Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power encouraged an audience of more than 500 compliance and audit professionals Monday to stand up and oppose abuses of power that have accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking live from her Massachusetts home during the keynote address to the Compliance Week 2020 Virtual Conference, Power told her audience, “Don’t be cowed. Don’t be silenced.”

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