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My You Tube Channel (here) includes 24 separate webinars on a range of Ethics and Compliance topics. I keep the channel up to date with recent webinars. You will find a number of helpful webinars on such important topics as: * Anti-Corruption Risk Assessments * Due Diligence Programs * The Role of
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The foundation of every anti-corruption ethics and compliance program is a risk assessment. It is important to design and implement a process to conduct an initial risk assessment, to update the risk assessment, and to ensure that you maintain an accurate relative risk ranking system. A current risk assessment
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In response to the aggressive enforcement environment, companies have adopted robust anti-corruption policies and procedures. As always, the effectiveness of a company's policies depends on implementation, management and monitoring of its policies. Companies need to fine-tune, monitor and adapt their policies and procedures to their risk
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The Department of Justice and the SEC have emphasized the importance of designing an anti-corruption compliance program based on a company's risk assessment. An effective program has to be tailored to the specific risks identified in the risk assessment. Companies that ignore this fundamental requirement are at
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Companies recognize the need to develop robust due diligence procedures to review, monitor and audit third-party intermediaries, prospective acquisition and joint venture partners, and vendors/suppliers. A due diligence system, however, can get bogged down in details and procedures which have limited relevance. CCOs need to ensure that their
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Companies recognize the importance of maintaining effective compliance programs. With the increase in enforcement activity, companies have turned to their Chief Compliance Officers to design and implement effective compliance programs. View more videos like this on the Volkov Law Group YouTube Channel.
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More and more companies need to conduct internal investigations as an important strategy to protect the company against serious government investigations. Not all internal investigations have to be conducted in the same way. The steps needed to conduct an effective internal investigation will vary depending on the nature of the
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Companies face many risks in the anti-corruption enforcement arena. With the growing globalization of anti-corruption enforcement, companies are responding quickly by enhancing their anti-corruption compliance programs. View more videos like this on the Volkov Law Group YouTube Channel.
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The ability to conduct an effective internal investigation is critical for every organization. The interviews of witnesses are the most important aspect of any internal investigation. View more videos like this on the Volkov Law Group YouTube Channel.
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The Department of Justice and the Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General have aggressively been enforcing anti-kickback (AKS) and Stark laws. DOJ and HHS-OIG have combined these prohibitions with The False Claims Act to extract significant penalties against healthcare companies. Prosecutors have also been focusing resources
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FCPA enforcement returned in 2013 with a vengeance as the Department of Justice led the way in criminal enforcement against individuals and corporate settlements of a number of major cases. The year 2013 stands as one of DOJ's strongest years since 2010, and the next year looks like
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In this era of aggressive FCPA enforcement, companies are designing and implementing robust due diligence systems to screen and monitor third party representatives. These policies and procedures are critical to an effective anti-corruption compliance program. Due diligence, however, does not mean scientific certainty. In the context of anti-corruption