In today’s world of daily and instantaneously communicated risks, crises and scandals related to ethics and compliance—or what we call “E&C” risks—it is no longer simply desirable for companies to have an E&C risk-management program: It is a business necessity. Indeed, it is increasingly crucial to have an E&C risk-management system that is integrated with […]
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Who’s Coming And Going In Governance
Compliance Week regularly tracks various personnel moves, board appointments, product releases, customer wins, and industry gossip in the corporate governance realm. Submit announcements to Compliance Week Assistant Editor Laura Starczewski. Executive Moves ImClone’s board chairman David Kies and William Crouse, a member of the company’s audit committee, have resigned, and Carl Icahn, the second-largest stockholder […]
Posted inEthics & Culture
Personal Missteps Should Raise Eyebrows
The cold pavement shocks your feet as you shuffle to the end of the driveway for the morning newspaper. You are almost back to the front door when you see it—a small headline below the fold containing the name of an executive at your company. You rub your eyes, thinking that you’re seeing things; but […]
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Who’s Coming And Going In Governance
Compliance Week regularly tracks various personnel moves, board appointments, product releases, customer wins, and industry gossip in the corporate governance realm. Submit announcements to Compliance Week Assistant Editor Laura Starczewski. From The Regulators Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Chief Accounting Officer Paul Schneider has resigned. Schneider joined the PCAOB in 2004 after serving as managing […]
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The Importance Of Auditing IT Projects Well
Changes to a company’s IT infrastructure are a significant source of risk for every business; to protect the corporate crown jewels, robust change-management practices are absolutely critical. The need for a positive “control environment” within IT and a very unforgiving attitude regarding unauthorized IT changes cannot be overstated. In fact, a recent study by the […]
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Tracking Performance Goals For Compliance
Companies have used “key performance indicators” for years to track data that can help measure progress toward whatever goals a company has. And as compliance and risk management have risen to be primary corporate goals, so have compliance- and risk-related KPIs. “In the last year, much more attention has been paid to how to operationalize […]
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Who’s Coming And Going In Governance
Compliance Week regularly tracks various personnel moves, board appointments, product releases, customer wins and industry gossip in the corporate governance realm. Submit announcements to Compliance Week Managing Editor Matt Kelly. Executive Moves Michael Palu has been named acting chief financial officer of Internet service provide Extreme Networks in Santa Clara, Calif. Palu, the company controller, […]
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Case Study: A Risk-Based Audit At Chevron
This “case study” is the latest in a series of articles aimed at helping public companies understand how other organizations are using technology to comply with new regulations and standards. These are not advertisements or marketing vehicles for the companies mentioned; Compliance Week’s editorial staff speaks with the public company that has deployed the technology, […]
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Who’s Coming And Going In Governance
Compliance Week regularly tracks various personnel moves, board appointments, product releases, customer wins and industry gossip in the corporate governance realm. Submit announcements to Compliance Week Managing Editor Matt Kelly. From The Regulators Vollmer The Securities and Exchange Commission has hired Andrew Vollmer to serve as its deputy general counsel. Vollmer is a partner at […]
Posted inAccounting & Auditing
Auditor Filings Eyed; AICPA Data Missing
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is pushing new disclosure rules for CPA firms, which could ultimately force auditors to alert regulators when they—or their clients—encounter numerous types of governance woes. Under new rules proposed last week, the PCAOB wants to be notified within 14 days if an audit firm withdraws a public company’s audit […]
