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 In our first Compliance Week TV video we hear from Frank Diana, executive vice president of enherent Corporation, who discusses the challenges involved in information management.
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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

Featured Databases

Whistleblower Guidelines
Search Whistleblower Policies, Contract Options

Class-Action Filings
Download Text of Class-Action Complaints

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.

Dean Forbes

Sr. Director, Global Privacy
Schering-Plough

Dean Forbes is Schering-Plough Corporation’s Sr. Director, Global Privacy. In that role, Mr. Forbes is responsible for developing and implementing all strategic global privacy initiatives for the Company. Mr. Forbes works in the Global Compliance & Business Practices group at Schering-Plough, and has been with the company since 2004.

Prior to taking on this responsibility, Mr. Forbes worked as a Sr. Attorney with the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. For over 13 years, Mr. Forbes worked on a wide range of consumer protection matters, from cases against deceptive advertising and technology fraud to Internet privacy and information security. He practiced law in the agency’s Division of Advertising Practices, and worked on landmark information privacy and security matters, workshops, reports, and consumer and business guidance. His work on privacy and information security has been featured in the Privacy Officer’s Advisor, the National Bar Association Magazine, and the New York Times.

Mr. Forbes is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He also serves on the Board of Directors of the International Pharmaceutical Privacy Consortium (IPPC) and the Responsible Information Management Council Advisory Board, and is a member of the Center for Information Policy Leadership and the TRUSTe Online Trust Advisory Council.

Mr. Forbes is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Virginia School of Law. He can be reached at dean.forbes@spcorp.com.