CECOs and compliance professionals need more clout, power and protection. We need to be able to stand up to executives.
Opinion
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The fastest way to scale integrity? Embed it in culture through values.
Ethics and compliance are often perceived as a form of protection for an organization. That framing is just one part of the picture.
Posted inArtificial Intelligence
Compliance is not your AI bottleneck. Your operating model is.
The next phase of AI regulation will not wait for the Executive Branch, Congress, or the lawyer at the end of the release cycle. Compliance evidence has to be assembled while the system assembles, or it will not assemble fast enough.
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Still Wildly Effective: A look at the updated edition of ‘How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer’
Ten years ago, when the virus we feared was Zika and artificial intelligence was a dream of the founders of a new nonprofit called OpenAI, books in the compliance field focused almost exclusively on the law and technical issues.
Posted inOpinion
Iran blockade: 5 top tips for compliance officers
The continuing United States and Israel-led campaign against Iran and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have created numerous difficulties for companies both directly and indirectly. Experts set out the top five key issues that compliance officers face due to the ongoing situation in Iran:
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AI, finance and the new compliance mandate in APAC
A new report tells a story that compliance professionals should read carefully. While the report focuses on finance leaders across Asia Pacific, the real lesson for compliance is much broader: artificial intelligence is no longer a future-state technology discussion. It is now an operating model, risk management, governance, and controls issue. For CCOs, that means AI must move from the innovation agenda to the compliance agenda.
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Gartner director Stuart Strome on how compliance can shift from the ‘no’ department to an instigator of innovation
AI governance is crucial to organizational innovation, according to Stuart Strome, director at Gartner. Businesses that lead corporate governance initiatives around AI will be better placed to manage regulatory risks and facilitate technological advances without increasing friction.
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The third party you forgot to vet: AI tools and the TPRM blind spot in manufacturing
AI tools are arriving through the back door of enterprise software — no contract, no due diligence, no TPRM trigger — and most manufacturing compliance functions have no idea they are already inside.
Posted inRisk Management
Technoethics: The corporate responsibility gap leaders can’t ignore
As AI adoption accelerates, organizations are quietly deprioritizing the very safeguards that keep them compliant — creating governance blind spots, regulatory exposure, and stakeholder trust gaps that compound faster than most leaders realize. Compliance teams don’t have to wait for the consequences to hit: implement the following concrete steps to put technoethics back at the center of AI strategy.
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A framework for human-accountable automation in vendor oversight
Artificial Intelligence is accelerating the oversight of third parties, allowing for faster workflows, more consistency and more scalable decision-making. It may also help reinforce ethical standards by making certain checks more systematic.
