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Blog Post:
Lessons Learned: How One Global Economist Evaluates Political and Economic Risk
Lisa Thompson
For the latest installment of our Q&A series, we spoke with Simon Baptist of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). More than 100 economists and experts at the EIU analyze political and economic risks for some of the world’s biggest companies. As Global Chief Economist and Managing Director...
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2 Mar 2018
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Why the Energy Sector Needs Better Due Diligence & Risk Monitoring
Lisa Thompson
No industry is impervious to bribery and corruption risk, but companies linked to energy industries, in particular, face elevated risks in order to reap the equally-high rewards. It’s a topic we’ve touched on in blog posts on Unaoil and Petrobras . But anti-bribery and corruption regulations...
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23 Aug 2018
Blog Post:
FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy extended to M&A
Lisa Thompson
The U.S. Corporate Enforcement Policy, which incentivises companies to self-disclose bribery and corruption when they come across it, now applies to U.S. companies which are merging with or acquiring foreign companies. That’s according to a recent speech by a senior official at the Department of...
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17 Sep 2018
Blog Post:
3 Reasons to Combine Due Diligence & Risk Monitoring
Lisa Thompson
Companies are exposed to regulatory, financial, reputational and strategic risks, and the number of countries and NGOs with compliance expectations is on the rise. The best way to proactively manage these expectations? Risk-based due diligence and ongoing monitoring. 1—Regulatory risks...
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3 Oct 2018
Blog Post:
Failing to address sanctions risk leads to costly fine for one French bank
Lisa Thompson
French bank Société Générale expects to pay penalties of nearly $1.3 billion to settle allegations of breaching U.S.sanctions. It made dollar transfers on behalf of entities based in countries which were subject to U.S.sanctions. The fine is just the latest evidence of the...
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4 Oct 2018
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2 Reasons why companies need to conduct risk assessments of their own compliance programs
Lisa Thompson
As the aftermath of corporate corruption and ethics scandals continue to play out in news headlines and courtrooms, spurring a continued search for expert advice and best practices on mitigating compliance risk . So, when a former compliance expert at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a Harvard...
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8 Oct 2018
Blog Post:
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act—2018 review
Lisa Thompson
2018 has been a record year of penalties issued for breaches of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Settlements totaling more than $2.96 billion were agreed by corporations found to be in breach of the Act. The year saw further indications of the FCPA’s global reach, witnessed the first judgments...
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20 Dec 2018
Blog Post:
Regulatory Compliance No Trivial Pursuit
Lisa Thompson
If serious trivia seems like a contradiction, maybe you need to be more quizzical when it comes to anti-corruption compliance. January 4 is the one day of the year when there’s an excuse to be trivial—even in an area as serious as compliance in anti-bribery and corruption , anti-money laundering...
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4 Jan 2019
Blog Post:
Frontline compliance requires expert juggling
Lisa Thompson
There’s no room for clowning about when it comes to risk management and maintaining the integrity of international business. According to records of ancient Chinese history, the armies of the Chu and Song states were facing each other in readiness for battle in 630 BC when a Chu warrior, Xiong...
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18 Apr 2019