The COBIT framework, used by IT departments for years to govern IT controls, has released the exposure draft for its major new upgrade from COBIT 4.1 to COBIT 5.0. We called up the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, which publishes COBIT, to ask what substantive new changes are in the wings and how risk, […]
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A Quick Book Recommendation
I haven’t had opportunity to do a book review in this column for many months, but one title recently caught my eye while I strolled through my local bookstore: Understanding China, by John Bryan Starr. (Hill & Wang, 448 pps., $17.95) What this says about my browsing habits, we’ll leave unspoken—but anyone looking for a better […]
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Calling All Deep Thinkers in Compliance!
Well, we wrapped up our Compliance Week 2011 conference only last month, and the good times and lessons learned are still fresh in people’s heads. Time marches on, however—and we’re already seeking executives to serve on the advisory board for our Compliance Week 2012 event next year. Interested? At the risk of tooting our own […]
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What Codes of Conduct Should Really Achieve
I’ve refrained from writing until now about Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the sexual assault allegations against him, and the sorry state of ethical culture at the International Monetary Fund because, frankly, so much of this tale tells itself. You get tired telling the same story of failure so often. Let’s dispense with the worst part of the […]
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The State of Compliance, 2011
Are you normal? After all, that’s what most compliance officers want to know. Are you training employees as much as your peers? Are you striking the same balance between good behavior and aggressive pursuit of profit as your competitors? Do you have the same bosses, staffers and salary as your law school buddy who now […]
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The Big Lesson From Compliance Week 2011
Well, the Compliance Week 2011 annual conference is now fading into memory. The event was outstanding, a gathering of nearly 500 people who spanned the whole range of the corporate compliance community today, from in-house counsels and internal auditors to outside advisers and government regulators. Our agenda covered dozens of topics, and you can see […]
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Pre-gaming the Compliance Week 2011 Conference!
Well, for those of us still here since the Rapture failed to occur this weekend, we have our own good news here to get your week started: the Compliance Week 2011 conference is officially underway. As always, we’ve pulled together an impressive lineup of keynote speakers; dozens of panel discussions and presentations on all matters […]
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What ‘Effective’ Compliance Really Looks Like
Not long ago we held another of our Compliance Week editorial roundtables, in Atlanta with co-hosts Compliance 360, to talk about the challenges of measuring the effectiveness of your compliance program. Our full coverage of that discussion will appear in next week’s newsletter, but for now let me recap some of the most interesting points—because the more […]
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Compliance Week 2011 Takes Final Shape!
We’ve just about nailed down the final planks of the Compliance Week 2011 annual conference, which gets underway three weeks from today. So I’d like to give you all an update of what’s to come—and why it will be worth your coming to see and participate, as well. First, we’ve secured a great lineup of […]
