Across the globe, gift giving and wining and dining play a role in building business relationships. But be it a tin of cookies, coveted concert tickets, or a gourmet meal, employees should understand what types of gifts and hospitality are acceptable to avoid exposing their company to risk.
Posted inAccounting & Auditing
What to know about double materiality assessments for ESG initiatives
Double materiality assessments help organizations identify and prioritise ESG topics that matter most, both in terms of their impact on society and the environment, and their financial implications for the business.
Posted inRisk Management
Start considering contracts as part of your compliance infrastructure
For many compliance teams, 2025 marked an inflection point: A familiar problem in an unfamiliar form, significant regulatory exposure without settled rules, benchmarks, or enforcement patterns.
Posted inThird Party Risk
Hidden supply-web risks in MSPs and MSSP contracts
Governance failures embedded in standard agreements are amplifying organizations’ exposure to cyber incidents by failing to account for modern supply-chain realities, where third- and fourth-party vendors, cloud platforms, subcontractors create a cascading risk far beyond the contracting entity.
Posted inAccounting & Auditing
Five questions business leaders should be asking in 2026 to manage transformation risk
Working with clients in various sectors over the past year, one thing is clear: Transformation is bigger, faster, and more interconnected. Tech, talent, regulation, and operations—it’s hitting at once.
Posted inBoards & Shareholders
Ethics as strategic value: When compliance becomes a board-level decision tool
For many Boards of Directors, compliance reporting feels familiar and reassuring. Dashboards are green. Policies are updated. Training is complete. Incidents are investigated and closed. On paper, the system works.
Posted inInternal Investigations
Best practices for responding to government investigations
In the current business environment, companies must have a documented plan for responding to government investigations. Shifts in tariffs, dynamic export controls, and a potentially less strict enforcement environment around international bribery all increase the risk that an employee or representative could violate the law – inadvertently or intentionally.
Posted inBoards & Shareholders
Interpretation precedes execution: Why “just do the work” fails in regulated organizations
Most organizational failures are not failures of effort, discipline, or follow-through. They are interpretation failures misdiagnosed as execution problems.
Posted inBest Practices, Opinion, Whistleblowers
Creating effective compliance messages for specific employee groups
As 2026 arrives, have you considered the efficacy of your compliance messaging efforts? We have all seen these compliance taglines “Speak Up!,” “See Something, Say Something,” “Ethics Matter!”
Posted inRisk Management
Risk literacy as a compliance accelerator: Teaching the business to speak risk
Compliance professionals understand the value of risk assessments. We conduct them annually, map risks to controls, and present heat maps to the board. But there is a strategic opportunity that many compliance programs overlook: Teaching the business itself to think in the language of risk.
