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Employees Don’t Trust Anti-Retaliation Statutes

HR Digest

Corporate compliance officers already know that violation of anti-retaliation statues is an unjustifiable risk. A 2019 Hotline and Incident Management Benchmark Report states that only 1.18 Corporate compliance officers need to re-evaluate the process they follow to investigate calls to the internal ethics hotline.

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How Companies Can Take a Stand Against Bribery

Harvard Business Review

External standards can also be a powerful tool in support of those efforts, helping companies strengthen ethics and compliance practices by offering a clear framework for action. It also requires that the compliance function be staffed by those with the right skills, status, authority, independence, and resources.