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Risk Management Requires Legal And Compliance Officers To Focus On Corporate Social Responsibility

Editor: Please tell our readers about your professional background. Levin: Prior to joining Integrity Interactive in 2001, I practiced law in Boston for six years focusing on civil litigation. I joined Integrity Interactive to focus my efforts on the "preventative" side of the law and I have...

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Partnering Adds Value To Compliance Training

Editor: John, what philosophy underpins sanofi-aventis' compliance program? Spinnato: When I talk about compliance with anyone in our company or the broader business community, I tell them, "Good ethics and good business go hand in hand." Compliance is a core organizational value, not only...

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Compliance Programs And Fraud Prevention

Recent corporate scandals, each perpretrated by very senior management and involving billions of dollars, have highlighted the effect that fraud can have on corporate financial strength. Fraud prevention quickly jumped to the top of the corporate agenda. In order to establish fraud prevention...

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Corporate Compliance And Ethics Programs: Don't Sell Them Short

Corporate compliance programs have matured considerably since their beginnings several decades ago. A new career ("compliance officer," "ethics officer" and several variations of those terms) has arisen, a trade association devoted to "[b]eing the leading provider of ethics, compliance, and...

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Project: Corporate Counsel Part II (Compliance Readiness) - Legal Service Providers Will Your Compliance And Ethics Program Shield Your Company? How a simple exercise can answer this question and improve your program

Compliance programs matter today. As company counsel you deal with the reality of tougher regulatory scrutiny and harsher enforcement actions against businesses, all in the context of such new regulatory regimes as Sarbanes Oxley. Yet, at the same time you also know that company compliance programs...

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Project: Corporate Counsel Part I (Unintended Consequences) - Legal Service Providers An Effective Compliance Program Reduces A Company's Vulnerability

Editor: What are your general reactions to the hypothetical on page 3? Jordan: I found it very interesting. The hypothetical raises a number of issues that general counsel and practitioners face all too often. Editor: How can Integrity Interactive's services assist a company confronted by a...

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Project: Corporate Counsel - Legal Service Providers Why Compliance And Ethics Training Is Now Mandatory

Editor: Susan, tell us about your professional background. Cutright: Our Compliance Services Group provides Internet-based ethics and compliance training services to major companies, working with clients on the strategic aspects of their online training initiatives in order to: Identify the...

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