The single most impactful compliance event is returning as an all-new, virtual experience for the ethics and compliance profession. I remember receiving a call from our CEO, Patrick Quinlan, in early March asking how I felt about COVID as it […]
CONVERGE20 is in the books, and I have now had a couple weeks to collect my thoughts on what made it the top compliance event in this seemingly never-ending year of 2020. The greatest thing about this conference was not […]
With CONVERGE20 behind us, we’ve had a chance to catch our breath, go over our notes from the event, and reflect on three days of powerful keynotes, breakout sessions, and networking. It was incredible to kick off The Ethics Movement […]
Organizations are caught in a swirling vortex of uncertainty in risk and compliance as they strive to be bastions of integrity in the center of chaos. In the midst of a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, racial justice tensions, and employee […]
Some companies and organisations have already implemented a whistleblower helpline, and others will be starting from ‘scratch’ in learning how to comply with the EU whistleblower directive. Whatever your current position, consider the following actions that you need to take […]
With the whistleblowing rules in Europe changing so fundamentally under the EU whistleblower directive, there is no question that companies, organisations and also local authorities need to take action now. Companies and organisations with more than 250 ‘workers’ (definition below) […]
Whistleblower hotline rules have changed and continue to evolve. International legislation and legislative bodies—including Sarbanes-Oxley in the US, Sapin II in France, and the UK Financial Conduct Authority—increasingly mandate that companies implement whistleblower hotline programs. The downside is that a […]
I recently had the chance to visit with Asha Palmer, Convercent’s Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (CEC) and Executive Vice President (EVP) of CONVERGE about the 2020 Update to the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (2020 Update) and creating a […]
Compliance has a PR problem. During countless industry events and conversations with our customers around the world, I’ve heard the same laments time and again: “Our team is seen as the ‘team of no.'” “We’re basically the company cops.” And […]
The single most impactful compliance event is returning as an all-new, virtual experience for the ethics and compliance profession. I remember receiving a call from our CEO, Patrick Quinlan, in early March asking how I felt about COVID as it […]
For decades, executives have seen their ethics and compliance program as a cost center within their businesses. But that view is dated—and it’s on us, as compliance leaders, to demonstrate why. Fortunately, there’s a landslide of data on our side. […]
“Although the ruling invalidated Privacy Shield, the SCCs remain valid protecting our customers.” On 16 July, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) invalidated Privacy Shield, a framework that allowed personal data transfers from the European Union and Switzerland to the […]
At Convercent, we’ve talked for a long time about an ethical revolution in business. And we’re not the only ones—last year’s statement by the Business Roundtable was a high-profile moment in an ongoing conversation between consumers, companies, and communities. There […]
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