By Ian Sherr2025-03-20T20:13:00
The increasing efforts to fight modern slavery across the globe are getting a boost from European Union rules that require companies to track and report on the issue. But compliance executives can’t lean on easy databases and automated solutions, experts increasingly say, that supply chain companies may ignore or lie to.
Companies attending Compliance Week’s Ethics & Compliance Summit in Boston this week shared stories about how they’ve begun to tackle needs to uncover details about their supply chains, whether they be metals, clothing or food. Even tougher, though, the amount of data behind this type of effort can be staggering. Imagine having to identify details about a supply chain down to the raw materials for every part of a car, for example. Or for a piece of technology, down to the mine gathering lithium.
2025-07-30T17:56:00Z By Aly McDevitt
The Department of Labor is using poultry processing company Mar-Jac Poultry as an example of what will happen when companies repeatedly employ underage workers in hazardous conditions. Hint: Companies can’t pin the blame on staffing agencies.
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2025-01-02T13:00:00Z By Neil Hodge
New rules that push IT firms providing “critical” services to the U.K.’s financial sector to share more data about cyberattacks and resiliency measures have been welcomed by industry experts. However, concerns remain over how suppliers will be classified and how key data might be gathered and shared.
2025-03-20T15:20:00Z By Ian Sherr
With White House directives ending DEI programs across the U.S. government, many companies are now facing the question of how to meet their diversity goals without upsetting the political climate. The answer has been to give up the name but not the spirit of DEI.
2025-03-20T13:44:00Z By Aly McDevitt
Speakers at Compliance Week’s Ethics and Compliance Summit swapped engagement strategies rooted in human behavior, including with through the use of generative AI, free merchandise, and live events, to meet employees where they are.
2025-03-19T17:54:00Z By Ian Sherr
When talking about ethics programs at various companies, there are plenty of examples of firms that do right and those that do wrong. But building up a struggling program is a whole other challenge.
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