For most of my career, my routine was predictable. I awakened early, well before dawn. After showering and getting dressed, I’d pour a cup of coffee into my travel mug, get into my car, and begin the 50 mile drive to my office in lower Manhattan. Upon arrival I would check my in-box, and reviewContinue reading “A Defining Moment: Dealing With Disruption”
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A Defining Moment
No living generation has ever experienced a pandemic. When the novel coronavirus knocked on our door, there was no playbook to rely on. We are in virgin territory, blindly Brailleing our way into a very uncertain future. As much as we pray for a quick resolution to this crisis – sufficient and reliable testing andContinue reading “A Defining Moment”
Keith Darcy: How Boards Can Raise the Bar on Ethics and Compliance
A symbiotic relationship between ethics and compliance can help companies deliver shareholder value and mitigate risks. Keith Darcy, independent senior advisor to Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Governance, Regulatory & Risk Strategies enterprise compliance practice, discusses how boards can guide an organization’s ethics and compliance efforts in light of heightened regulatory scrutiny and emerging threats. Mr.Continue reading “Keith Darcy: How Boards Can Raise the Bar on Ethics and Compliance”
Whistleblower Programs: Who Should Be in Charge?
Whistleblower programs that operate outside of an ethics and compliance function can expose an organization to a set of risks that can ultimately impact reputation, according to Keith Darcy, an independent senior advisor to Deloitte & Touche LLP, and Maureen Mohlenkamp, a principal with Deloitte LLP. Putting in place rigorous protocols and procedures from theContinue reading “Whistleblower Programs: Who Should Be in Charge?”
Curbing Bribery and Corruption with a Strong Corporate Culture
“Broadly ethics and compliance programs are effective when they are industry specific metrics oriented and operationalized” noted Keith Darcy, an independent senior advisor to Deloitte Touche LLP’s Regulatory and Operational Risk practice and a presenter on the webcast. He pointed to several requirements issued by the US government to operationalize and standardize corporate compliance programsContinue reading “Curbing Bribery and Corruption with a Strong Corporate Culture”
Managing Global Ethics and Compliance as an Asset, not an Expense
Managing risk within a global organization includes identifying new and emerging threats and expanding the reach of its ethics and compliance programs despite still challenging economic conditions. In this second of two articles featuring Keith Darcy, independent senior advisor to Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Governance, Regulatory & Risk Strategies enterprise compliance practice, he discusses howContinue reading “Managing Global Ethics and Compliance as an Asset, not an Expense”
Compliance Risks: What You Don’t Contain Can Hurt You
As global regulations proliferate and stakeholder expectations increase, organizations are exposed to a greater degree of compliance risk than ever before. Specifically, compliance risk is the threat posed to a company’s financial, organizational, or reputational standing resulting from violations of laws, regulations, codes of conduct, or organizational standards of practice. To understand their risk exposure,Continue reading “Compliance Risks: What You Don’t Contain Can Hurt You”
The Effective Practitioner – Ethics and Compliance: Birth of a Profession
In the face of a skeptical audience, self-assured in their own ethical values and performance and questioning as to the value and need for compliance, Keith Darcy provides an important reminder of the story behind the emergence of a new profession, in a world demanding both greater wealth, and higher moral standards where the endsContinue reading “The Effective Practitioner – Ethics and Compliance: Birth of a Profession”
Ethics and Corporate Leadership
We stand at the end of an age, and at the beginning of a time not yet defined. Uniquely, we have an opportunity to participate in defining it. Thus is the call of leadership.
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