Feeling the pressure to deliver business insights? These days, you face huge challenges—keeping pace with 24/7/365 news and social media and sifting out valuable nuggets of insight to share across your organization. Check out this Webinar to learn...
The telecommunications sector has taken some hits in recent years when it comes to anti-bribery and corruption compliance . Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settlement related...
Is anyone really surprised by the college admissions bribery scandal? Sure, it’s nice to think that academia is a bastion for the best and the brightest. But there’s a longstanding tradition where the family name—and perhaps an endowment—greases...
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...
Thirteen states have made progress in battling the deadly opioid epidemic while eight states have notably failed to deal with the crisis, according to a report issued this month by the National Safety Council (NSC). It comes on the heels of a report earlier...
Donald Trump is not known for mincing words. In the wake of the San Bernardino shooting, Trump suggested the U.S. enact a travel ban for all Muslims, and media coverage exploded. Naturally, we decided to monitor the media to see what we could learn. Here...
There is an old jest that says the fastest way for a business to run off its customers is to adhere to the motto: In God we trust; all others must pay cash. But for the legal marijuana industry, cash and carry is almost always the only option, and it...
Last fall, Gallup announced that its latest polling data revealed a significant decline in the public's trust of media. The 8 percent drop brings the number of people with either a 'great deal' or a 'fair amount' of confidence in mass...
Brand reputation has never been more important in influencing consumer and stakeholder decisions. At the same time, brand image can alter extremely quickly thanks to the increasingly instant nature of the media and the profile of public opinion. Witness...
Like it or not, social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Periscope and Snapchat have become an indispensable part of political campaigns and the vast majority of lawmakers’ offices. And with numerous studies showing the overwhelming connection...
With #GivingTuesday coming to a close tomorrow, you may think the opportunity to capitalize on this day will pass when the clock strikes midnight, but efforts don’t need to end on November 28th. The last three months of the year, as many studies...
Rajita Kulkarni is the President of the World Forum for Ethics in Business (WFEB) , which promotes ethical approaches to business and corporate governance. It has organized global forums to discuss ethics in sport and ethical approaches of young people...
Technology has changed how we see the world. Take volcanos, for example. You can go to an interactive map that shows the current activity level of volcanos—and even click through to see live video feeds of the activity. If only it were that easy...
The weather in Sacramento on January 21, 2017 was cold and slightly wet, hardly a day for a long walk outdoors. But the damp early morning cold was not going to keep Marina Texeira, who owns a popular midtown nightclub, from gathering with tens of thousands...
Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence whereby computers use algorithms to analyse data to identify patterns and build predictive models. With a minimum of human intervention, the models are automatically adapted to produce increasingly...
Twenty-two states are in full compliance with the driver’s license security standards set by the federal Real ID Act of 2005, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to Jan. 8 of this year, 23 states were granted extensions, allowing...
The head of Samsung Group has been arrested in South Korea because of major bribery allegations. The details of the allegations offer some important lessons to companies about the importance of compliance to help prevent and mitigate bribery and corruption...
Thirty-eight states have considered legislation this year aimed at either protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals from discrimination or denying such protection, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The majority of the...
What industry forecasts and emerging trends are consultants predicting for their own industry this year? We took a closer look to see what could be uncovered in the news. Interestingly enough, many of the trends that are impacting other industries have...
Migration is a recurrent theme in human history. Whether seeking to escape violence, natural disasters or poverty, migrants express their determination for better lives through migration. On International Migrants Day, we look at a particular risk that...
Last week The Huffington Post and its Australian partner Fairfax Media published a bribery and corruption investigation into Monaco-based company Unaoil. The title of the article, ‘World’s Biggest Bribe Scandal’, may sound like journalistic...
In 1988, a game show contestant named “Patrick Quinn” won $58,000 on “Super Password.” Later it was revealed that “Patrick Quinn” was actually Kerry Dee Ketchum, a real-life fugitive who was wanted in multiple states...
Our latest expert Q&A features Stephen Hahn-Griffiths, executive partner and chief research officer at the Reputation Institute. The organization is best known for producing its annual RepTrak , which ranks 7,000 companies around the world according...
Beneficial ownership registries on the rise When the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism published the Panama Papers last April, few knew where the revelations of tax evasion through off-shore accounts and shell companies would lead...
Guest written by: John Haydon Co-Authored by: Kari Abitbol #GivingTuesday , a global day of giving fueled by social media, is growing in popularity as a major opportunity for nonprofits to capitalize on the generous spirit of the holiday season...