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PremiumTop compliance challenges facing the food and beverage industry
New regulations, changing consumer demands, and global supply chain disruptions – from cost-of-goods inflation to tariffs to raw material shortages, and more – are just a few top challenges reshaping the operations of food and beverage industry today. “These challenges are no longer just logistical—they implicate sourcing risk, contract performance, ...
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PremiumStudy: Compliance managers must set rules in race to adopt AI agents and copilots
More than half of all compliance teams are “actively using” or “piloting” AI applications, according to a Moody’s report. While most are focusing on streamlining routine tasks, some are developing AI agents and asking vital questions about AI decision-making.
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PremiumNavigating top risks in the insurance industry
Cyber threats, climate-related catastrophes, and disruptive technologies remain top risks reshaping the U.S. insurance industry. The question is how chief risk officers at the nation’s largest insurers are confronting them.
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PremiumU.S. sanctions threat over EU digital regulation ramps up geo-economic tensions
President Trump has threatened to sanction EU leaders and impose further tariffs in retaliation for the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). Will he carry this out? Nobody knows, but if he presses ahead with either sanctions or increased tariffs, it will escalate his radical use of U.S. economic and political ...
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PremiumU.K. prepares to prosecute firms under new Failure to Prevent Fraud rules
The U.K. will start cracking down on companies under the new Failure to Prevent Fraud law on Sept. 1, with the Crown Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office ready to enforce it.
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PremiumEmployees may fail to report fraud unless U.K. whistleblower protection is beefed up
In September, the U.K. will enforce its third “failure to prevent” offense under sweeping anti-corporate crime laws, but experts question whether it will actually change corporate behavior or embolden whistleblowers.
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PremiumEmerging Compliance Risks 2025: Laurie Waddy on Leadership, Anticorruption, and AI
Former Head of Compliance/Chief Compliance Officer Laurie Waddy believes compliance professionals are well-positioned to support artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in their organizations. Drawing on 25 years’ experience in legal and compliance roles across multiple industries, Waddy shares insights into top compliance trends confronting the profession, including the emerging compliance risks ...
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PremiumCompliance in the spotlight as tariffs, sanctions turn into geopolitical weapons
Navigating tariffs and sanctions is becoming a core part of compliance for many companies. As the U.S. and others use economic policies for political aims, compliance teams must adapt to this new geoeconomic trend.
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PremiumThanks to 'laser focus' on cartels, Trump admin creates new corporate risks in Mexico
The Trump administration’s designation of Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations in February has made doing business in Mexico riskier than ever before for corporations.
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PremiumU.K. data law tightens compliance rules, expands complaints process and raises penalties
The U.K.’s Data (Use and Access) Bill, passed into law on June 19, aims to boost the economy and simplify access to services like healthcare and policing. Businesses must understand the changes and ensure data policies and complaints procedures are current.
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PremiumIn 17 years, Discover Financial never managed to clean up a billion dollar mess
Federal banking regulators have laid the blame for Discover Financial Services charging merchants $1 billion in excessive credit card fees over 17 years squarely at the feet of company executives.
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PremiumUK’s Failure to Prevent Fraud law may expose firms to unlimited fines and prosecution, says Moody’s compliance risk expert
Fraud now accounts for around 40% of all crime in the U.K., posing a major problem for banks and consumers. Ted Datta, head of industry practice for financial crime compliance at Moody’s, warns that the risk is growing fast.
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PremiumBribery risk elevated, experts say, as DOJ narrows FCPA enforcement
When the U.S. Department of Justice announced a six-month enforcement pause of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in February, many speculated that the risks posed by bribery had been lowered. So when the DOJ said last week that it would resume launching FCPA investigations, it may just seem like ...
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PremiumAfter a six-month enforcement pause, DOJ will again pursue FCPA investigations
The Department of Justice has ended its six-month FCPA enforcement pause, closed half its legacy bribery cases, and will now pursue foreign bribery probes aligned with President Donald Trump’s priorities.
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PremiumThree TPRM myths worth busting
There are stories we tell ourselves in third-party risk management (TPRM) to make ourselves feel better about the corners we cut.
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PremiumColgate-Palmolive CECO Kim Faulkner discusses how ethics is embedded in the company’s strategy
Compliance Week’s Aaron Nicodemus sat down with Kim Faulkner, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer at Colgate-Palmolive, to discuss the importance of ethics and compliance at the company.
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PremiumSupply chain disruptions caused by Republican policies should be managed
If you’re in third-party risk management, handling the latest disruptions brought on by wild gyrations in tariff rates and export control rules by Republican leadership ought to be child’s play.
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PremiumForced labor risks push global supply chains into compliance crosshairs
An increasing number of regulations worldwide regarding human rights due diligence, especially concerning forced labor and child labor, are relevant for any company that is serious about running an ethical business supply chain, experts say.
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PremiumTPRM has become the business continuity plan in turbulent times
Global supply chains are constantly in flux: crucial vendors could suddenly go bankrupt, fail to produce key components without warning, or even lose your firm’s data in a breach. The result has drawn ever more attention to third-party risk management as a critical element of many businesses.
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PremiumUK regulator’s efforts to coax self-reporting fraud could fall flat, experts warn
To both clean up corporate behaviour and rack up its own enforcement record, the UK’s anti-bribery agency has seemingly largely guaranteed companies a pass from prosecution if they spill the beans on their misconduct. There’s only one problem: experts believe businesses may still stand a better outcome if they front ...