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Use of Multimedia in FCPA Compliance
1.25.2013
More and more, companies are using multimedia to convey FCPA compliance messages to their employees and third parties. Doing so allows companies to achieve an enhanced level of depth and impact in their compliance programs. Here are a few of the most interesting examples I have seen. Substance: Providers like Click4Compliance are experts in on-line […]
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FCPA Compliance Training: On-Line or In-Person?
10.25.2012
When it comes to FCPA training, should companies train their employees and third parties on-line or in-person? As it turns out, both approaches, employed together, make your overall compliance program complete. In the Attachment Cs to deferred prosecution agreements, the U.S. Department of Justice calls for “periodic training for all directors, officers, and employees, and, […]
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FCPA Compliance: Getting Local Buy-In in Latin America
8.22.2012
Getting local buy-in is essential to successful FCPA compliance efforts. It can be the difference between a check-the-box, attend-the-training program, and program that is values-based and internalized by company employees. It can facilitate an efficient compliance environment that works with operations instead of a program that creates obstacles, working against the company’s business functions. Achieving […]
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SEC: Local Language Essential to “Effective” FCPA Compliance
7.11.2012
What is the big lesson from yesterday’s $7.4 million SEC settlement with Lewisville, TX-based Orthofix, the latest FCPA action involving Latin America? The “FCPA Commentariat” will surely highlight how corruption risks are common in public procurement in countries like Mexico. FCPAméricas has written about that subject (The Anatomy of Corruption in Public Procurement) based on […]
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Customs and Police Top Corruption Risks in Latin America (What this means for FCPA compliance)
7.06.2012
The 2012 Latin America Corruption Survey found that executives consider customs and police to present the highest levels of corruption risk throughout the region. The survey, organized by Miller & Chevalier, Matteson Ellis Law, and twelve law firms throughout the region, generated responses from more than 400 executives who work in Latin America for local, […]