Nothing attracts controversy like a global sporting event, and with the winter games about to kick off—or rather, ski, skate and bobsleigh off—in South Korea on February 9, let’s take a look at how it has been faring on the bribery,...
Birthdays. Anniversaries. Hire dates. Business acquisitions. Product launches. From the moment we celebrate our first milestones to marking important business events, we learn early that history matters. It gives us a sense of significance, relevance...
The role of the media in exposing corruption was celebrated at the 17th International Anti-Corruption Conference in Panama earlier this month. The conference, which takes place every two years, aims to bring together “the entire spectrum of stakeholders”...
Using Media Monitoring and Analysis to Predict Primary Performance The viral coverage of the Miss Universe slip-up may have pushed details of the debates out of your newsfeed, but we’ve been keeping an eye on the media buzz with our U.S. Presidential...
Five trillion plastic bags. That’s the number of single-use (double, if you have a dog) bags used worldwide every year. To put that into perspective, the bags spread out side-by-side would cover an area twice the size of France says a U.N. report...
With a whole new year stretching out in front of you, it's time to take stock of what trends and changes your department or company is going to face in the months ahead. The next steps for the Public Relations universe will likely include a few continuing...
What a difference a year and even a week makes. When we started tracking the presidential election coverage a year and a half ago, we aimed to test a few theories: Higher media coverage would lead to better poll results Social media would play...
On April 28-30, compliance and supply chain leaders gathered in Houston, Texas for the 8 th Global Supply Chain Compliance (SCC) meeting. This year’s focus was “Putting words into action in an uncertain landscape for Oil & Gas.”...
The amount of money donated to universities in the United States by individuals, companies and organisations increased last year, according to a new report from the Council for Aid to Education. As universities accept increasingly large gifts, they must...
This time last year, Forbes declared that 2017 would be defined by technology across industries. This proved to be a very accurate projection, and the nonprofit sector was no exception. In twelve months, nonprofits have positioned technology to be central...
There are numerous prognostications about the number of jobs that will eventually disappear from the human experience, to be taken over by the robots of the burgeoning artificial intelligence revolution. Which percentage you accept depends on your...
Media analysis points to what many Americans likely already know: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will probably secure their respective party’s nomination for President of the United States. As for Marco Rubio’s impassioned debate performance…...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a pilot program that is intended to encourage companies to self-report any breaches of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The objective is to offer companies the opportunity to reduce fines...
A Jet Blue ad has been making the rounds across social media. Have you seen it? An airline executive boards the flight to inform the travelers that they can each have a free, round-trip ticket to any domestic or international destination Jet Blue flies...
Media Intelligence on Oscar Night’s Big Winners The 88 th Academy Awards held last Sunday featured a frenzy of photographers and fans, a red carpet studded with Hollywood’s film-making elite and a protest led by Al Sharpton outside the...
Poor Alice. She followed a white rabbit (in a waistcoat, no less) down a hole and finds herself lost. For some reason, the story reminds me of research on the open Web. It begins with a question—usually from your boss—like, “How can...
This post was guest written by Courtney Resnicky, a senior at Wright State University. The battle between who is telling the truth, who is twisting the truth, and who is flat out lying during this Presidential election seems to have become more...
Special from ALM Media Properties LLC The Legal Intelligencer® In a compliance meltdown, failure is on such a massive scale that it can put the company in peril of dissolution. Reputation is lost, customers and suppliers avoid the organization...
With Labor Day just around the corner, we took a look at the dark side—forced labor. Three years ago, the UN General Assembly introduced World Day against Trafficking in Persons in conjunction with its Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking...
Napoléon Bonaparte once said, “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” We may be firmly ensconced in the digital media age, but his remarks still hold true—whether you’re a would-be emperor...
Faced with increasing globalization and supply chain complexity, pharmaceutical companies have the daunting task of managing risks—ranging from counterfeiting to piracy—that could potentially threaten patient safety. What’s more, the...
When the final match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada™ concluded earlier this month, the fans of the U.S. women’s soccer team celebrated, and for a moment, FIFA was in the spotlight for good reason. The Women’s World Cup generated...
Fifty-nine—that’s the number of countries mentioned in the 87 corporate investigations through the end of June, according to research by The FCPA Blog . The implication is clear: The reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) crosses...
Guest written by Chris Scully, Senior Media Intelligence Analyst, LexisNexis Day 1 of the RNC ended and Day 2 began and was dominated by attention on Melania Trump’s 15-minute address. And, following Sunday night’s disastrous 60 Minutes...
We’re still 10 months away from California’s historic first-in-the-nation data privacy law taking effect. Which to lawmakers, tech companies and maybe even Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) means there is still plenty of time to change it. According...