All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 570
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CFPB warns financial companies about sales incentives
The CFPB is warning the financial world to be leery of sales quotas that can lead to consumer harm and legal violations. Joe Mont has more on a bulletin from the Bureau that addresses best practices for a targeted compliance monitoring program.
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Taking Command of Your GRC Journey
RSA Archer provides a technology platform that leverages a common framework for managing risk and compliance in the context of your business, which is necessary for your governance, risk and compliance (GRC) program to succeed in today’s increasingly complex risk landscape and competitive markets.
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Companies take action against rising audit costs, FERF study says
Tammy Whitehouse has the results of a new study that shows audit cost increases for public companies are outpacing inflation, but the largest companies are taking measures to keep cost increases in check.
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PCAOB plans final action on new audit report
Audit regulators are on track to finalize by year-end a long-developing overhaul of the standard audit report. Tammy Whitehouse looks at what that means for auditors in the coming year.
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Trump's Treasury pick: 'stripping back Dodd-Frank' is a priority
During an interview with CNBC, Steven Mnuchin and Wilbur Ross, selected, respectively, as Treasury and Commerce secretaries, the two reiterated plans to roll back the Dodd-Frank Act.
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ArticleNew York’s new cyber-security demands draw near
The Empire State is on track to impose a comprehensive slate of new cyber-security rules for banks and their vendors. More from Joe Mont.
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Court pumps brakes on Labor Department’s overtime rule
New federal overtime requirements for white-collar workers are in doubt following a nationwide injunction imposed by a federal judge, writes Joe Mont.
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Anixter International names new chief accounting officer
Anixter International—a global distributor of network and security Solutions, electrical and electronic solutions, and utility power solutions—has named Ilaria Mocciaro as corporate controller, chief accounting officer.
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Slavery risks on compliance agenda
With the number of people being sold into slavery on the rise every year (there are currently between 21 and 46 million victims of slavery worldwide, with one new victim every 4-8 seconds), experts discuss how to battle slavery risk in the corporate supply chain. Neil Hodge reports.
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SEC enforcement trends to watch in 2017
Jaclyn Jaeger recaps a record-breaking year for SEC enforcement activity, and what to expect in the year ahead.
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Your big day in court: The compliance challenges of witness preparation
Getting a witness ready for court often calls for training, but the U.S. and the U.K. have big differences in how much training is allowed. Mark Solon explains.
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Closing the gap between risk management and sustainability
For companies complying with internal board initiatives to create a more sustainable business, integrating risk management is key, writes Jaclyn Jaeger.
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Ready for Justice Department scrutiny of your compliance program?
Nobody wants the Department of Justice to take a critical look at their compliance program. But Gejaa Gobena has some tips for how to survive the process.
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SEC signals continued intensity around internal controls
As the year-end audit cycle approaches, regulators are signaling that their expectations around internal control over financial reporting are not diminishing. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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Ethics training and parking spaces
A parking space is seen as a definite perk for U.S. executives, but perhaps not so in other countries. Tom Fox looks at the recent case of former Daimler President Rainer Gärtner, who—while operating out of the firm’s China-based location—overreacted to improper use of his parking spot.
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Questions abound as companies adopt new lease accounting standard
The rise in questions on the new lease accounting standard suggest some companies are cracking the spine on that new rulebook, reports Tammy Whitehouse.
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Workiva, Frazier & Deeter partner to help companies modernize GRC processes
Workiva, a business software company, has announced a partnership with accounting tax, and consulting services firm, Frazier & Deeter, to complement Wdesk implementation for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and risk management. In other news, Workiva announced that it was named as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Financial Corporate ...
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Compliance on the VW board
Tom Fox explores the case of Hans Dieter Pötsch, chairman of the VW supervisory board, who could be held responsible if German prosecutors find the board had actual knowledge, but failed to keep shareholders abreast, of the emissions-testing scandal and its potential costs.
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Use of data in a best practices compliance program
Tom Fox discusses how data must be continually managed, tested, and recalibrated within an organization for it to be fully effective.