Consumers’ purchasing behavior is increasingly influenced by businesses’ ethical behavior. Since this season of celebration and festivities and goes hand in hand with consumption, it is a good moment to look into some of the products that...
For most communications and public relations professionals, crisis planning is a relatively standard tactic in the professional tool belt. While the timing of a crisis can’t always be predicted, PR leaders—together with management—frequently...
Earlier this week, President Obama became the first sitting American president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge. When Air Force One landed in Havana, Obama tweeted , “¿Que bolá Cuba? Just touched down here, looking forward to meeting...
March 15 is World Consumer Rights Day , and this year’s theme is ‘Trust in Smart Devices.’ Innumerable devices populate the digital landscape—from wristbands that track every step taken to smartphones that instantly connect users...
One of the biggest potential time-savers for risk management professionals is technology. From initial risk assessment before on-boarding a new client to ongoing risk monitoring to surface threats more quickly, the power of artificial intelligence and...
In the introduction to 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report published by the U.S. State Department, Secretary of State John Kerry urged for global supply chain transparency in response to modern slavery. He wrote, “The bottom line is that this is...
Like our own universe, the universe of content—books, magazines and newspapers—is expanding. More than 300,000 books are published in the U.S. annually. And on any given day, major U.S. newspapers like The Washington Post , The New York Times...
Legislation and regulations have been coming thick and fast on a host of technological issues in the headlines in recent years, including ride-hailing, short-term home rentals, drones and daily fantasy sports betting. But how well is government doing...
The presidential election. Beyoncé. The NBA playoffs. Prince. You might wonder what each of these entities have in common, but a scroll through social media or visit to your favorite news outlet can answer that question. Each of the above...
Football fan or not, last weekend’s Super Bowl probably captured your attention. Was it the rivalry between a young upstart quarterback and a seasoned veteran? Maybe the half-time entertainment is more your thing. Or perhaps, you were one of the...
Global foreign direct investment is shrinking rapidly—that’s the finding of the Global Investment Trend Monitor, which was released on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. At the launch, governmental actors and leaders in business...
When voters head to the polls this week, many will cast votes based on who they think will be better on critical economic issues like job creation. While much of the conversation has centered on jobs being shipped overseas or raising the minimum wage...
Mark your calendar – on October 20 from 1-2 PM ET, LexisNexis® is hosting a Webinar featuring advice on how to make your media monitoring and research work harder for you. Hosted by our own Robert Schrott, Director of Research & Media...
Competitor analysis is imperative to any business looking to stay a step ahead in a competitive environment. By exploiting the right kinds of information, you can gain insight into rival activity and improve your products and services based on market...
The holidays may be the season of goodwill, but companies must beware that it also brings a heightened risk of financial crime. These risks include bribery to secure more sales in the busy Holiday period, bribery masked as hospitality, and unethical sourcing...
The end of the presidential primary season is drawing ever closer. While the candidates themselves appear to be in the midst of a feeding frenzy – pulling out all the stops to forge ahead – media monitoring and news analysis indicates the...
For many companies, ‘doing the right thing’ is not enough to persuade them to take an ethical, sustainable approach to business. But they will surely be convinced by new evidence that a sustainable approach to business can improve their share...
Last Sunday, Omar Mateen entered Pulse nightclub just after 2 A.M. Minutes later Pulse posted an ominous status on Facebook: “Everyone get out of pulse and keep running.” Three hours later, before the sun even rose, media outlets across the...
Just last month, The Huffington Post featured an article written by Mike Walsh , Chief Executive Officer of LexisNexis Legal & Professional. The topic? The rule of law — a critical factor supporting economic and societal health. He wrote, “War...
In the classic cartoon, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown , Linus says , “There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.” Obviously, the media doesn’t hold to...
Traditionally, the last quarter of the year is prime giving season. After the Giving Tuesday kick-off, nearly one-third of annual giving takes place in December, with 28 percent of nonprofits raising between 26 to 50 percent of their annual funds from...
Everybody in the fundraising world knows the importance of December in any nonprofit campaign, but especially when it comes to year-end goals. The majority of donations are made in the last month of the year, and so using this to the advantage of your...
Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Bio-Technology—all of these industries face great challenges when it comes to proactively mitigating risk. When PwC interviewed Horizon Pharma president and CEO Timothy P. Walbert for its annual CEO Survey, Walbert...
President Barack Obama’s choice of a respected, centrist judge for the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Antonin Scalia has challenged the Republican strategy of denying Obama the appointment by leaving the seat vacant. Obama announced...
As we noted on the blog last week, the leak of more than 11.5 million files from offshore law firm Mossack Fonesca revealed a laundry list of compliance breaches—from tax dodges and money laundering to sheltering the assets of individuals and countries...