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Ethics & ConductThe SFO's new self-reporting guidance offers a faster path to DPA negotiations, emphasizing readiness and cooperation to enhance fraud case compliance.
Ethics & ConductThe FCA reports widespread gaps in conflict identification and control updates in private markets, urging firms to prove fair investor treatment.
Ethics & ConductThe European Commission s evaluation of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 signals that your whistleblower program must handle more reports, cover more violation types, and work across jurisdictions with confli
Ethics & ConductThe Justice Department s National Fraud Division has published its prosecution criteria. While the Corporate Enforcement Policy remains unchanged, the memo clarifies which fraud schemes will attract f
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Ethics & ConductThe Conventional Wisdom At compliance conferences, you ll often hear: We need to prove compliance drives business value. Practitioners focus on ROI calculators and competitive advantage arguments. The
Ethics & ConductYour whistleblower hotline is live. Complaints arrive. Then what? If you re like the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), those complaints might sit in a queue for years while investigators scramble
Ethics & ConductJapan s Retaliation Protection Act expanded to include small and medium-sized businesses on June 1, 2022. This wasn t a new law; it extended existing requirements for large organizations. Compliance t
Ethics & ConductThe SEC received 18,354 whistleblower tips in FY2023, a 49% increase from the previous year. This isn t just a number; it s a warning that your internal reporting mechanisms might be failing. When emp
Ethics & ConductRethinking Noncompetes Your compliance team might view noncompete agreements as critical for safeguarding intellectual property. The reasoning seems straightforward: you ve invested in training employ
Ethics & ConductAustralia s Criminal Code now holds your company liable if you can t prove you tried to prevent bribery. The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Foreign Bribery) Act 2024, effective September 202
Ethics & ConductUnderstanding the Real Challenge Many GRC teams at multinational organizations are grappling with what good looks like after implementing the EU Whistleblower Directive. While most Member States have
Ethics & ConductWhen the SEC Office of the Whistleblower reported receiving 24,980 tips in FY 2024, compliance teams were alarmed. It seemed employees were bypassing internal channels at unprecedented rates. Then cam
Ethics & ConductThe Conventional Wisdom You re hearing that the DOJ s expanded whistleblower rewards programs, announced May 12, 2025, for the Criminal Division and July 8, 2025, for the Antitrust Division, are a gam
Ethics & ConductContext: Questions from the compliance team channel Since the DOJ s June 9 policy memo redefining FCPA enforcement priorities, many compliance officers have asked whether the old playbook still applie
Ethics & ConductSpain s Draft Organic Law on Public Integrity introduces a mandatory compliance checkpoint for companies pursuing public sector contracts. You ll need to demonstrate an appropriate organization and ma
Ethics & ConductThe Securities and Exchange Commission s settlement with Benjamin Tesfaye highlights the consequences when confidentiality controls fail. Tesfaye agreed to pay $20,836 in disgorgement and interest, pl
Ethics & ConductThe EU s anti-corruption directive took effect on May 31, and most compliance teams are getting it wrong. Not because they re ignoring it, they re just repeating the same implementation errors that pl
