Breaking the Mould

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Zahn Alimbay

UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 is here. Now what?

On October 26, 2023, ECCTA 2023 has received a Royal Assent. Heralded as bringing a sweeping reform to the UK economic criminal laws, the new Act aims to both close decades-long loopholes as well as to expand the UK’s corporate liability for economic crimes. The new law makes it

State of Workplace Ethics

Since 1994, the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (www.ethics.org) has conducted its annual global business ethics study, one of the most comprehensive and significant surveys of workplace ethics. It’s the most extensive study of its kind, with 75,000 + employees in over 40 countries surveyed. The 2023 Global

Speaking Up in Focus!

Integrity scandals continue to rock the corporate world and beyond. We find ourselves asking the same question again and again: How did it happen that no one noticed this before? And, indeed, corporate wrongdoing rarely occurs in the dark of night. Often, people are aware of or suspect something is

Redefining Compliance

Following the first significant bribery and corruption scandals of the early 2000s (some might still remember the first ABB and the “old” BHI DPAs and, of course, the Siemens saga), companies started devoting more attention to the growing US FCPA exposure, from introducing codes of conduct and key policies to

Data never lies. Or does it?

Embracing technological progress, our fascination with data has intensified. We look at numbers as if they hold all the solutions, like a mystical crystal ball. The compliance field is no exception to this trend. But it’s not the data itself; it’s what we do with it matters. And