How to Plan and Implement an Ethics & Compliance Risk Assessment Program

An ethics and compliance risk assessment is the foundation of an effective ethics and compliance risk management program. This detailed course provides a 12-stage framework that will help you complete your own ethics and compliance risk assessment.

In this hands-on course, we provide a wealth of practical tips on how to go about these tasks. Along the way we are also going to look at a number of major components and themes relating to the ethics and compliance risk assessment; items such as;

• Definitions.
• Understanding why ethics and compliance risk assessment are so important.
• Regulations and compliance requirements in the US, the UK, France and the OECD.
• How the COVID-19 pandemic changed the risk profile and what we need to do to counter these additional risks.
• Details of the main risk management systems currently in use.

With a completed ethics and compliance risk assessment and armed with your findings and action plan, you will be equipped to develop and implement an effective ethics and compliance risk management program.

As an added bonus, the approach that we use in this course is easily applied to any form of compliance, ethics, or conduct risk. What this means is that that the process will work equally well for data privacy, bribery and corruption, conflict of interest, financial integrity and fraud, modern slavery and other forms of economic crime.

To register click HERE.

 

The Frequency of Payroll Payments at U.S. Small Businesses

In this episode of Truth in Data, "PaymentsJournal" breaks down the frequency of payroll payments at U.S. small businesses.

What China’s New Data Rules Mean for Tesla and Other Auto Makers

China's new rules on auto data require car companies to store important data locally. Cars today offer high-tech features and gather troves of data to train algorithms. As China steps up controls over new technologies, WSJ looks at the risks for Tesla and other global brands that are now required to keep data within the country. Screenshot: Tesla China 

 

Flags of Convenience - Bribe, Swindle or Steal Podcast

Tom Cardamone, President and CEO of Global Financial Integrity, joins the podcast to discuss the regulatory and enforcement challenges associated with flags of convenience. These range from trafficked labor to environmental violations and Tom highlights the inherent tension between substantial tax incentives on one hand and accountability on the other.

Listen to this podcast HERE.

Why China’s Evergrande Has Global Markets on Edge

What the Chinese property giant's crisis means for global investors. Evergrande, China’s most indebted property developer, has kept global markets on edge and sparked protests at home as it struggles to survive. WSJ explains why the company’s crisis is raising questions about the state of the world’s second-largest economy.

 

“TOP READS OF THE WEEK” (for week ending 24 September)

This week’s top reads in banking, fintech, payments, cybersecurity, AI, IoT, risk management and much more

In this weeks selection;

Top Reads

• Fed won't go it alone on CBDC
• There are new scams on mobile payment apps—and teens aren’t immune
• Companies must develop operational plan for ransomware recovery
• After 400 attacks, feds warn of Conti ransomware
• BlackRock losing 'patience' on pace of corporate ESG disclosure
• Deutsche Bank Explored Wells Fargo Custody Deal Before Fed Snub
• Credit Suisse charges investors to prop up Greensill Capital
• After years of being 'squeaky clean,' the Federal Reserve is surrounded by controversy
• U.S. cash payment kiosks rise despite digital age
• Companies must develop operational plan for ransomware recovery
• Corporate credit rebounds from record slump: Fitch
• The beguiling promise of decentralised finance
• Opinion | Do We Need to Shrink the Economy to Stop Climate Change?
• Record $15 Billion SPAC Merger Just Happened For A Technology You've Never Heard Of
• NY Fed vice president urges industry to move faster on Libor transition
• Funding for fintechs: patterns and drivers
• Recently reported Microsoft zero-day gaining popularity with attackers, Kaspersky says
• Finance industry warns against 'unnecessarily restrictive' crypto capital rules
• How buy now, pay later became a $100 billion industry
• Banks Oppose Strict Basel Rules Targeting Cryptocurrencies
• Trump Organization CFO appears before New York Supreme Court
• Forward Thinking on artificial intelligence with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott
• EBA paves the way for tighter scrutiny of digital platforms
• US government ready to roll out the big guns against crypto ransomware payments
• In era of quick-fire bosses, Wall Street embraces the 'forever CEO'
• Web hosting cybersecurity concerns

From our Blog

• The Evergrande Crisis Intensifies
• The Inside Story of the Ship That Broke Global Trade
• Ray Dalio on Evergrande, China, Bitcoin and the Fed
• Evergrande - A Simple Explanation And Thoughts from the "Uneducated Economist"
• Cybercrime Rising on Telegram? & SEC Seeks Crypto Regulation

The Evergrande Crisis Intensifies

Evergrande Group is everywhere. Here's what you actually need to know