Articles | Compliance Week – Page 244
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Argentina passes tough new anti-corruption law
Long criticized for looking the other way on graft, Argentina now requires companies doing business there to build strong anti-corruption programs, and plans to enforce it, as well.
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Eliminating seasonality could be a quantum leap for audit quality
Big Four audit firms currently labor under a self-imposed hardship of an intense peak season that erodes audit quality and strains the workforce. What if there was a better way?
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ArticleDespite deregulation push, the SEC keeps working on new rules
Even as the Trump Administration trumpets its deregulation efforts, the SEC is working to implement a backlog of stalled rules already on the books.
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PCAOB ponders plateau, calls on firms to dig deeper
With PCAOB inspection results hitting a plateau, how can auditors be held accountable for better audit quality? Amid allegations of fraud and conspiracy, is culture a factor?
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On the front lines with machine learning and AML battles
An inside look at how one company is helping one of Singapore’s largest banks utilize machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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ArticleTax law changes could shift executive comp strategies
Massive changes in tax law with respect to executive compensation may give public companies reason to rethink how they pay their top brass.
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For audit, with better tech comes greater expectations
The advent of new technologies such as AI, workflow automation and more are making audit more powerful than before, but auditors must learn how to master such tools.
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Morrisons data breach creates additional cyber-liability
A recent court case sets the precedent that even if you have been hit with a malicious data breach, you may still face vicarious liability for it.
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Preventing corruption in the mining sector
A global study from Transparency International explores what causes corruption in the mining sector and what the compliance function can do to help prevent it.
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The rise of passive investors as a corporate governance force
Investors in index funds are taking a page from their activist counterparts and making demands on companies. The surprise: Those companies are listening.
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Goodbye CFPB; it was fun while it lasted.
Slowly but surely, those critics of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s are close to winning their battle, aided by efforts to dismantle the agency from within.
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Recent findings raise fresh questions over auditors and fraud
Recent findings against PwC illuminate audit failures that the PCAOB has been harping on for years, although its ultimate weight on auditors' duty to find fraud is not yet clear.
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How the FCPA withstands the test of time
Certain enforcement trends stemming from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act will be with us for many years to come.
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The China conundrum: balancing risk and reward
From White House intervention to tough new cyber-security laws, doing business in China is becoming even more difficult for U.S. companies.
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Post-Brexit, new U.K. sanctions laws and regulations needed
In the wake of Brexit, the United Kingdom is putting together its own sanctions regulations, but there is a lot of work yet to be done and many questions yet to be answered.
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ArticleData sharing, AI may be antidote to failing AML efforts
Big data may revolutionize anti-money laundering efforts, but privacy concerns and preserving a human element to compliance programs may get in the way.
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Financial services seeks stronger cyber-safeguards
A rising tide of sophisticated cyber-thievery has the financial services industry scrambling to improve its electronic defenses. But can they find a solution before the next big heist?
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Lessons from the FCPA corporate enforcement policy
The Department of Justice’s new FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy offers valuable lessons for companies that are considering how best to address a potential FCPA violation.
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How FASB can ease the tax law time crunch
While corporate America sorts through the most sweeping change in tax law in more than 25 years, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: Accountants have limited time to determine how financial statements should reflect the new law.
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Responding to ‘right of access’ requests under GDPR
The degree to which the General Data Protection Regulation limits access to EU citizens’ personal data will create enormous data compliance challenges for companies.