All ethics articles – Page 3

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    FINRA: establishing and implementing cultural values

    2016-03-01T11:45:00Z

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued new guidance on what firms will be expected to discuss regarding their firm’s cultural values. FINRA plans to meet with business, compliance, legal, and risk executives to discuss how to communicate and reinforce values. “We are particularly interested in how your firm measures compliance ...

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    Next Up to Reform Culture: Deutsche Bank

    2015-10-21T20:45:00Z

    Image: Observers of the financial news might have seen that earlier this week Deutsche Bank reshuffled its senior managers. Observers of the compliance news might want to take note, too. The bank’s new co-CEO has a formidable task in front of him to reform Deutsche Bank’s problem-prone culture, but Compliance ...

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    What’s Behind the Endemic Nature of Bribery: Poverty

    2015-08-31T14:00:00Z

    Image: For all a company’s efforts to preach anti-corruption compliance worldwide, one ugly fact endures: Too many people in too many countries still need to pay bribes simply to survive. Ethics training has virtually nothing to do with the problem, editor Matt Kelly writes. The real challenge is how we ...

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    More Disclosures Needed From Public Officials, Says OECD

    2015-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Image: The pursuit of good governance is never easy. According to a recent Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development survey, inadequate disclosures, lack of whistleblower protection laws, and  concerns about integrity have caused many citizens of advanced countries to lose trust in national governments. More inside.

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    Is CSR Part of the Compliance Operation?

    2015-05-19T14:45:00Z

    Corporate social responsibility is now big business in Europe. How the compliance function intersects with CSR, however—and what role the compliance officer should play in CSR oversight—is still unclear. In the final part of our series on CSR, we look at how several European companies are trying to embed CSR ...

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    Compliance Week 2015: Full Agenda Announced

    2015-01-26T14:15:00Z

    Image: Good news for everyone looking to firm up springtime travel plans: we have just announced the agenda and speaker lineup for the best compliance and audit conference out there, Compliance Week 2015. From hardcore SOX compliance issues, to strategies for effective leadership of compliance teams, to all the operational ...

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    More Misconduct Tales to Tell Your Company

    2015-01-19T18:00:00Z

    Image: As we move into 2015 and the good economic times that seem to be carrying the United States along, it’s time for a refresher course in Why Ethics & Compliance Matter. We have two new examples of misconduct—one from Brazil, the other from New York—that can go straight into ...