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3 May 2024 Cherelle Johannes
Don't Be the Weakest Link – Your Team's Crucial Role in Cybersecurity
This article, part three of three in a cybersecurity series, discusses your team’s crucial role in cybersecurity.
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25 Apr 2024 Cherelle Johannes
Immediate vs. Slow Burn Risks: A Balanced Cybersecurity Strategy
This blog explores why a balanced strategy that proactively addresses both immediate and slow burn risks is the key to robust cybersecurity.
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16 Apr 2024 Cherelle Johannes
The True Cost of Cybersecurity Failure – When Technology (and People) Fail
In part one of this cybersecurity blog series, we’ll uncover the staggering costs of failure, expose the limits of technology and reveal why your employees hold the key to safeguarding your business against cybercrime.
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26 Mar 2024 Jan Stappers
AI Gets Rules: A Look at the Groundbreaking EU AI Act
AI is transforming the world around us, and with its extraordinary potential come many questions about safety, fairness and its impact on our lives. The EU’s new AI Act, overseen by the new European AI Office, tackles these questions head-on and provides a first-of-its-kind framework for responsible AI development and use.
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21 Mar 2024 Jan Stappers
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – March 2024 Update
The CSDDD has faced a rollercoaster of revisions over the past two years. The latest changes have been approved by the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee.
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5 Dec 2023 Cherelle Johannes
Managing Internal Risks: How to Listen When People Speak Up
In part one of this two part series, we discussed the various forms of internal risk and best practices for risk management and mitigation. In part two, we explore the profound impact of a true speak-up culture.
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7 Nov 2023 Cherelle Johannes
Managing Internal Risks: Why do Internal Risks Matter?
This NAVEX blog discusses the various forms of internal risk and best practices to manage and mitigate risk in your organization.
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26 Oct 2023 Cherelle Johannes
Risk Management 101: Navigating the Tightrope of Third-Party Risks
Risk management is no small feat, and the complexities of risk will look different for each organization. In part three of this series, we’ll dive into how to navigate third-party risk.
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5 Oct 2023 Cherelle Johannes
Risk Management 101: The Human Touch
In the first part of Risk Management 101, we focused on the foundational elements of risk management. In part two, we’ll look at how the people who keep your organization running, with their unique insights, skills and emotions, play an essential role in this complex landscape.
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3 Oct 2023 Cherelle Johannes
Risk Management 101: Turning “Oh No” Into Opportunity
This NAVEX blog discusses how and why to embrace and address third-party risk as a business imperative.
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29 Aug 2023 Cherelle Johannes
State of R&C Report Key Finding – European Organizations Lag Behind in Anti-Retaliation Policies
NAVEX recently surveyed over 1,300 Risk and Compliance (R&C) leaders across the globe to delve into compliance program maturity, priorities, struggles, and more. This post explores one of the key findings – that European organizations lag behind their U.S. counterparts in anti-retaliation and training.
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10 Aug 2023 Cherelle Johannes
The Future of ESG Compliance: Understanding the EU CSDDD
This June, the European Commission greenlit the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). This directive holds companies both inside and outside of the EU accountable for their environmental and social footprint. Let’s dig into what it covers and who it impacts.
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9 May 2023 Cherelle Johannes
Green IT: What You Need to Know
Green IT, a vital component of corporate sustainability in the digital era, involves designing, using, and optimizing to recycling, reusing, and disposing of computing resources in a way that minimizes environmental harm. This blog discusses what you need to know about green IT.
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24 Apr 2023 Cherelle Johannes
EU Whistleblowing Directive Update – March 2023
Read the March 2023 round-up of European whistleblowing legislation following the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive. Jan Stappers, NAVEX, is joined by Pilar Mayer-Koukol, Paulitsch Law.
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21 Mar 2023 Cherelle Johannes
What You Need to Know About the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD)
On February 23 2022, the European Commission published the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence proposal Directive which requires both EU, and non-EU companies operating within the EU, to take responsibility for their environmental and social impact. Here’s what you need to know.
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17 Mar 2023 Cherelle Johannes
Building a Compliance Program Your CCO Can Be Proud Of
In this blog, you’ll get our top tips on best practices to include, values you should aim to provide and other resources to explore when building your ethics, compliance and whistleblowing program.
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15 Feb 2023 Cherelle Johannes
Navigating Business Risks: The IRM Journey
Organizations must be able to identify and manage business risk. Learn why an integrated risk management (IRM) system is the best way to handle the increasingly complex risks facing all businesses.
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30 Jan 2023 Cherelle Johannes
Unpacking the Term "Whistleblower"
“Whistleblower” carries baggage. But why? This blog looks at the stigma attached to the term, how cases in the media differ from the workplace, and how we can frame whistleblowing more positively.
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12 Jan 2023 Cherelle Johannes
Separating the Whistleblower from Whistleblowing in the U.K.
The U.K. Whistleblowing Bill aims to take existing legislation further, laying out minimum standards of whistleblower protection and refining what being a whistleblower really means.
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10 Jan 2023 Cherelle Johannes
Creating a No-Tolerance Approach to Retaliation
Fear of retaliation is the biggest barrier to whistleblowing – making it a real organizational risk. Learn how to implement a no-tolerance approach to retaliation in your R&C program.
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16 Dec 2022 Cherelle Johannes
Ethics, Risk and Compliance Roles in the U.K. – Part 2
Effective R&C programs must cover ethical, legal and compliance demands. P2 of this interview with Kevin Parle covers aligning strategies and promoting investment in ERC across your business.
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23 Nov 2022 Cherelle Johannes
Ethics, Risk and Compliance Roles in the U.K. – Part 1
Risk and compliance programs break down into ethical, legal and compliance roles and responsibilities. Part one of this interview with Kevin Parle covers key roles to identify within your organization.
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15 Nov 2022 Cherelle Johannes
NAVEX R&C Benchmark Finding: Risk & Compliance Responsibilities Reside in Multiple Functions
Responsibilities in risk and compliance break down into three main areas: ethical, practical and regulatory. In most companies, these aren’t covered by a single function. So which roles cover which?
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