All Compliance Week articles in March-April 2020
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ArticleSurvey: CCPA still poses compliance nightmare
With the clock ticking toward the Jan. 1 implementation date, Compliance Week and ACA Aponix asked 100 compliance practitioners whether their company would be CCPA compliant by the deadline. Their collective answer? Nope.
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ArticleTip sheet: 2020 priorities for accounting and audit regulators
With the new year under way, we highlight some focus areas of accounting and audit regulators—SEC, PCAOB, and FASB—that should be top of mind for boards of directors.
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ArticleBlackRock: Climate change ‘defining factor’ in companies’ futures
Fund manager BlackRock announced several new initiatives with a focus on sustainable investing, including holding companies and boards more accountable where they are not making enough progress on sustainability-related disclosure.
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ArticleTreasury finalizes rules impacting foreign investments in U.S.
The Treasury Department is disseminating two rules implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 to help balance national security with the importance of foreign investments in the U.S. economy.
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ArticleWill ExxonMobil’s victory in sanctions case mean more pushback?
ExxonMobil’s victory in a sanctions case before a federal court just might empower others in the regulated community to challenge the imposition of fines for alleged violations of sanctions regulations.
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Microsoft data leak points to industry-wide security vulnerabilities
Microsoft made headlines when it was discovered that nearly 250 million customer service and support records were exposed on the Web through several unsecured cloud servers. But that’s only a glimpse into wider cloud-security weaknesses throughout the industry.
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ArticleOCC fines former Wells Fargo CEO $17.5M, bans him from banking industry
Former Wells Fargo Bank CEO John Stumpf was disciplined by the OCC on Thursday, but is the ban of someone in his mid-60s with tens of millions of dollars in net worth really more than a wrist slap?
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ArticleTrump’s efforts to weaken FCPA bad news for compliance
If President Trump gets his way and the FCPA loses its bite, compliance officers would lose a valuable instrument in their fight to keep businesses on the right side of an ever-blurring line between right and wrong.
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ArticleConfronting ‘willful intent’ in third-party corruption cases
Even as companies continue to agree to multi-billion-dollar settlements related to the corrupt acts of third parties, managing the risks associated with them nevertheless eludes many compliance departments.
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ArticleSpecial report: Compliance training
If you’re worried about whether your curriculum is truly effective, start with 10 tips from CW columnist Amii Barnard-Bahn on how to take compliance training to the next level.
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ArticleSurvey: Lack of adequate funding for compliance training pervasive
If you’re among the practitioners who need more resources to turn your compliance training program into one that is truly effective (and that’s many of you, according to our survey), we have some advice.
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ArticleStudy: Post-financial crisis fines against financial institutions hit $36B
Global fines and penalties against financial institutions hit $36 billion last year, as ramifications from the financial crisis continue to reverberate throughout the financial services industry, according to a new report.
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ArticleFour game-changing innovations in compliance training
Looking to transform your training program? Take a cue from those who are using leading-edge tech and outside-the-box thinking in the space.
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ArticleLighten up: Why comedy works in compliance training
Experts speak on the psychology behind using comedy as a training tool for the “Department of No,” and a Fortune 500 CECO discusses how to find the right balance between education and humor in your training programs.
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ArticleCompliance training 101: Know your audience
Need to get something off my chest before I pass along lessons learned from poorly executed compliance training.
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PremiumSix veteran CCOs, 5 questions: Improving your compliance training
Six senior compliance practitioners offer their perspectives on what makes for an effective training program and share tips and guidance for companies looking to enhance their education initiatives.
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ArticleTraining methods for kids and employees aren’t that different
The general principles for creating a culture of compliance for 12-year-olds in a classroom are just as effective in a workplace setting.