Compliance

Laying a Strategic Foundation for Strong Compliance Risk Management  For many companies, increasingly complicated regulations and a heightened level of regulatory scrutiny have resulted in more challenging — and at times inefficient — compliance and ethics management. Therefore, it’s critical for companies to establish a culture of compliance and ethics,…

By: Beau Howard and Peter Hall According to recent guidance from the Wage & Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), "the traditional employment relationship of one employer employing one employee is less prevalent" nowadays than businesses who share employees or use "third-party management companies, independent contractors,…

This article originally was published on the Thomson Reuters Inside Financial and Risk Blog, for which permission to re-use has been granted. By: Tiffany Robertson A recent survey shows that increased scrutiny from both the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) — both of whom have declared their…

We all know the importance of promoting a culture of compliance and ethics. The benefits of an ethical culture are substantial and worth every penny of investment in creating and promoting such a culture. We do not need to spend time justifying why an ethical culture is important to company…