There are many organizations that seek to prevent human trafficking, but their work can sometimes seem distant and detached from our roles as compliance professionals. We must consider how to bridge that gap, with a particular focus on supply chains.
Posted inEthics & Culture
How to deal with cultural arrogance
Arrogance is an unpleasant trait to deal with in our professional careers. It is, however, perennial. Learning how and when to face it will be a long-term useful skill.
Posted inEthics & Culture
Mind your language: How small changes in phrasing make big differences
Risk and compliance professionals are tasked with trying to change attitudes and behaviors to achieve their goals. Subtle adjustments of emphasis and wording can have a significant impact on their success.
Posted inRisk Management
Financial crime within the metaverse
The momentum gathering behind the “metaverse”—a universe of virtual worlds built on blockchain technology—should be of keen interest to everyone in the regulation and compliance space, given its potential impact in terms of business, ethics, financial crime, and safety.
Posted inRisk Management
Transaction monitoring: How we can do better
While the requirement to undertake transaction monitoring evolved because of AML legislation, its importance has been magnified and reinforced by increased regulatory attention and significant fines.
Posted inRisk Management
Addressing fraud via social media
Fraud and social media have a special relationship, with the two frequently combining to cause harm, distress, and loss to an enormous number of people.
Posted inInternal Controls
The importance of maintenance and record-keeping
Stringent maintenance and record-keeping measures are part of the foundations of an effective compliance and risk management framework, so their neglect is as puzzling as it is unwise.
Posted inRisk Management
Factors to consider when implementing risk assessment technology
With the growing demands of huge data sets, an everchanging regulatory landscape, and constantly evolving typologies, the challenge of assessing, documenting, and managing financial crime risk has never been greater.
Posted inEthics & Culture
From ‘Institutional Self-Regulation’: Why compliance?
Tamar Frankel, honored for Lifetime Achievement in Compliance at the 2022 Excellence in Compliance Awards, authorized CW to share excerpts from her book “Institutional Self-Regulation.” The following is a passage from the book’s chapter on compliance, governance, and self-regulation.
Posted inEthics & Culture
From ‘Institutional Self-Regulation’: Role of culture
Tamar Frankel, honored for Lifetime Achievement in Compliance at the 2022 Excellence in Compliance Awards, authorized CW to share excerpts from her book “Institutional Self-Regulation.” The following is a passage from the book’s chapter on investigations to prevent violations of the law.
