Risk & Compliance Matters

Research shows that the majority of employee whistleblowers report internally before reporting to regulators or the media. Here are five whistleblower best practices to ensure that once ethics and compliance teams receive an internal report, they are properly managing reporters to ensure issues are able to be addressed and resolved internally.

In this Memorial Day Weekend edition of Flashback Friday, we take a look at important lessons on organizational trust derived from military strategy.

For the first time, the median number of internal reports is declining. What does that mean for your compliance program?

NAVEX Global’s 2021 Incident Management Benchmark Report validated what many compliance professionals suspected – the impact of the events of the past year on workplace culture will be felt for years to come.

Knowing your customer is vital for any business endeavor. Successful businesses, however, understand what their customers want and are making them part of the innovation process.

May is Internal Audit Awareness Month - a time to acknowledge the benefit internal auditors have amid the dramatic rise in cyber risks, data breaches, and high-profile incidents of corporate wrongdoing. Here’s to internal auditors, risk management’s critical third line of defense.

With whistleblowing regulation on the rise globally, and a new age of accountability and transparency converging with flexible working trends, more executives are asking about best practices for whistleblowing. This was the background to a webinar hosted by WhistleB’s parent company, NAVEX, and which also featured WhistleB’s Jan Stappers.

With the new EU Whistleblower Protection Directive looming large, building employee trust will be crucial to successful reporting programs. To build a strong program and “speak-up” culture, you’ll need these three pillars of trust: awareness, confidence and responsiveness.

The EU has introduced new legislation to ensure that importers of certain materials originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas source them responsibly by laying down supply chain due diligence obligations.