes
We have developed a fraud risk management library and tools to handle mistakes and fraud in the coronavirus job retention scheme.
UK | Fraud | Corona | Enforcement
What demanding rich kids teach us about anti-corruption work
Corruption hits the poorest hardest. Here we look at what demanding rich kids can teach us about anti-corruption work.
Global | Corruption | Society
A unique time to observe policy
A look at how implementation can be hampered by poor policy making, and what we should watch out for in the coming months.
UK | Corona | Policies & Procedures
The Ethics Journey - Part 2
Ethics is about friction and impassioned debate - that's how it's done right. The world isn't black and white; it's messy and controversial.
Global | Program
The Ethics Journey - Part 1
The first part of the ethics journey - where ethical problems come from, how E&C departments emerged and what the first stages of the journey look like.
Global | Program
If Legal & Compliance are no longer in the driving seat on ethics, what next?
The need for Legal & Compliance to get involved in fast-moving risks is clear. Here we look at Digital, Crisis Management and Sustainability.
Global | Program | Risk
Are companies free to act ethically?
As companies become increasingly active on ESG, we ask whether corporate governance structure allow for sustainability to be top if the agenda.
Global | Program | Society
Have you risk assessed the risk assessment on how you assessed your risks?!
A look at some of the challenges in risk assessments, including unnecessary elements that are demanded by some advisers.
Global | Program | Risk