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What you need to know about VSD’s

Enhancements to the Department of Justice Policy on Voluntary Self-disclosure On February 22, 2023 the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a policy, effective immediately, to provide a nationwide standard for how the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) is to...

What is one of the biggest threats to company ethics?

Retaliation Retaliation happens more than we want to believe. Companies should treat it as a serious threat and manage it actively, as they would with other serious risks. People are predisposed to dislike and distrust bad news messengers, making retaliation a...

Assessing Codes of Conduct

Codes of conduct are often described as the most important document in a compliance program. Codes help set the right tone for compliance and ethics (“C&E”) programs. They are educational tools that should serve to raise awareness and understanding of important...

Program Structure

In the posts collected here we will discuss assessment-related issues concerning a) various types of C&E program roles and reporting relationships, including those involving the board of directors; senior management; C&E department management; other staff,...

Revisions to DOJ Program

On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Criminal Division, updated its guidance on the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (“the 2020 Update”) to provide increased clarity on several of the key questions prosecutors might ask in assessing...

What you need to know about VSD’s

What is one of the biggest threats to company ethics?

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What you need to know about VSD’s

What is one of the biggest threats to company ethics?

Assessing Codes of Conduct

Program Structure

Revisions to DOJ Program

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