We have conducted detailed interviews amongst major international companies. Based on their responses we have compiled a preliminary program of the next Copenhagen Compliance Conference. The conference will offer multiple GRC streams, allowing delegates the chance to consider CSR, Finance and IT related topics in breakaway or round table sessions. The program is available here.

During the current crisis we have witnessed the fall of several companies of high repute. There are many reasons for their failures. There is however a common factor that determined the success. How well the board of directors dealt with Risk management.

Success of the GRC efforts on the other hand, is dependent on the creativity, drive, and productivity of the GRC staff and the IT tools. GRC efforts are magnified in the current environment where we can expect more oversight and regulations. The conference focuses on establishing Good Governance, implement Enterprise Risk Management (instead of silos), implement sustainable Compliance programs.

The financial crisis and economic turmoil has split more or less all business sectors. There is a surprisingly considerable gap between the winners and losers.

Scandinavian Information Audit afholder kurset Bliv fortrolig med records management og ISO 15489-familien den 2-3 december i København.

En nylig undersøgelse fra Osterman Research viser, at over 2/3 af samtlige virksomheder har brugt tid i det sidste år med at finde gamle eMails i deres back-up, der skulle bruges som dokumentation i personaleafdelingen eller i en retssag.

Please read Kersis thoughts on Governance, Risk, and Compliance.

CSR. So ein Ding (muss unser Firma auch haben)

Corporate Governance kan hæves op i anden potens

The word TIPS is an acronym To Insure Proper Service. Many overseas employees encounter the issue of bribing someone to get something done. It could be from the installation of a telephone line to getting a letter delivered to the right authority. FCPA and compliance to EU directives and the corresponding laws are such a vital part of chief compliance officers’ jobs these days.

Investors were offered returns of up to 219% a year for funding the purchase of pharmaceutical ingredients to be resold for the production of antiretroviral drugs.

IT governance is the process of establishing visible, positive oversight over the management of IT, practices. The components of IT governance set the discipline and determine the resources required to demonstrate that risks are managed and corporate objectives are achieved.

Normally Corporate Governance (CG) focuses on practical issues such as independence, special interests, audit trails, corruption, segregation of duties, directors’ remuneration, sustainability, etc. With the award of this year's Nobel Prize in economics given to Elinor Ostrom, and Oliver Williamson, the discipline of CG is strengthened both at the micro-, macro-and transaction level.

Risk Management has more or less in some form or another always been on the corporate agenda. However the responsibility for risk management no longer lies with the company's treasury function. Risk management is now the responsibility of the board of directors and includes all risk-classes across business units, processes and functions.

We are looking for a prospective candidates (Key requirement is that the candidate is a practicing Roman Catholic) for a major Bank in East Africa. You are a Professional Banker preferably with 15 years banking experience of which 5 in a senior position, with Micro Finance experience in East Africa, or any developing country.

You are preferably a practicing Roman Catholic, 35-50 years of age with solid IT and Financial Services background. Minimum 5 years of top level management experience.

The Bank is a full service Commercial Bank in East Africa, lending to small and medium enterprises and large corporations, however the primary focus is currently extended to the provision of microfinance in rural areas.

See attached job description and profile.

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Many banks and financial institutions made national headlines in 2008/9 when these were forcibly closed down by the regulators. Analysis shows that in each instance their downfall was owed to poor oversight by management and overly aggressive pursuit of ...