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Webcasts of the Week

 Defining and Executing Systematic, Risk-Based Third-Party Due Diligence for FCPA Compliance
Sponsored by The Steele Foundation

Help Wanted: Ad of the Week

 Compliance Education & Communications Mgr.
Submitted by Oracle

Event of the Week

 Corporate Governance Programs
Courtesy of Harvard Business School

Thought Leadership of the Week

Access Management: Efficiency, Confidence, Control
Courtesy of SAP

The Resource Exchange

Code of Conduct
Submitted by BP

Sample Risk Acceptance Request
Submitted by Circuit City

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Whistleblower Guidelines
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Class-Action Filings
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GRC Illustrated Series

 Improving GRC by Visualizing Your Data
The 24th Installment in This Exclusive Series
Compliance Week 2009--Fourth Annual Conference for Corporate Financial, Legal, Risk, Audit & Compliance Executives, June 3-5, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

James W. Ferguson

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Halliburton

James Ferguson Jim Ferguson is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Halliburton. In that role, Ferguson is responsible for the litigation, environmental and employment law activities in the Company’s Law Department.

Prior to assuming the Deputy General Counsel position in 2007, Ferguson served as Director of Risk Management and Assistant General Counsel for Halliburton/Brown & Root, starting in 1988. In that role, he managed Halliburton’s enterprise risk management, retained risk and insurance programs, as well as certain other responsibilities.

Prior to joining Halliburton, Ferguson served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Atwood Oceanics from 1975-1988.

Jim left the State of Texas Employment Commission where he worked as an Employment Interviewer in the Houston office from 1970-1972 to attend law school. He holds an A.B. degree from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law.