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Leo Martin led delegates at London’s LegalConfex in September through the Anti-Corruption Boot Camp with thought-provoking contributions from fellow-panelists Omar Qureshi from Cameron McKenna and Sean Thomas of Hewlett Packard. The panelists discussed a range of compliance challenges including the key difficulties in implementing robust ABC controls on the ground; where the Serious Fraud Office,…
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Breaching regulations is an expensive business as Volkswagen has discovered. Within hours of the revelation going public, the company had lost a fifth of its market value, its managers faced criminal charges and several billion dollars had been removed from the bottom line to pay for the recall and inevitable fines. Described by some as…
Earlier this month the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum from the Deputy Attorney General announcing the Department’s intention to pursue aggressively any individuals involved in corporate crimes. According to the memorandum, the DOJ believes that seeking to hold individuals to account for perpetrating illegal misconduct is one of the most effective ways of…
In March 2015, the Modern Slavery Act received Royal Assent in the UK. This poses an obligation on UK businesses over a certain size to report each year on the actions they have taken to ensure there is no modern slavery in their supply chains. It takes the normal discourse about supply chain management. third…
Andrew Feinstein, founder of Corruption Watch UK, author and former ANC MP opened GoodCorporation’s summer Business Ethic’s Debate with an assessment of the global corruption landscape, looking at the areas where significant improvements have been made and highlighting the problems that must still be overcome. On the plus side, tougher new legislation such as the…
While no business sets out to incorporate slavery into its operations, it would be a brave CEO who would say with certainty that there was no forced labour any where in the supply chain. The UK’s Modern Slavery Act is to be applauded therefore, for requiring British companies with a turnover of more than £36m…
The Toshiba scandal that saw the electronics giant admit to years of profit inflation indicates wider corporate governance troubles in Japan. Leo Martin spoke to Compliance and Governance Magazine about the implications for the company and for the the future of corporate governance in Japan www.icsa.org.uk
With prosecutors doing overtime in a number of jurisdictions to build cases against Fifa officials, football’s governing body is preparing to elect a new president and announce a series of wholesale reforms. The devil will be in the detail, but the trust deficit is huge. So what should Fifa be doing to put its house…
GoodCorporation exhibited at the C5 Anti-Corruption Forum London last month. Excellent sessions from David Green, SFO, Osama Al Jayousi, Carillion and Kathryn Higgs, Balfour Beatty. In September Leo Martin will be joining the Anti-Corruption Boot Camp panel discussion at Legal Confex. The session aims to provide the tools necessary to avoid investigations, remain compliant and…
With an estimated 30 million slaves around the world, the UK’s Modern Slavery Act passed earlier this year is a welcome piece of legislation. Heralded as the first of its kind in Europe and one of the first in the world, the new law significantly enhances the support and protection of victims, metes out severe…
