Articles | Compliance Week – Page 245
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Fake news is a problem for regulators
The public comment process behind regulatory rulemaking has become corrupted. Can it be fixed?
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2018 will keep CCOS on their toes, despite deregulation
Reducing regulatory burden isn’t reducing risk, CCOs and risk managers reported in year-end surveys. Meanwhile, staffing compliance programs is getting a lot tougher.
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SEC gives relief from tax reform year-end reporting crisis
Swift SEC guidance on how to book tax reform in year-end financials provides relief, but it’s not a free pass, nor does it answer all accounting questions.
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ArticleYear in review: 2017
Compliance Week looks back at the last 12 months and offers a glimpse at some of the biggest news stories in compliance, governance, risk, and ethics.
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Senate approves SEC commissioners after one last look at their views
Robert Jackson, a Democrat, and Hester Peirce, a Republican, will fill two seats on the SEC that have remained vacant since 2015.
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Cyber-threats require rapid escalation from operations to executives
Everybody suffers a data breach, eventually. Here are some helpful tips to prepare an emergency response plan in advance.
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A shot in the arm for franchises
The NLRB is turning back the clock when it comes to joint-employer status, overruling its 2015 decision related to Browning-Ferris Industries, which could make joint-employer rules less onerous.
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How board members can prepare for a #MeToo moment
The PwC 2017 Annual Corporate Directors Survey highlights some key risks and opportunities for how boards might survive their own Weinstein moment, should one ever arise.
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Tax reform produces tax scramble for public companies
With tax reform a reality, public companies are facing new planning opportunities and new provision and reporting obligations that create a mountain of transition work.
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Net neutrality repeal creates political chasms, raises regulatory conundrums
The FCC has voted 3-2 to repeal so-called net neutrality. Next up: political battles and regulatory confusion.
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FOR: SEC political disclosure rule
To help companies manage risk, the Securities and Exchange Commission should mandate what smart organizations are already doing: disclosing political contributions.
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Bilfinger executives share lessons learned from FCPA case
Two Bilfinger executives share their lessons learned following Bilfinger’s $32M criminal penalty and DPA with the Justice Department in 2013 for FCPA violations.
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AGAINST: Wrong tactic and agency
Requiring public companies to disclose their political contributions is a solution in search of a problem, especially given how little corporate money actually goes into elections.
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ArticleLease accounting relief will ease adoption—but only a little
With work winding down to get ready for the massive shift in how to recognize revenue, the next major accounting change exercise still awaits—lease accounting.
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As the FCPA turns 40, compliance officers reflect on its impact
Dec. 19 marks the 40th anniversary of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, prompting compliance officers to take stock of the overall effect FCPA enforcement has had on anti-corruption compliance programs.
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Regulators skeptical of Uber’s work to fix breach processes
A look at the trials and tribulations of taxi-app company Uber: data breaches it tried to keep hidden, how they were exposed, what Uber is doing to fix operations.
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Kobe Steel: “We are extremely sorry for our improper conduct”
The biggest question surrounding the recent scandal at Kobe Steel is: If you have all the right systems in place—culture of compliance, proper regulations, good quality control, and more—but admit you’ve largely ignored them, how do you convince customers and investors going forward that you’re ready to comply?
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ENRC and legal privilege
Back in May, in a landmark decision, the Serious Fraud Office won the right to gain access to documents that a Kazakh mining company claimed were protected by professional privilege. Now that company has won the right to appeal.
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ArticleCompliance salary report shows budget, experience matter
Chief compliance officers wondering how their annual salaries stack up against their peers will want to check out a new salary benchmark report published by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and the Health Care Compliance Association.
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Time runs out on getting ready for new revenue recognition
With little time remaining to prepare for a wholesale change to revenue recognition, accounting leaders share some final insights to help companies wrap it up.