The EU Anti-Corruption Directive is set to come into force in a few months’ time and will take effect in mid-2028. It will harmonize bribery and corruption rules across the Single Market, as well as raise the prospect of better enforcement in those EU countries that have—so far—taken a decidedly lax approach to investigating and prosecuting serious corporate crime.
Risk Management
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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.
Posted inEthics & Culture
Why compliance managers should be looking for career opportunities in national security teams
Rapidly evolving geopolitical and geo-economic risks are leading to the evolution of national security teams in a wide range of companies and corporate advisors. For compliance managers with the optimum skills and experience, they provide an interesting and important career opportunity.
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Why risk fluency defines great leadership
Every leadership decision is ultimately a risk decision — whether leaders explicitly frame it that way or not.
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Geopolitical risks and global threats drive emerging national security compliance teams
Geopolitical uncertainty is becoming the defining feature of the decade, and global powers are increasingly using geo-economic power to promote national interest and defend their critical interests. Meanwhile, cross-border threats to critical infrastructure are becoming more varied and powerful. Multinational companies, consultants, and global law firms are responding by setting up dedicated national security teams. […]
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New report shows how illegal mining intersects with financial crimes
Hundreds of billions of dollars in illicit funds move through the global financial system each year through the operations of environmental crimes linked to transnational criminal organizations. Illegal mining, in particular, directly exposes global financial institutions (FIs) to a wide range of legal and compliance risks, as well as financial crimes, absent robust risk mitigation measures.
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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.
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How to establish an anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance program
The U.K. unveiled a new Anti-Corruption Strategy in December 2025, just as the EU unveiled its first Anti-Corruption Directive. Both jurisdictions have signalled that they are keen to push back on rising risks of corruption. But many organizations have no formal anti-corruption measures. Where should compliance start?
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Gavin Proudley, SVP Risk & Compliance at Dow Jones, on compliance challenges from divergent rules and geopolitics
Diverging global rules, sanctions, and tariffs being “weaponized,” and more have made compliance complex even before the U.S. strikes on Iran. We asked Gavin Proudley, SVP Risk & Compliance at Dow Jones, what this means for compliance managers and how they can stay ahead of shifting geopolitics and tighter regulations.
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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.
